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CAPE SIZUN
Year of labeling
2007
Renewed in DATE OF
2015
French number:
NC
No. Registration
AU 1991
Registration District
AD Audierne
Type, series, or local name
lobster
Protected as Historic Monuments:
no
Website
Year of acquisition of the ship:
1991
Genre:
Maritime
Usage originally:
Peach
Propulsion mode (originally)
sail
Propulsion mode (current)
sail
Builder site
SCOOP NAVAL OF DOUARNENEZ
Year of construction (or commissioning):
1991
Overall length :
18.50 m
Hull length:
14.98 m
Flotation length:
14.00 m
Master Width bau:
4.95 m
Draught :
2.20 m
Air draft:
17 m
Displacement (in tons):
47 t
Administrative tonnage (in barrels):
24.74 tx
Hull: type of construction, materials, special shapes ...
Replica of lobster, hen - wooden shell
Hull: current state
Wooden hull - correct condition
Bridge and superstructures: description, materials
Wooden bridge - Wooden mat (glued laminated wood) -
Bridge and superstructures: current state
State of the bridge: correct Mat: very satisfactory (changed in 2006)
Rigging: type, mast, running rigging, sleeping, materials
Brown cotton voile - Wooden pulleys made of hemp and polyester
Rigging: current status
The mainsail will be changed for the 2008 season - The arrow sail is two years old, the jib is three years old.
Sail: description, surfaces, materials
Total surface: 150 m, composed of: mainsail: 85 m; arrow: 15m; staysail: 25 m; jib: 25 m; cotton voile
Sail: current state
Correct condition - the mainsail will be changed in 2008 - The jib and the arrow are respectively three and two years old.
Emménagements: description, materials
Landscaping - square WC Sailing Sailing Post 13 berths
Emménagements: current state
Correct
Engine (s): type, power, year
Perkins 120 Real CV - 23 Administrative CV - 1991
Human testimony:
The boat is the replica of the LAPART BIHEN, lobster who fished for lobster at AUDIENRE in the 50s.
Technical or conceptual testimony:
The great feature of the boat is that it has a goose bump. All the rigging is handled by hand and all the gestures of the past are preserved.
Event testimonial or past activity:
Former boat fishing lobster - at the time the boat was equipped with a livewell.
Owners' chronology, major modifications or renovations
The boat is the subject of a constant program of maintenance and renewal in order to keep it in an irreproachable state. Note that the development of the boat was carried out in 2001-2002 by the professional high school Jean Moulin PLOUHINEC.
Location: Department
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Location: usual home port
AUDIERNE
Frolicking in the pool in California at Nancy's house. I believe this picture was taken right before Steve had us laughing hysterically as he tried to get out of his flotation devices.
(2003)
The Skate-15 is a mini-transat inspired kit boat designed by Brandon Davis as a collaboration between Turn Point Design, Small Craft Advisor Magazine, and Duckworks Boat Building Supply. Skate is a lightweight, rugged, high-performance plywood boat designed for amateur construction that includes a host of modern features:
• Rotating wing mast (for cost savings Skate uses a Hobie 14 mast)
• Port and starboard water-ballast tanks w/simple dump valve for tacking
• High-performance sailplan carrying 200 sq ft upwind, 440 downwind
• Ultra-light paulownia plywood construction (+/- 350 pounds)
• Watertight cabin with Lewmar cabin and transom hatches
• Multiple sealed chambers for flotation or collision
• Retractable bowsprit (uses old windsurf mast)
• Twin kickup centerboards and rudders for beachability and performance
• Boomless and spreaderless rig with Spectra rope shrouds
• Huge cabin with comfortable cruising accommodations
• Designed around pedal propulsion
for more: www.facebook.com/R2AK.TurnPointDesign/posts/758786277648160
"The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) during the recovery of the the Sigma 7 capsule of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission on 3 October 1962."
8.5" x 11".
