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This bike/walking path is along the Boatworks area of Tahoe City, California.
Tahoe City is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Tahoe City is located on Lake Tahoe, 14 miles southeast of Donner Pass.
Was able to solo paddle towards the lowest and earliest sunset of the year December 21, the shortest day commencing Winter. However the view from the canoe with no ice on the St. Lawrence River can appear like summer. An amazing twilight on the clouds appeared 20 minutes later…
In 1969 the Silver Ann (on the right) was the last boat built at Britannia Shipyard and Boatworks in Steveston British Columbia.
Blackwitch is a 1949 gaff-rigged sloop built at the Wilmington Boatworks after a Ralph Winslow design based on the Friendship sloops; these boats were originally exclusively built by the Morse boatyard. They were remarkable workboats, well suited for fishing the Maine coastal waters in all-weather. The design was later modified for a recreational use. Blackwitch is a wonderful showcase of a classic yacht that has been restored / rebuilt from stem to stern at the Spaulding Boat Center in Sausalito to high standards. All the planking below the water line is new as well as the decks and deck beams. This re-build is fairly recent (2008) and the boat has been meticulously maintained since.
This bike/walking path is along the Boatworks area of Tahoe City, California.
Tahoe City is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Tahoe City is located on Lake Tahoe, 14 miles southeast of Donner Pass.
Richmond, BC Canada
Cannery 1889 - 1917 Shipyard 1918 - 1979
The Britannia Shipyard is the oldest surviving structure on the Steveston waterfront and the oldest shipyard building in British Columbia.
The traditional "L"-shaped cannery, timber framed and built on pilings over the Fraser River dates back to 1889. In 1917-18, in the wake of the disastrous downturn in salmon stocks on the Fraser, the cannery was converted to a shipyard.
The Britannia Shipyard repaired and maintained the Anglo British Columbia Packing Company fleet for many years. The fleet's early fish boats were largely built in the numerous boatworks located throughout the Steveston waterfront area.
In 1969 the Canadian Fishing Co. purchased the shipyard operation and ran it for another 10 years before it closed its doors permanently.
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I don't know what it was used for. Just thought it made an interesting shot tied up at the dock in the late afternoon light.
Redwood City, California.
The 39 ft schooner Ceridwen is easy to spot when she has hoisted her fisherman's staysail with the colorful round porpoise image Her name comes from a Celtic goddess. Ceridwen was lofted in 1982 at Magner and Sons Boatworks by John and Kevin Magner and Matt McCleary. Matt continued on with the building project along with his wife Stephanie. Ceridwen has a lead keel and steam bent oak frames. Ceridwen was launched in 1994 in Port Angeles, Washington and made her maiden voyage in 1996 to her home in Port Hadlock. Ceridwen was featured in Wooden Boat Magazine in January 2017.
Excerpt from www.hamilton.ca/government-information/news-centre/news-r...:
City officially opens Copps Pier Park at Pier 8
June 18 2022
The City officially opened Copps Pier Park at the Pier 8 promenade today at its Grand Opening event alongside members of the Copps family, City Council, City staff and members of the public.
Copps Pier Park is named in honour of the Copps Family and their decades-long commitment to improving the water quality and enabling additional public access to Hamilton’s waterfront. As part of the opening, the new Copps Pier Park sign, inspired by the City’s pride in its steeltown heritage and constructed from the same material, was unveiled.
The Park, located along the north and east edges of Pier 8, has created over 1.4-hecatres of new park space and is comprised of a 30-meter wide accessible walkway, multiple art installations, a playground, beach and board game areas as well as a performance stage. The Park provides full public access to the water’s edge with non-obstructed views and its trail remains part of the existing waterfront trail, connecting the HMCS Haida to Princess Point.
Quick Facts
•Construction of Copps Pier Park began in 2020 and was completed in spring 2022.
•Total cost of Copps Pier Park design and construction: $6.5 Million
•In 2017, FORREC Ltd. Pier 8 “Hammer City” concept was the winner of the international design competition initiated by the City of Hamilton in partnership with the Patrick J. McNally Charitable Foundation.
