Vintage Flights and Aviation

Vintage Aviation source  The legendary workhorse of the skies during the 1930-50s  Douglas Dakota DC 3 Aluminum Airplane Model 1936 Spitfire Fighter Airplane Model WWII German Hydroplane P-40 Warhawk flying with a F4U Corsair source  Open Cockpit Biplane image source  Junkers JU52 'Iron Annie'  Scaled Airplane Model Vintage Airplane via source  Vintage Aviation Airplane Propeller ...

Nautical Decorating Ideas

Decorative Boat Bookcase Decorative Sailboat Models  http://www.capcbc.org/ http://homeandofficedecors.com/ Nautical Decor and Ideas Decorating With Wooden Oars www.cool-kids-rooms.com  Nautical Decor Nautical Signal Flags via ibdesignsusa.wordpress.com www.brightboldbeautiful.com Beach Style Entry Decorative Sailboats Stateroom Bar Fun and functionality coalescing into an impressive piece of historic proportions. Wheel in the bar! Park and lock it somewhere close at hand! Made in...

Sailing Ships

Sailing Ships Xebec Wooden Model Ship By Stina Backer for CNN 1800's Baltimore Clipper Harvey 1700's Royal Louis Tall Ship Tall Ship Flying Cloud  Old Ironsides USS Constitution  The U.S.S. Constitution, a three-mast frigate, is the world’s oldest commissioned warship. Built primarily with dense southern live oak, its hull was 21 inches thick in an era when...

Sailing Boats

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...

Boating

via rahfish.com via thumbpress.com Go Nautical via natchis.tumblr Riva Rivarama boats-yacht.org   Riva Rivarama Speed Boat Model The name Riva is synonymous with elegance, class, and premier European craftsmanship. Carlo, would be the figurehead of the Riva Speed Boating legend. In the 1950s, Carlo Riva began to produce elegant wooden speed boats of unquestionably superior style and quality....

Sailing Camp

via ericvalli.com Sailing Camp Great Adventure Via Dale Bowen Kayak for 2 people We still use the traditional method of constructions while integrating the highest quality of materials currently available. Strips of cedars are joined together by hand and encapsulated in fiberglass bonded in place with epoxy resin then coated with marine vanish. This combination of...

Racing Sailboats

via http://www.rolex.com/ via http://www.rolex.com/ Exact Yacht Model Replica Columbia 1899 There was a crowd in attendance at the launch of the third America's Cup defender designed and built by the Herreshoff brothers. As ever, the boat has been built in an utmost secrecy, forbidding the access of the yard to every journalists and photographers. This time the defender...

On the water

On the water at the helm Ernest Hemingway’s Boat Model Pilar In 1934 Hemingway bought this 38 foot Playmate for the fishery of Havanan and in Bimini. Built by the Wheeler Shipyard in New York City, she was painted "pirates black". To be named Pilar, she carried 300 gallons of fuel and 155 gallons of water, and she was...

Classic Riva Aquarama

Classic Riva Aquarama The Riva Aquarama was a luxury wooden runabout built by Italian yachtbuilder Riva. Production of it and its derivatives (the Lungo, Super, and Special) ran from 1962 until 1996. The hull was based on the Riva Tritone, an earlier model speedboat by Riva, which in turn was inspired by the American mahogany Chris-Craft runabouts. The boat's speed, beauty, and...