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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PAD # 21 - "Amycita" - A 1918 Glass Launch
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Thu Oct 16 06:11:34 2008
References: <790A3D4F-93AF-4BBB-A3A7-2AC4B40EDDD9@comcast.net>

I'd love to have that one for running the Pamlico River and  
Intracoastal Waterway!

ric


On Oct 16, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> Amycita was launched in 1918 and is designed along the lines of a  
> popular Victorian-era Naptha launch.  She has been lovingly restored  
> over the last few years and now sports a modern 35 HP diesel in  
> place of it's original gas engine.
>
> She's tough to steer but fun to drive.  There's just a cable between  
> the small wheel and the rudder.  I came away from my stint at the  
> helm a far stronger man but one with a big smile on his face.
>
> The Boat
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2008_PAD/300_2788.jpg.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/548gg4
>
> The Steering Station
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2008_PAD/300_2676.jpg.html
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/3eget9
>
> D300 17-35 f2.8 zoom.  C&C always welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
>
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