•FORREC Ltd. designed Copps Pier Park with three distinct zones for year-round, accessible use:
•Boatworks Promenade references the partial hulls of three tanker ships to enclose a sandy beach, play area and games terrace.
•Hammer Harbour uses an industrial gantry frame to form a waterfront stage with terraces and seating for large community events, celebrations and markets.
•The Landing provides additional space for public art, performance and ceremony.
•In August 2018, Council approved to name the new waterfront park “Copps Pier”, to honour the Copps family and their commitment to the waterfront.
This canoe named Grass River was put on a leaf shoreline with an attempt to solo paddle into a marsh Unfortunately it did not work as I attempted to paddle through massive aquatic plants on the Cornwall marsh that got me stuck below…
Location at the beginning of the world famous Cannery Row in Monterey, Monterey Bay Boatworks and Breakwater Cove Marina.
St Thomas USVI
Saw this mighty Yacht while taking a ferry in from St. Johns to St Thomas Crown Bay Marina
The Columbia - 141' Racing/Fishing Schooner Yacht
Some Specs if found online about this The Columbia:
DIMENSIONS:
Length On Deck ............................................................... 141’-2”
Length @ Waterline ........................................................ 110’-0”
Beam (Molded) ............................................................... 25’-6”
Hull & Superstructure Construction ............................... Steel, ABS Grade A-36
Main Mast ......................... One (1) 17” x 124’-10”, Covey Island Boatworks, Douglas Fir Laminated Lower. Sitka Spruce Laminated Top Mast
Foremast ............................ One (1) 17” x 115’-7”, Covey Island Boatworks, Douglas Fir Laminated Lower. Sitka Spruce Laminated Top Mast
More info can be found here:
www.oldsaltblog.com/2014/09/the-schooners-columbia-1923-2...
Inside one of the abandoned buildings at the old Alameda BoatWorks.
To achieve this effect on the sky I used Adobe RAW to boost the saturation of oranges while decreasing their luminance. The results were much more impressive than the "correct" blue sky due to intense light pollution from a nearby powerstation.
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Excerpt from www.hamilton.ca/government-information/news-centre/news-r...:
City officially opens Copps Pier Park at Pier 8
June 18 2022
The City officially opened Copps Pier Park at the Pier 8 promenade today at its Grand Opening event alongside members of the Copps family, City Council, City staff and members of the public.
Copps Pier Park is named in honour of the Copps Family and their decades-long commitment to improving the water quality and enabling additional public access to Hamilton’s waterfront. As part of the opening, the new Copps Pier Park sign, inspired by the City’s pride in its steeltown heritage and constructed from the same material, was unveiled.
The Park, located along the north and east edges of Pier 8, has created over 1.4-hecatres of new park space and is comprised of a 30-meter wide accessible walkway, multiple art installations, a playground, beach and board game areas as well as a performance stage. The Park provides full public access to the water’s edge with non-obstructed views and its trail remains part of the existing waterfront trail, connecting the HMCS Haida to Princess Point.
Quick Facts
•Construction of Copps Pier Park began in 2020 and was completed in spring 2022.
•Total cost of Copps Pier Park design and construction: $6.5 Million
•In 2017, FORREC Ltd. Pier 8 “Hammer City” concept was the winner of the international design competition initiated by the City of Hamilton in partnership with the Patrick J. McNally Charitable Foundation.
•FORREC Ltd. designed Copps Pier Park with three distinct zones for year-round, accessible use:
•Boatworks Promenade references the partial hulls of three tanker ships to enclose a sandy beach, play area and games terrace.
•Hammer Harbour uses an industrial gantry frame to form a waterfront stage with terraces and seating for large community events, celebrations and markets.
•The Landing provides additional space for public art, performance and ceremony.
•In August 2018, Council approved to name the new waterfront park “Copps Pier”, to honour the Copps family and their commitment to the waterfront.
