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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us for this National Boating History Conference. I love old varnished mahogany speedboats, but I have also had many rewarding experiences with lapstrake boats. In […]

I first noticed it during the Second World War, but the law, “If something can go wrong it will”, began to be recognized in 1949 when Capt. Ed Murphy was working on an Air Force […]

One day my distant neighbor George called,” Hey Harrid (Howard), you like boats, you want a canoe? I gotta clean up my yard.” Sure George” I said, ” I’d love a canoe, I’ll come right […]

In 1969 my great friend William H. Dyson III, found a job as captain aboard Charles J. Owens, of Owens Yacht Corporations, personal yacht, Oceanus, a 50′ Bill Tripp designed, carvel planked sloop. With Will’s […]

Battery was put on charger under the bench. Charger only had 10 am input for 6 volt. WRONG! it got hot, vapors accumulated and it exploded, throwing acid on everything. I was so lucky not […]