Above description associated with NASA photo no. S62-09050:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Kearsarge_(CVS-33)_recovers_the_Mercury-Atlas_8_capsule_on_3_October_1962_(S62-09050).jpg
images-assets.nasa.gov/image/S62-09050/S62-09050~orig.jpg
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Sea/read also...good stuff:
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Apollo 11 Command Module named Columbia carried home Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins the 1st manned lunar landing in 1969.
On July 24, the astronauts returned home aboard the Command Module Columbia just before dawn local time (16:51 UTC) at 13°19′N 169°9′W, in the Pacific Ocean 2,660 km (1,440 nmi) east of Wake Island, 380 km (210 nmi) south of Johnston Atoll, and 24 km (13 nmi) from the recovery ship, USS Hornet. At 16:44 UTC the drogue parachutes had been deployed and seven minutes later the Command Module struck the water forcefully. During splashdown, the Command Module landed upside down but was righted within 10 minutes by flotation bags triggered by the astronauts. "Everything's okay. Our checklist is complete. Awaiting swimmers", was Armstrong's last official transmission from the Columbia.
The Command Module is displayed at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. It is in the central Milestones of Flight exhibition hall in front of the Jefferson Drive entrance, sharing the main hall with other pioneering flight vehicles such as the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, the Bell X-1, the North American X-15, Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, and Gemini 4.
Items used for experimentation with designing the submersible Sadly, I didn't get closeups to show more detail for some reason. Left to right:
Mixing Master:
Ron Allum used these domestic kitchen appliances to mix the small batches required for experimentation. Purchased by the USA Bicentennial Gift Fund.
Sample showing how building blocks of Isofloat were bonded to create the strong & structurally integrated flotation core of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER.
Lent by McConaghy Boats & Composite Solutions.
Isofloat Foam Block: Cameron's design for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible needed a structural floation core of syntactic foam. This is a composite material of air-filled glass microspheres set into epoxy resin. Existing foams that were pressure tested to 'full ocean depth'
warped, cracked, compressed & lost buoyancy & structural integrity. Australian lead project engineer Ron Allum spent 18 months designing a new type of foam that had twice the tensile strength of existing foams & could withstand the pressure. It was named & patented as Isofloat.
Lent by Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences.
Paint Swatch (green square):
Cameron nominated "Kawasaki racing green" as the colour for the composite shroud surrounding the flotation core of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER. Its a practical choice because it is easily seen during the recovery of the submersible.
Lent by McConaghy Boats & Composite solutions.
Viewport Lens:
Lead engineer Ron Allum also tested & manufactured the thick conical lens integrated into the pilot sphere access hatch through which Cameron would have his
only view to the outside. Glass failed catastophically when pressure-tested, imploding into dust-sized particles.
This section from a test lens machined from solid acrylic, reveals tiny surface fractures under the same pressure & is a prototype of the lens installed in the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER.
The conical lens in the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER pilot sphere hatch is pushed in as the sphere goes deeper.
The micro-fractures on this test lens revealed how it was damage by the hatch structure as it pressed inwards during pressure testing. Cameron had the lens
machined to better fit the hatch. The modified lens used during his dives showed no fractures.
Lent by Ron & Yvette Allum.
Lake Erie--Port Clinton, Ohio
Taken with my grandmother's Argoflex 75
Kentmere 400 re-spooled for a 620 camera
FPP76 Developer
Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid. A crewmember is being hoisted aboard a U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery operations following the successful four-day, 62 revolution mission highlighted by Ed White's space walk.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S65-34044
Date: June 7, 1965
SAN DIEGO (Aug. 16, 2021) Seaman Hannah Totten, from Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, removes strobes from flotation devices for a maintenance inspection aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7). Tripoli is an America-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Melvin Fatimehin)
Only on the prairie would someone convert a gravel pit to a campground with a swimming beach. Life jackets required for anyone under 13. Flotation mats anchored into the beach every few yards. Water gets deep very fast.
