Post photos Boats,Ships here.

Certainly interesting reading Ray and Mark. Thanks for the links.
Fidelity didn't seem important to some back then

Phoenixuk wrote in post #19217400
There's a major restoration project going on with HMS Victory at the moment. The top masts have been removed temporarily to relieve the weight on the hull which is sagging. A new cradle has been built to support the ship which more replicates the effect of it being in water. It has also been repainted in more authentic colours which although it may be how she was painted at The Battle of Trafalgar it is not as striking as the colours that we had all got used to! A lot of work still to be done to repair and stabilise the ship so that it lasts for at least another two hundred years!

https://www.hms-victory.com/restoratio​n

Thanks for that info Mark. The link didn't seem to give many details of the restrictions on entry at the current time.

avondale87 wrote in post #19217403
Certainly interesting reading Ray and Mark. Thanks for the links.
Fidelity didn't seem important to some back then

Richard! What's new - it seems to mean even less today with the public having the wool pulled over it's eyes and accepting it - but I won't go there as my views will get too explicit.

Fujifilm Recipe Kodachrome 64

Bogense, Denmark, from archive (2008). In the first picture in the background is my favourite hotel Lunds, where I usually stay in Bogense.

Boston

A nice summer day in Finland, 1945. Photo by my father.

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Sailing Vessel Tenacious. River Thames. Northfleet. Kent. UK.

https://en.wikipedia.o​rg/wiki/SV_Tenacious

Poland - Masurian Lakes - Mikolajky (archive 2014)

Poland - Masurian Lakes - Mikolajky (archive 2014)

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Poland - Masurian Lakes - Mikolajky (archive 2014)

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Nice colours Lubos, nice

We learned to row when we were little. My father's photo.

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unclejohn wrote in post #19219215
We learned to row when we were little. My father's photo.

Interesting.
The oars are massive at the hand held part. Is there a reason for that?
Beautiful dinghy. Did your father make it? Curious what it's made of.

avondale87 wrote in post #19219375
Interesting.
The oars are massive at the hand held part. Is there a reason for that?
Beautiful dinghy. Did your father make it? Curious what it's made of.

I wondered about the oars too, but realized they are probably made that way for balance. The short massive handle balances the loom and blade.

avondale87 wrote in post #19219375
Interesting.
The oars are massive at the hand held part. Is there a reason for that?
Beautiful dinghy. Did your father make it? Curious what it's made of.

Capn Jack wrote in post #19219376
I wondered about the oars too, but realized they are probably made that way for balance. The short massive handle balances the loom and blade.

Yes, they balance so that you don't have to waste energy lifting the blades at the end of the strokes. You don't see it in this picture but the handles cross by a bit more than an adult hand's width. You get so used to it that you don't even notice it, and you get a longer pull. The bottoms of these boats have a good shape so they just slide through the water and are light to row and easy to maneuver.

I never got involved in building them, so I don't know for sure of what wood they are made. Mostly of pine, I think, with ribs of spruce branches or juniper.

I can't tell if this is the boat my father made. It's been a long time. I would still remember if I could see the peak of the bow or the stern.