Savona is a 39' ft Ed Monk Sr. Bridgedeck Cruiser. She was built in 1942 by Bud Forder of Forder Boatworks in Kenmore, WA. She was berthed at Bremerton Yacht Club from1946-1952. She has always been a Puget Sound boat. She is back at the Bremerton Yacht Club currently.
Lux is a Shetland Sixern Type: Shallop design. She began in the 1980’s as a training vessel for a troop of Sea Scouts in Vancouver, BC. Last year she was restored to sailing condition again. Lux won ‘Best Open Sailboat’ at the 2023 Victoria Classic Boat Festival. Lux is now a sailing and rowing charter boat in Maple Bay, BC. See more of Lux at www.traditionalboats.ca
This photo was taken at Port Townsend's 2024 Wooden Boat Festival woodenboat.org/
Richmond, BC Canada
EVA, is a wooden gill-netter built in 1937. She is powered by an original two cylinder Easthope engine. Easthope was a local company that manufactured some of the first gasoline engines used to power the West Coast fishing fleet and became a legend in the industry. Eva was built from good quality materials – Western Red Cedar, Yellow Cedar and Douglas Fir to name a few.
The Eva (#13K3752) was built in 1937 at the Suzuki Brothers Boat Yard as a Japanese–style double–ended gillnetter. She is 29.6’ x 8.0’ x 3.0’ carvel plank construction, cedar over oak. She was originally owned by Henry Jacobson, from Finn Slough BC. She required rebuilding by the Kishi Brothers Shipyard in the 1950s. In the 1960s she was owned by Gus Jacobsen (Henry’s nephew), also of Finn Slough BC. In late 1990s Al Mason, a highly skilled model builder and shipwright, traded a beautifully constructed scale model of the Eva for the vessel herself. She fished commercially to 1993 with fishing licence #23653.
She is probably the only vessel in existence to have been exchanged for an exact replica of herself. In 1997, Al Mason, a former resident made an interesting trade with Gus Jacobson, a Finnish fisher with long ties to Finn Slough. Al agreed to trade a working scale model (25.5 inches) of the Eva for the real thing (29.5 feet). Gus had been looking for a good home for the boat ever since he transferred the Eva’s fishing license to his present gill-netter because of a change of the fishing regulations around 1993 when area fishing was set up on the West Coast. Gus knew if a wooden boat was left unused it will deteriorate. Al, a shipwright who had repaired Eva in the past, had his eye on the boat for years and jumped at the chance to take ownership. When Al moved away from the Slough he made sure the Eva went to the Finn Slough Heritage and Wetlands Society. Kevin, another Finn Slough resident has upgraded her moorings among many other things.
Recently, local fishers have considered donating several historic fishing vessels and buildings to the Heritage & Wetland Society for preservation. Included is the “Eva” a twenty-eight foot wooden gillnetter built in 1939 at the “Kishi Boatworks” down river in Steveston. This boat is powered by an original two-cylinder “Easthope” engine.
“Easthope” was a local company that manufactured some of the first gas engines used to power the West Coast fishing fleet and became a legend in the industry. Also donated was a float containing a rare net-soaking tank made of cedar. It was used to keep linen gillnets from falling apart by soaking them in a Blue Stone (copper sulphate) solution.
This was before the advent of nylon nets and environmental awareness. They are in the process of creating a living museum by restoring and maintaining these and other heritage features. The Slough is bounded on the Fraser River side by Gilmore Island and on the north by a dyke built to protect Richmond.
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Sonjaand maintaining these and other heritage features. The Slough is bounded on the Fraser River side by Gilmore Island and on the north by a dyke built to protect Richmond.
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This bike/walking path is along the Boatworks area of Tahoe City, California.
Tahoe City is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Tahoe City is located on Lake Tahoe, 14 miles southeast of Donner Pass.
(Steveston) Richmond, BC Canada
The Britannia Shipyard was designated a National Historic Site in 1991 by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The 3.3-hectare park located along the Steveston Channel of the Fraser River consists of a community of workshops and dwellings that served the shore-based salmon fishery during its boom years from 1890 to 1913. Built over water, the shipyard is part of Steveston’s Cannery Row extending from Garry Point and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery to London Heritage Farm. Many of the buildings on the site were built in 1885.