Senior Master Sgt. Vincent Aldama inspects an HGU-56/P aircrew flight helmet March 8, 2013, on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Aldama is responsible for flight equipment such as helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes, flotation devices, survival kits, night vision goggles, anti-G garments, aircrew eye and respiratory protective equipment and other types of aircrew flight equipment. Aldama is an aircrew flight equipment specialist deployed to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
The lower section of Waggon Creek, West Coast. In this particular section the limestone walls are about 5m high on either side with no way out except the way you came in. Could you imagine this running fast and high as it does? At the end of this creek is a huge area filled with dead fall and tree debris that has made it's way down between these walls.
Waggon Creek develops into a cut that runs for about 3.5km between steep limestone walls covered in moss and ferns. I had to swim the deeper sections using my pack for flotation, quite unnerving as the water was black with tanin and I had thoughts of massive eels playing through my mind! A stunning place though, and one I might not get back to again.
Take a look at my Waggon Creek album which contains this plus many more images taken along the length of the cut that I was able to explore.
Photo 3/52 - Week 3, 2011.
Many people have told Danbo that she is beautiful (thanks guys!). But such is the roar of jumbled, depressive thoughts in her mind that she cannot hear the kinds words from those around her. No longer caring about herself, she turned to junk food for comfort. All day long she sleeps or gorge herself on food. [Little did she know these jelly babies are 99% fat free!]
"Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food or its withholding from the needy." - Wikipedia.
This is the third photo in the series of Danbo and the Seven Deadly Sins. The first is Envy and the second is Sloth.
Had to reshoot this one a few times. The original idea did not pan out, made for a really boring photo compared to what I had in my head. I thought I had this one done on the second shoot, even to the point of starting to process it when I realised Danbo's pose was all wrong. The sun was strong enough that I had to move the set up back in the shadow in between takes as the jelly babies were starting to go gooey! Plus 1 for edible props!
Since the last photo, the post-flood clean up has started in Queensland. Nearmap updated their stunning hi-resolution aerial photos of the affected area. If you are wondering how a "one in a century" flood looks like in built-in areas, hop over to their website and have a look at Brisbane, Rocklea and Ipswich for starters. It's beautiful to see mother nature at it's most powerful in some ways, yet horrifying to see the amount of damage.
Sadly parts of my own home state of Victoria is facing a "one in 200 year threat". Some 46 north-west and central Victorian towns have, or are facing evacuation. These include some of my favourite spots to visit. Hopefully we won't have any loss of lives here, not withstanding the two idiots who tried to use blow-up dolls as a "flotation device".
Sunnyside
Home Port: North Bend, WA
Year Built: 2019
LOA: 14
Owner: Joe Grez
Designer: Grez Yachts
Design: Unknown
Type: Power
Sunnyside was a COVID project built in the spring of 2020. 14 ft in length, 6 ft beam, cruising displacement is 1,000 lb. While her topside, cabin, and coach construction is stitch and glue plywood, her hull is based on a Uffa Fox International 14 but, wider and flatter midships. She has 300 lb of cement ballast to assure stability with adequate closed-cell flotation.
She has demonstrated very good seakeeping performance in normal summertime inland conditions.
Her complete propulsion system includes 300W of solar on the coach roof, an EP Carry propulsion system including motor and battery, and a Victron solar controller.
Her complete propulsion system costs $2400, weighs 30 lb., and is renewably powered by the sun. On a rainy, cloudy day, Sunnyside can still travel over 20 nm on solar alone. The longest day trip on the water was a meandering circumnavigation of Vashon Island last year, a total distance of nearly 40 nm. Solar propulsion arranged in this manner is suitable for long-range pleasure cruises because the sunlight (or cloud light) scales with the propulsion needs of a displacement hull very well.
A 360-foot-long and 11,000 ton longitudinal pontoon is towed through the launch channel of the SR 520 pontoon construction site. The float-out operations coincided with the high tide late in the evening on April 28, 2013. Crews worked through blustery winds and heavy rain to float-out the six pontoons from the casting basin.
