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Porthole to the Past

 

The articles below originally appeared in the BoatHouse, the award winning

Bob Speltz-Land O' Lakes ACBS Chapter biennial magazine in the issues indicated.  Just visiting our site-- why not subscribe yourself  by joining BSLOL as a secondary chapter for only $25-- the only ACBS 603bChapter, making your subscription tax deductible. 

 

 

Boat Bottoms:

 

Hacker Craft Reborn- by Bob Speltz

A Lakeland Boating Reprint

 

Larson Boat Works--

Part I, II, III, and IV

 

The Story of the Glengarry

by Peggy Merjanian

 

 

 

Ole Evinrude & the Outboard Motor- Part One, Part 2

 

A Man and his Boat- 

By Charlotte Fardelmann

 

Cruise-ship to Warship -

Steamboat Aircraft Carriers

 

Built for War--the  LCVP,  

by Melanie Torbett

 

A Man of His Times--

Walter Lowell, his Thompson TVT,

and his Frank Lloyd House

 

Typhoon-- New Glory for an

Old Glamour-Girl   A Re-print by Robert Mayall

 

The History of Water Skiing,

by Andreas Jordahl Rhude 

 

 

V-Bottom, Part 2

 

Wayzata Boat

Building Co. 

 

An Early Stern Drive-

by David Oman

 

Cruiser's Notebook--

A Reprint on Motor/Shaft

Alignment

 

 

A Middle West Flyer--

by Andreas 

Jordahl Rhude

Military Construction of Wooden Boats-

a List as of July 1, 1952

 

 

The Mystery Ship- A Tragedy-

by Andreas Jordahl Rhude

 

 

 

Lighthouses of the Great Lakes-

by Andreas Jordahl Rhude 

 

 

 

Old Ironsides-- Now That's An Antique Boat! by Andreas Jordahl Rhude

 

 

Mille Lacs Lake 's Big Boats

 

 

My Greatest Thrill,

by Gar Wood

 

Christopher

Columbus

 Smith

 

Nellie Bly

 

 

St Paul Yacht Club

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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