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Wow! This is a masterpeice! (Original Post)
Equinox Moon
Jun 2018
OP
Viking ships. The Spanish Armada. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2018
#12
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)1. I want one!
When I move to
Canada.
MFM008
(19,837 posts)2. Very cool
Thanks.
Duppers
(28,134 posts)3. Nice!
Wonder what Richard would charge to replicate that?
Or you could buy something like this (Not NEARLY as attractive tho.):
gibraltar72
(7,520 posts)4. Very cool but water and wood are not friends.
jpak
(41,761 posts)7. White cedar
Eastern North American forever wood.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,021 posts)10. There are lots of wooden boats.
Properly treated cared for, they last as long as boats made of any other material.
3Hotdogs
(12,471 posts)11. U.S.S. Constitution and U.S.S. Constellation.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,021 posts)12. Viking ships. The Spanish Armada. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
There were only wooden boats for thousands of years.
sarge43
(28,947 posts)14. HMS Discovery, HMS Victory, Magellan's flag ship Trinidad
the great ocean going Chinese junks.
sarge43
(28,947 posts)15. Those two get along much better than metal and water n/t
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)5. How cute.
Over the years, my definition of roughing it has evolved.
It used to mean "slow room service." Now, it includes:
-Slow wifi;
-Showtime instead of HBO on the cable channel line-up; or
-A complimentary breakfast bar that has no omelet station.
Laffy Kat
(16,396 posts)9. Hahaha. Me, too.
Anything under a Holiday Inn is roughing it for me.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,382 posts)13. The late, great John Pinnette on camping;
Camping is when room service stops at eleven
Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)16. Good one!
jpak
(41,761 posts)6. Amazing
hunter
(38,354 posts)8. Looks like it would be a fine house on land too...