Progress continues on the SR 520 Pontoon Construction Project, as the second cycle of new pontoons left the Aberdeen casting basin overnight April 28 and 29, 2013. The late-night timing coincided with the favorable high tide needed for float-out.
In the second cycle, crews built three longitudinal pontoons, two supplemental stability pontoons and one cross pontoon. The 360-foot-long longitudinal pontoons are the backbone of the new SR 520 floating bridge being built on Lake Washington; the supplemental pontoons provide stability and flotation, and the cross pontoons cap the bridge on the east and west ends. Crews will build a total of six cycles of new pontoons in Aberdeen.
Members of the Coast Guard conduct ice rescue training by reeling in a simulated survivor in the water on a MARSARS Ice Rescue Safety Shuttle Sled at U.S. Coast Guard Station Alexandria Bay, New York, March 16, 2021. The Coast Guard Station provides law enforcement, search and rescue, as well as training throughout the surrounding areas up to the U.S./Canada border. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bernardo Fuller)
Flotation Mill
Comet Ghost Town, Jefferson County, Montana
See set description for the story of Comet.
CSX train U247, the Spruce Pine Local from Kingsport, has an extra long schedule on this day. Normally, the train sprints to Spruce Pine, works a transload yard there, out to USG at Flotation, then back to Quartz Corp at Minpro before making a mad dash back to Kingsport to try to stay off the law. Tonight's run has zero chance of making it all the way home. The train met 694 at Toe River just prior and then had to fetch MoW gondolas of scrap at Altapass on top of their normal work. They've tied the gondolas onto their consist of covered hoppers at Toe River, have ran back out to Altapass to get a signal for the main, swapped locomotives, and are shown here coming back light through Vance Tunnel on the runaround.
The local usually does all their "turning around" at Spruce Pine under their own authority on hand thrown switches. Having to tone the extra board FG who didn't quite have a handle on what the crew needed to do a few extra times and a yellow jacket's nest on the Altapass Spur's derail didn't do the crew any favors on getting through an already long assignment. I imagine they didn't have time to make it back to Tennessee by the time they hit the 12 hour mark.
S73-36401 (25 Sept. 1973) --- A team of U.S. Navy swimmers assists with the recovery of the Skylab 3 Command Module following its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 230 miles southwest of San Diego, California. The swimmers had just attached a flotation collar to the spacecraft to improve its buoyancy. Aboard the Command Module were astronauts Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma, who had just completed a successful 59-day visit to the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. Minutes later the Command Module with the three crewmen still inside was hoisted aboard the prime recovery ship, the USS New Orleans. Photo credit: NASA
One of Jet Creations lifelike animal series,this orca is 7 feet long.Not to be confused with the cheaper Orca whales for swimming pool use I'ts very well made of heavy PVC and not for flotation use display only.
She finally does a head-first dive!! This is actually her second head-first dive; I missed getting the first one on film. Then she swims ALL THE WAY to the ladder by herself, without any kind of flotation device, in eight-and-a-half foot deep water. That's not just me applauding -- all the mothers who were watching their kids in lessons cheered her on as well. YAY!
At the very end, her teacher MJ says, "Grace, it's OKAY to come up and take a breath after you dive!!!"
SBC-3 Helldiver scout bombers getting ready for takeoff from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during maneuvers off the coast of Hawaii in September 1940.
This plane, bureau number 0517, was lost a month later when flotation bags inflated in-flight causing the crew to bail out off Oahu,Hawaii on October 31,1940.
The three aircraft in this photo are from Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6).
Panga (from Wikipedia): The Panga is the Central American/Mexican version of a skiff. The term "Panga" was used historically for any small boat other than dugout canoes. Today it usually refers to an open "semi-dory" type skiff.
Pangas form the backbone of the small-scale fishing effort in Mexico, Central America and much of the Caribbean.
