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Capt. Phil Fessenden
Phil Fessenden built boats in winter months and operated a fishing-charter business in summer, his boats are still going after 60–70 years.
People, Past & Present
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Chesapeake Treasures
John Swain apprenticed at Applegarth’s Boatyard in Oxford on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and has specialized in Chesapeake Bay watercraft.
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Hanneke Boon
Hanneke Boon, a collaborator with the multihull designer James Wharram, is a lifetime designer, boatbuilder, and seafarer.
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The Crosby Who Left the Cape
H. Manley Crosby was an innovator from a family of boatbuilders that is still active in wooden-boat construction.
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Gilles Montaubin’s Small-Craft Minimalism
Simple but fast boats designed by Gilles Montaubin for "sailing light" stood out in an annual gathering for sail-and-oars boats in Europe.
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Forbundet Kysten
Langesund lighthouse marks the entrance to Langesundsfjord in Norway, was once a manned facility but has long been automated.
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Joseph Conrad, Sailor
Joseph Conrad was born in Ukraine and possessed a great passion for the sea and based his writing on personal experience with ships and people.
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Scottish Yachting Archives
Preserving the U.K.’s historic vessels to include yachts lost or forgotten with presence on paper, model form, paintings, or in photographs.