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Decorating with Wooden Boats

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Decorative Sailboat Rustic Columbia Boat Model

Decorative Wooden Boats and Wooden Oars, perfect harmony to accomplish nautical rustic style

Beach Style via elledecor

Decorative Sailboat Columbia for Interior Design

Sailing Boats

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Schooner “Californian”

Photo Credit Michael Kahn

Californian was built in 1984 as a replica of the revenue service cutter C.W. Lawrence, which operated off the coast of California in the 1850s. On July 23, 2003, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Bill making her the “official state tall ship” of California.

Originally commissioned by the Nautical Heritage Society, she has flown the flag of California up and down the coast and in ports ranging from Hawaii,Mexico, and the East Coast. She also represented the state at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The model for her figurehead was actress Catherine Bach, who was chosen as she was descended from one of the state’s early families.

Recently acquired by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, she underwent a complete overhaul and has now returned to providing sail training and sea educational programs up and down the Californian coast. The public can go on a sail every Saturday in the summer.

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Schooner “Californian” Scaled Replica Model

1934 J Class Yacht Rainbow Model

J Boat Under Sails

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Velsheda vs Endeavour

J Class yachts were always on a grand scale, huge spreads of canvas on hulls of 120 feet or more

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J Boat Model Velsheda

1805 HMS Victory Admiral Nelson Flagship

Historical Note: The H.M.S. Victory was the ultimate British fighting vessel: a full rigged 227 feet long ship with 104 guns and 850 men when at full capacity. It is able to move from 15 to 17 kilometers per hour, and weighed as heavy as 7 tons, including guns. It was launched in 1765 and was most famous as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was shot and killed during the battle. H.M.S. Victory is the oldest naval ship still in commission. It has been restored and rests in a dry dock at Portsmouth, England. The ship in Portsmouth is the sixth ship with the name Victory in the Royal Navy. There has been great interest in the fifth Victory ship, which was built 15 years earlier and whose wreckage was found recently by Odyssey Marine Exploration.

Classic Sailing Schooner Elena Under Full Sail Source

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J Class Ranger Yacht Model

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1930 Classic Yacht Model

RL. Wooden yawl from 1929 Classic Yawl via missheatherette.tumblr.com

Tall Ship Friesland

First Squared Rigged Tall Ship Friesland

Tall Ship Under Sails

Dutch Tall Ship

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The cold did not save sailing ships moored in the ports of Leman, Switzerland. In Geneva, several boats sank under the weight of the ice. Found on tomorrows-adventures.com

Beauty Of An Ocean

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Wooden Pilot Schooner “Wander Bird”

Voyage

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New Map Of The World

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Yacht Race

Vintage Tradewinds

Sailboats At Sea

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Mariette Under Sails photo by Michael Kahn

Atlantic Wooden Ship Model

Commissioned by New York Yacht Club member Wilson Marshall, the Atlantic was launched in 1903. William Gardner, one of America’s foremost designers of large yachts, designed her. From the moment Atlantic went to sea, it was clear that she was an exceptionally fast and beautiful schooner. When a yacht in 1903 hits twenty knots during her sea trials, she is a promising yacht, but even then nobody could imagine two years later this yacht would set a record that would stand unmatched for almost a century.

Windward  photo by Michael Kahn

Ranger Wooden Sailboat Model

The J-class yacht Ranger won the 1937 America’s Cup, defeating 4-0 the Endeavour II of Britain, raced at Newport, Rhode Island. It would be the last time huge J-class yachts would race in the America’s Cup.

J Yacht Sailing  photo by Michael Kahn

Enterprise Decorative Wooden Sailboat Model

In the midst of America’s financial crisis, in the late 1920s, a yacht was being designed that would emerge as the first of a new breed. Incorporating a sleek new style, and crafted using an assortment of lightweight metals, the Enterprise yacht would soon enter into the 14^th America’s Cup Race. As the oldest international trophy competition in the world, the races allowed yacht clubs across the globe to compete for the chance to claim the title and bring the trophy home to their country. However, the previous race winning New York Yacht Club had been in possession of the trophy for 60 years, and was a favorite to defeat the challenging Royal Ulster Yacht Club.

Hailstorm Cannes  photo by Michael Kahn

Velsheda Racing  photo by Michael Kahn

Velsheda Spinnaker Racing  photo by Michael Kahn

America’s Cup J Class Defender Velsheda Model

Endeavour   photo by Michael Kahn

1934 America’s Cup Endeavour I

Shamrock   photo by Michael Kahn

1930 Shamrock V J Yacht Model

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Classic Sailboats Sailing

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1900 Classic Yacht Model Columbia

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America, 1851 Scaled Schooner Model

Moonbeam of Fife III, built 1903, source

Historical Yacht Atlantic

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Schooner Atlantic Under Sails

Yacht Model Replica Atlantic

Commissioned by New York Yacht Club member Wilson Marshall, the Atlantic was launched in 1903. William Gardner, one of America’s foremost designers of large yachts, designed her. From the moment Atlantic went to sea, it was clear that she was an exceptionally fast and beautiful schooner. When a yacht in 1903 hits twenty knots during her sea trials, she is a promising yacht, but even then nobody could imagine two years later this yacht would set a record that would stand unmatched for almost a century.

Nevertheless, while Wilson Marshall wanted Atlantic to be the fastest schooner on the water, at the same time he felt there was no reason to compromise on comfort. Unlike contemporary racing schooners, Atlantic was equipped with every imaginable luxury. Fitted out with the finest mahogany panelling, she had two steam driven generators powering up the electric lights, refrigerators and a large galley. On deck her halyard winches and primary sheet winches were steam driven too. She had two double and three single staterooms, a lobby, a large full beam saloon, a dining room, a chart & gunroom, three large bathrooms and in the deckhouse there was a comfortable observation room. She had retractable chimneys, so while under sail the below deck steam heating, lighting and refrigerating systems could keep running. Atlantic’s fo’c’sle accommodated her thirty-nine strong crew and officers, who would live aboard throughout the year.

During her first season Atlantic proved fast, winning both the Brenton Reef and the Cape May Cup hands down, but it was only in 1905 she made the headlines by winning the Kaiser’s Cup, a Transatlantic race from Sandy Hook to the Lizard. Referred to as “The last Great race of Princes” the entries for this race included all the yachts that the rich and powerful from Britain and America could send to sea. The legendary Captain Charlie Barr, who had already successfully defended the America’s Cup three times, was hired to skipper Atlantic. Charlie Barr’s determination to win was as legendary as his skills for driving the largest of yachts to the very limit. Therefore, he did, sailing 3006 miles in 12 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and 19 seconds. Atlantic’s 24-hour record was 341 miles, an average speed of 14,1 knots. Uncountable attempts were made to break this record but it would hold firm until 1998, the longest standing speed record in the history of yachting.

Atlantic’s story continued for another seventy-seven years with ownership passing through the likes of Cornelius van der Bilt and Gerald Lambert. She was used as a mother ship for other racing yachts like Vanity, for America’s Cup defenders and the J-Class Yankee on her voyage to England. Her guest book included the rich and famous of the world. She was simply the most famous and beloved racing schooner of all time.

Although after World War II Atlantic would never sail again, she refused to give up her existence. Somehow she was saved from the scrap yard on three different occasions, broke loose from her moorings, sailing back to sea without a man aboard and ended up used as a houseboat, a restaurant and a floating dock at a fuel station, until finally on 30th of January 1982, she was broken up at Newport Harbour, Virginia.

Classic Sailing Yachts

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Sailboat Models Bringing Classic Feeling and Endless Summer Into Life