Pangas are usually between 19 and 28 feet in length, with capacities ranging from 1 to 5 tons and powered by outboard motors of between 45hp and 200hp. They are planing hulls capable of speeds in excess of 35 knots.
The hulls are made of Fiberglass or FRP, heavily reinforced by numerous bulkheads and usually have bow and stern enclosed flotation compartments.
In the hands of an experienced operator they are considered extremely seaworthy. Most pangas are expected to have a working life of between 5 to 10 years if properly maintained.
88F239 - Towboat "M/V Cole" doing harbor work at upper end of Towhead Island, Louisville, Kentucky, Ohio River mile 602
June 1988
Harbor work on the Ohio River includes moving individual barges from fleets (mooring areas near the riverbank) to midstream, where they are coupled together with other barges and a towboat to form a "tow" which then proceeds up or down the river. It's also necessary to periodically check on moored barges to see that the lines are secure (especially when the river is rising) and to see if there are flotation compartments that need to be pumped out.
An occasional job for harbor boats is assisting line-haul tows passing through the area between the Clark Bridge and the upstream end of the Portland Canal. During high water, the current is strong and there is an outdraft which flows away from the Kentucky bank. Under these conditions, a harbor boat can gently nudge the head of the tow and keep it aligned as it enters or leaves the canal.
The twin-screw towboat "Cole" (doc. # 635318) was built in 1981 by Mississippi Marine Towboat Corp., Greenville, Mississippi.
Quoting from Maritime Reporter:
"Mississippi Marine delivered the M/V Cole, the first of three for the same owner, within 90 days after receipt of contract. It is a 56-foot by 20-foot by 7-foot, 6-inch workboat designed for fleeting service.
"The M/V Cole is powered by two GM Detroit Diesel 16V-71 main engines [producing a total of 1000 hp] coupled to a pair of Twin Disc MG-518 (4.5:1) reduction gears. [May have later been repowered with Cat diesels, accd. to 2005 Inland River Record.] The gears turn two 5V2-inch-diameter shafts. The Coolidge propellers are 50-inch by 46-inch, four-blade, stainless steel, especially designed with extra heavy edge thickness and increased blade area ratio. The main engine cooling is provided by Fernstrum grid coolers and engine controls are provided by Morse MD-24 cable controls.
"The vessel is equipped with two steering rudders and four flanking rudders. The mechanical over hydraulic system is main engine driven. While the vessel is equipped with a pair of 12-kw, model # A2D 12000 Dieselec, aircooled generator sets, a separate 12-volt system also is provided permitting the M/V Cole to operate without the generators. Navigation lights, searchlights, and other necessary lighting is dual 12 v dc and 120 v ac. The two power winches are Skipper Hydraulic, 25 ton, powered by the main engine driven hydraulic pumps and reservoir package which also allows for operation of the vessel without the use of the generator sets.
"The M/V Cole's raised pilothouse provides a 25-foot eye level and 360-degree visibility. A catwalk and stairs provide good access to both empty barges as well as the vessel's main deck."
The boat was originally owned by H/C Leasing, Greenville, and operated by River Equipment and Supply Co., Greenville until Dec. 1988, then by American Boat Co., Cahokia, Illinois. In 1995, the boat was sold to Jeffrey Sand Co., Little Rock, Arkansas. Still operating in 2019.
Note that the roof of the engine room has been raised to let fresh air in.
It seemed strange to me that a fleeting boat owned by a company in Greenville, Mississippi, would be operating in the Louisville area. I suppose it was leased to a company doing harbor work here.
As an aside, the "M/V" in the boat's name stands for "motor vessel" (as opposed to "steamer"), but since all towboats nowadays are diesel-powered (and thus are motor vessels), the "M/V" is not really necessary.
The newest member of our household, he's still a baby cat, all pouncing and jumping, just like he should be. Oakland SPCA shelter says he's 1 year old, based on his teeth. And he's from the Central Valley area. Will the rest of him match those paws, or is he a 'high flotation' model? Time will tell.
