Books: New travel guide for Maritime Museums, cover reveal, ARC
July 26, 2021
On September 13, I’ll release The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums. … More Books: New travel guide for Maritime Museums, cover reveal, ARC
Tag: boats
Historic Oregon Fishing Boat Broken Up
December 8, 2013
The Oregon-based Lincoln County Historical Society has demolished a boat listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 50-foot Tradewinds Kingfisher, a charter fishing boat long associated with Depoe Bay, Ore., was deteriorating quickly and may have posed an environmental hazard, if it had sunk. “It had to be scuttled,” said Historical Society Director … More Historic Oregon Fishing Boat Broken Up
Classic Workboat Show 2013
October 5, 2013
Classic workboats from the Puget Sound region gathered today at the Historic Ships Wharf in Seattle’s Lake Union Park for a show alongside the historic ships permanently berthed at the site. Visitors also got the first public views of the ongoing restoration work aboard Lightship No. 83, also called Swiftsure. The retired NOAA research ship … More Classic Workboat Show 2013
WWII-era tug Comanche finds new home
September 21, 2013
Congratulations to the 143-foot, former US Coast Guard tug Comanche, which is settling into a new berth on the waterfront in Bremerton, Wash. The boat is owned by the Tacoma-based Comanche 202 Foundation, a non-profit supported primarily by veterans of her service as a Coast Guard vessel. Launched in 1944 as a U.S. Navy tug … More WWII-era tug Comanche finds new home
Design for Seattle Maritime Education Center Unveiled
August 9, 2013
The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle has unveiled its plans for a $6.6 million education center next to its 37-year-old facility at Lake Union Park. In a statement released today, CWB says the wood, steel and glass education facility, designed by award winning Seattle architect Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig Architects, recalls historic Northwest … More Design for Seattle Maritime Education Center Unveiled
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