The property includes the Britannia Shipyard and two boatworks operated by Japanese-Canadians. Labourers and craftsmen of Chinese, European, First Nations and Japanese descent lived in houses on site, and worked in salmon canneries, on the fishing boats, and in the boatworks.
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Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always sincerely appreciated.
Sonja
For a good view of DISCOVERY afloat, please see: www.flickr.com/photos/old_salt7/26605053672/in/photolist-...
The 35 ft, one-off British Cutter, was built in 1986 by Bruce Northrup from a Pete Culler design. The current owner, David Smith, had this to say. She was launched and then sailed on the Columbia River, but she soon was hauled out and rot was discovered in her planking due to leaky decks and lack of ventilation. Broken hearted the owner sold her to me in despair and with vague hopes I could repair her. A decade later (thanks to the good people of South Park) she emerged like some dandelion out of a crack in the sidewalk to live again. Part two of her life began with our family and yearly trips to Canada and of course the Woodenboat Festival in P.T. to try and create new rewarding memories. She is such a joy to cruise on that I feel guilty we don’t take more people out with us. Her home port is Tacoma, WA. She is seen here at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit/
The other boat looks like a 19 ft Caledonia yawl with a lugsail main. There are quite a few boats of that general style at the wooden boat festival. I just found the name of this craft to be Rowan, which is listed an “Ian Oughtred designed Sooty Tern”.
For more information about Caledonia yawls see : dory-man.blogspot.com/2010/01/caledonia-yawl-at-grapeview...
Back in the 80s, on her 'Daddy Days'--Jennifer put up with leaky decks, a marine toilet, and funky broadcast B&W television. But there was fishing, swimming off the boat, kayaking, and the nearby beach to play. I'd pay her and her buddy, Stacy two-bits for each fish they caught, it kept them busy, left me free for boatwork, and provided bait for the crawfish traps.
Clipper City Topsail Schooner on the Hudson River in New York City New York U.S.A.
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Annie is a new intern at the boat shop. She just graduated with a BFA specializing in furniture design. While Annie is at JW Swan Boatworks, she will be learning from Josh, and building a solo canoe made of cedar.
I took RIPTIDE out for a series of photographs in Port Madison Tuesday afternoon, August 7th, 2018. She is quite nimble for a long, slim single-screw vessel.
Since these photographs were taken, I built a traditional swim step of teak and had it securely mounted to the transom. A hatch has been added to her fore deck, and her mast and boom have been installed.
RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by Frank E and William J Schertzer, owners of Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, which was then located at 1115 Northlake Avenue on the north end of Lake Union near the foot of Stone Way in Seattle. Tantalizing hints in her lines suggest she may have been designed by the Seattle firm of Lee, Brinton and Wayland.
Her original owner was Carl Marts, who named her NOKARE. Sold in 1929 or 1930 to Don Bradley, she was renamed NEREID before being sold in early 1932 to Russ Gibson, who was to be her owner for the next 30 years. Mr Gibson named her RIPTIDE in 1935, the name she continues to carry today.
RIPTIDE is 47 feet 1-inch long with a beam of 11 feet 10-inches and a draft of four feet. She is planked in port orford cedar copper riveted to white oak frames over an apitong backbone with western red cedar houses. She displaces about 12 tons, relatively light for a boat this size.
A Coast Guard documented vessel, RIPTIDE carries documentation number 226242 carved into the interior face of both port and starboard bilge stringers. .
RIPTIDE is powered by remanufactured Cummins B210 5.9 liter turbo-charged diesel of 210hp, her fifth engine. While her top speed is over 14 knots at 2400 rpm, her cruising speed is a much more sedate 8 knots at 1500 rpm. She carries 300 gallons of diesel fuel and burns about 1.1 gallons per hour.