He's amazingly silky and smooth to the touch. Very appealing. Great big purr too. HIs four front toes are white, but the white is only on the separated parts and the webs between them, so he has crisp little dividing lines between the carpal bones (black) and the fingers (white).
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Kansas Cosmosphere
The SK-1 was the latest in a long line of suits built by Zvezda ("star"), the Soviet Union's leading maker of aircraft pressure suits and ejection seats. The firm built its first pressure suit in 1952-53. Zvezda products orbited Earth before Gagarin's flight. The dogs Belka and Strelka rode in a Zvezda-built container during the second unmanned Vostok test flight in August 1960, and SK-1 suits containing dummies flew two unmanned Vostok flights in March 1961.
Over the course of six Vostok flights that carried cosmonauts, Zvezda continuously improved the SK-1. In 1963, the firm modified an SK-1 for Vostok 6 cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Her suit, designated SK-2, featured narrow shoulders, glove improvements and other changes.
The First Space Suit
Vostok 1 lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, with Yuri Gagarin on board. The pioneering cosmonaut wore a protective SK-1 space suit similar to the one displayed here. This suit, used for training Vostok cosmonauts, was very likely worn by Gagarin as he trained for his historic voyage into space.
The 51-pound SK-1 suit was built up of layers with different purposes. The orange outer layer made it easy for recovery helicopters to spot the cosmonaut on the ground. Other layers prevented chafing and provided ducts for air circulation. Four layers would keep the cosmonaut warm and dry if he splashed down in icy water. A flotation collar would then inflate to keep him afloat until help arrived. The SK-1 helmet visor shut automatically for launch, reentry, and in case the Vostok capsule lost pressure. Pockets held a pistol, a knife, a radio, and shark repellant.
It's 20C outside. There must be some ice under the water they're sloshing through. You wouldn't want to fall over. The penguin could be used as a flotation device. Pentax ME Super; Pentax 40-80mm; Fujicolor C200.
2012 Route 66 Car Show
Oak Park Avenue & Ogden Avenue
Berwyn, Illinois.
Cook County, USA.
In 2019, the owner left earlier than expected..
From wikipedia
The Amphicar Model 770 is an amphibious automobile which was launched at the 1961 New York Auto Show, manufactured in West Germany and marketed from 1961 to 1968. Production stopped in 1965.
Designed by Hans Trippel, the amphibious vehicle was manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde, with a total of 3,878 manufactured in a single generation. Engine: Triumph four-cylinder engine of 1147 cc, 8:1 compression ratio, rated at 38.3 bhp
A descendant of the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, the Amphicar offered only modest performance compared to most contemporary boats or cars, featured navigation lights and flag as mandated by the US Coast Guard — and after operation in water, required greasing at 13 points, one of which required removal of the rear seat.
The Amphicar name is a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "car".
Appearance
Front undersurface is slightly pointed and sharply cut away below. The wheels are set low, so that the vehicle stands well above ground level when on dry land. Front and rear bumpers are placed low on the body panels (but fairly high in relation to dry ground). The one-piece windshield is curved. The foldable top causes the body style to be classified as cabriolet. Its water propulsion is provided by twin propellers mounted under the rear bumper. The Amphicar is made of mild steel.
Powertrain
The Amphicar's engine was mounted at the rear of the craft, driving the rear wheels through a 4-speed manual transmission. For use in the water, the same engine drove a pair of reversible propellers at the rear, with a second gear lever engaging forward or reverse drive. Once in the water, the main gear lever would normally be left in neutral. By engaging first gear as well as drive to the propellers when approaching a boat ramp, the Amphicar could drive itself out of the water. .
Performance
The powerplant was the 1147 cc (69 in³) Standard SC engine from the British Triumph Herald 1200. Many engines were tried in prototypes, but the Triumph engine was "state of the art" in 1961 and it had the necessary combination of performance, weight, cool running, and reliability. Updated versions of this engine remained in production in the Triumph Spitfire until 1980.
