Amsterdam is home to De Poezenboot, or the Catboat- a floating rescue just for cats. This post shares what makes the Catboat a wonderful place to visit.
The MerryMac catboat tends to make the blood hum with a sense of adventure and challenge. Its owners claim that it has always been so since the first of about 200 MerryMacs sprouted wings on the banks of New Hampshire’s Great Bay back in the early 1950s. And MerryMac lovers will tell you that the sense . . .
Amsterdam is home to De Poezenboot, or the Catboat- a floating rescue just for cats. This post shares what makes the Catboat a wonderful place to visit.
Joe Brennan’s as-yet-unnamed Herreshoff Coquina is a cold-molded version of the lapstrake cat-ketch that Nathanael Herreshoff built for himself in 1889.
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In boating circles, the word "friendship" brings to mind the classic Maine-built sloop from which pre-internal-combustion lobstermen tended their traps. For Richard Armstrong, however, the word conjures up a different image—a small catboat designed for the burgeoning summer community of Friendship, Maine, in the beginning of the 20th century. In 1925 Friendship summer resident, artist, and sailor . . .
View On Black A "reach" is when the wind is coming from the side of your boat and your sail is half way out from the center line of the boat. It is the sail setting that moves a boat like this as fast as it can go. -Added to theCream of the Crop pool as most interesting. b_MG_4347_fhdr
14' Catboat Based on an Edson I. Schock design; redesigned by Tony Davis in 1998. The shallow draft of the 14-foot Catboat allows it to sail with ease ...
In boating circles, the word "friendship" brings to mind the classic Maine-built sloop from which pre-internal-combustion lobstermen tended their traps. For Richard Armstrong, however, the word conjures up a different image—a small catboat designed for the burgeoning summer community of Friendship, Maine, in the beginning of the 20th century. In 1925 Friendship summer resident, artist, and sailor . . .
Brian Pearson has sent over some of his photos of the Boat Building Academy’s student launch day on 7th December. Thanks Brian! He seems to have had a good time: ‘It was a ve…
Visit The Catboat in Amsterdam. The only floating cat shelter in the world. Check out pictures, opening hours and reviews here!
Five days a week, the floating shelter opens to the public.
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Taken August 8, 2010 incoming tide on Breakwater Beach Nikon D300 20 seconds @ F/22 Nikon 70-200 @ 70 mm Singh-Ray vari ND filter ISO 200
Amsterdam is home to De Poezenboot, or the Catboat- a floating rescue just for cats. This post shares what makes the Catboat a wonderful place to visit.