She was overhauled by the Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-Op in Port Townsend WA in 2015, completely recaulked by John Zimmer of Palouse Boatworks, and painted and varnished by Diane Salguero of Salguero Marine Services. 2017 work included replacing the aft portion of the pilothouse, adding six new portlights forward and repainting the boat. 2018 work included replacing the forward portion of the pilothouse, and overhauling the cockpit. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op shipwrights Jeff Galey and Paul Stoffer did the majority of work on the boat. 2019 work included replacing seven keel bolts, the worm shoe, and adding a new water tank, her two air horns, and her cockpit canvas and two mattresses.
Salguero Marine painted and varnished RIPTIDE’s topsides, the interior of the pilothouse and the cockpit after she emerged from the shipyard in early July, 2018. Her interior was painted in early 2019.
RIPTIDE's hailing port is Port Ludlow WA. While she was moored in Port Madison, on Bainbridge Island, WA, when this picture was taken, she has since been moved to Port Ludlow WA.
Recently my friend Kim and I carried our pack canoes to a remote Adirondack Pond in the eastern high peaks
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This adventure had us portaging our canoes 2 miles in order to reach the shore of this pristine pond nestled in the mountains, the weather was spectacular with a light wind.
I'm purposely keeping this location to myself. If you recognize it I'd appreciate you do the same. I hope you enjoy this short journey I've put together at the link below.
Richmond, BC Canada
Britannia Shipyard is a rare surviving example of a once thriving mixture of canneries, boatyards and residences. It is an eight acre National Historic Site with some of the oldest remaining heritage buildings found along the Fraser River.
The Britannia Shipyard is the oldest surviving structure on the Steveston waterfront and the oldest shipyard building in British Columbia.
The traditional "L"-shaped cannery, timber framed and built on pilings over the Fraser River dates back to 1889. In 1917-18, in the wake of the disastrous downturn in salmon stocks on the Fraser, the cannery was converted to a shipyard.
The Britannia Shipyard repaired and maintained the Anglo British Columbia Packing Company fleet for many years. The fleet's early fish boats were largely built in the numerous boatworks located throughout the Steveston waterfront area.
In 1969 the Canadian Fishing Co. purchased the shipyard operation and ran it for another 10 years before it closed its doors permanently.
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Thank-you for your visit, and please know that any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!
Sonja
Britannia Heritage Shipyards
(Steveston) Richmond, BC Canada
The Britannia Shipyards are in Steveston, a small area at the mouth of the Fraser River, in the southwest corner of Richmond, British Columbia. In the late 1800s, Steveston became the largest fishing town on B.C.’s coast and boasted the most canneries in the British Empire.
Immigrants from around the world heard of the jobs available in Steveston. The city quickly became one of the more multicultural places in Canada. European, Chinese, First Nations and Japanese people all gravitated to its fishing industry.
The Britannia Shipyard was designated a National Historic Site in 1991 by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The 3.3-hectare park located along the Steveston Channel of the Fraser River consists of a community of workshops and dwellings that served the shore-based salmon fishery during its boom years from 1890 to 1913. Built over water, the shipyard is part of Steveston’s Cannery Row extending from Garry Point and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery to London Heritage Farm. Many of the buildings on the site were built in 1885.
The property includes the Britannia Shipyard and two boatworks operated by Japanese-Canadians. Labourers and craftsmen of Chinese, European, First Nations and Japanese descent lived in houses on site, and worked in salmon canneries, on the fishing boats, and in the boatworks.
This image is best viewed in Large screen.
Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.
Sonja
(Steveston) Richmond, BC Canada
The Britannia Shipyard was designated a National Historic Site in 1991 by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The 3.3-hectare park located along the Steveston Channel of the Fraser River consists of a community of workshops and dwellings that served the shore-based salmon fishery during its boom years from 1890 to 1913. Built over water, the shipyard is part of Steveston’s Cannery Row extending from Garry Point and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery to London Heritage Farm. Many of the buildings on the site were built in 1885.
The property includes the Britannia Shipyard and two boatworks operated by Japanese-Canadians. Labourers and craftsmen of Chinese, European, First Nations and Japanese descent lived in houses on site, and worked in salmon canneries, on the fishing boats, and in the boatworks.
This image is best viewed in Large screen.
Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always sincerely appreciated.
Sonja