The Amphicar engine had a power output of 43 hp (32 kW) at 4750 rpm, slightly more than the Triumph Herald due to a shorter exhaust.[7] Designated the "Model 770",[5] the Amphicar could achieve speeds of 7 knots in the water and 70 mph (110 km/h) on land. Later versions of the engine displaced 1296 cc and 1493 cc and produced up to 75 bhp (56 kW).
One owner was quoted "It's not a good car and it's not a good boat, but it does just fine" largely because of modest performance in and out of water. Another added, "We like to think of it as the fastest car on the water and fastest boat on the road."
Amphicar 1962.
In water as well as on land, the Amphicar steered with the front wheels, making it less maneuverable than a conventional boat. Time’s Dan Neil called it "a vehicle that promised to revolutionize drowning", explaining, "Its flotation was entirely dependent on whether the bilge pump could keep up with the leakage." In reality, a well maintained Amphicar does not leak at all and can be left in water, parked at a dock side, for many hours
History
Production started in late 1960. By the end of 1963 complete production was stopped.[15] From 1963-65 cars were assembled from shells and parts inventory built up in anticipation of sales of 25,000 units, with the last new build units assembled in 1965. Cars were titled in the year they actually sold rather than when they were produced, e.g. an unsold Amphicar assembled in 1963 or 1965 could be titled as 1967 or 1968 if that was when it was first sold, though the inventory could not be sold in the U.S. in the 1968 model year or later due to new environmental and USDOT emissions and safety equipment standards, they were available in other countries into 1968. The remaining inventory of unused parts was eventually purchased by Hugh Gordon of Santa Fe Springs, California.
Most Amphicars were sold in the United States. Cars were sold in the United Kingdom from 1964. Total production was 3,878 vehicles. 99 right-hand drives were converted from left-hand drives. Some were used in the Berlin police department and others were fitted for rescue operations.
Amphicar shows and rides
Amphicar owners regularly convene during the spring, summer and fall months at various locations nationwide for "swim-ins", the largest of which is held at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park, Ohio.
In 2015, the Boathouse at Walt Disney World's Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida began offering public Amphicar rides to visitors, charging $125 per ride for groups of up to three. Disney heavily re-engineered and enhanced the eight Amphicars of various original colors in its fleet for safety, reliability, and comfort.
Stéréolux Nantes le 26/05/2019 WNWH 2019 avec Von Pariahs, Tropical Fuck Storm, Flotation Toy Warning and Jerusalem in My Heart
To replace various helicopters in service at the time, namely the SH-34 Seahorse, the US Navy awarded Sikorsky a contract to develop a helicopter that would combine several roles into one airframe: hunter/killer antisubmarine warfare, cargo transport, and search and rescue. It would also have to be capable of amphibious operations and had to be able to operate from smaller ships as well as aircraft carriers. Sikorsky’s HSS-2 Sea King was the response, and it first flew in March 1959. The HSS-2 had a distinctive “boat” hull for water landings, including flotation bags in the sponsons, good visibility from the cockpit, and a folding tail section for stowage. In the antisubmarine role, the HSS-2 was equipped with a dipping sonar unreeled from the forward hull, 21 sonobuoys, and a MAD “bird” capable of being deployed from the port sponson. In 1962, the type’s designation was changed to SH-3A.
The SH-3 would remain in US Navy service for the next 50 years. During Vietnam, it operated in plane guard duties for carriers, the first aircraft to launch and the last to recover; it also served in SAR duties from the carriers and smaller ships, flying over water and often over land to rescue downed pilots. In this role, the SH-3 is probably responsible for the rescue of more people than any other aircraft type. Dedicated SAR helicopters often were equipped with heavy or light machine guns. Other versions were converted to UH-3 utility helicopters (for vertical replenishment and light cargo duties) and VH-3 VIP transports. The latter were the last Sea Kings in US service.
The US Navy began replacing the aging SH-3 following the First Gulf War, with ASW/SAR SH-3s mostly gone from fleet service by 1997. Cargo and utility variants remained in service until 2006. Besides its service in the US armed forces, Sea Kings were heavily exported to 17 air forces, including license-built versions made by Westland (Sea Kings), United Aircraft of Canada (CH-124), Agusta (AS-61), and Mitsubishi (HSS-2); foreign variants are used both in traditional roles for the Sea King, as well as antishipping duties, troop transports, minesweeping, and even airborne early warning. It remains in service worldwide.
Though marked as the famous Bureau Number 152711--"Fetch 66," the Apollo recovery helicopter--this is actually 149711. Delivered as a SH-3A in 1962 to HS-11 ("Dragonslayers") at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, the Atlantic Fleet SH-3 Fleet Replenishment Squadron. It would go to sea in 1966 with HS-4 ("Black Knights") aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10), operating in Tonkin Gulf off of North Vietnam; in 1967, it was transferred to HS-2 ("Golden Falcons") onboard USS Hornet (CVS-12), remaining aboard until 1971. 149711 would subsequently be converted to a SH-3G, operating in the cargo role with HC-7 ("Seadevils") aboard the USS Midway (CV-41) until 1972, when it was returned to shore. It would subsequently be converted to a SH-3H, then a UH-3H utility helicopter, while serving with HS-10 ("Warlords") at NAS North Island, California. 149711 was retired in 2007 and donated to the Midway Museum just across the bay.
There are three helicopters in various museums painted as 152711, but none are actually that helicopter, which sadly crashed in the early 1970s off California. The Bureau Numbers are fairly close, at least, and 149711 did actually serve with HS-4. All five Apollo recoveries are marked on the nose, behind HS-4's knight's head; these included Apollos 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The artwork right next to the open door is Albert the Alligator, a character from the "Pogo" comic strip, which was apparently applied only during the Apollo 13 mission. On the opposite side of the helicopter from this picture, 149711 carries the colors of HS-6 ("Indians").
I'm pretty happy to find out that this helicopter served aboard the USS Yorktown the same time my dad was assigned to the carrier. He undoubtedly controlled 149711 on patrol and rescue missions in Tonkin Gulf. Dad spent a week aboard a destroyer as a familiarization tour, and he rode a SH-3 over to it--it might've been this one. The crew lowered him to the destroyer's deck, and one of the crew told him to "Sit on the floor!" so he could be hooked up to the cable. Dad thought he said "Jump out the door!" to which Dad said something which I can't repeat in mixed company.
This is the third assumed Cuban refugee boat that we found on another of the beaches near Marathon, Florida..Florida Keys. This one is marked by the US Coast Guard with a OK..meaning they have already registered its entry on December 26, 2015. Typically no one knows how many passengers it had.
Similar to the last one , it had a 4 cylinder engine that someone as already stripped. Water jugs hanging over the sides, discarded clothes inside, and was made of sheets of aluminum connected and foam styrofoam to form the bottom to create a flotation device. Apparently it worked....it landed on the beach.
Second place, Flat Smokey in the Photo, by April Harris.
Local amateur photographers submitted 101 photographs for an interagency contest during the 21st Annual Sportsmen’s & Outdoor Recreation Show in Roseburg. Ten photographers received the top awards as voted by people attending the outdoor show.
The contest included five categories – “Scenery”, “People Enjoying Nature”, “Animals in Nature”, “Flat Smokey in the Photo”, and “Selfies in the Woods” – and one “Best in Show” category.
Abigail McEnroe of Roseburg earned the “Best in Show” award, having received the most votes for her photograph of a young boy and dog, both wearing personal flotation devices, peering over the bow of a raft. She also won an additional first and third place in the “People Enjoying Nature” category and second place in the “Scenery” category.
This was the fifth “Land of Umpqua Amateur Photo Contest” sponsored jointly by the Bureau of Land Management, Roseburg District and Umpqua National Forest. More than 420 people stopped by the agencies’ booth to vote for their favorite photos.