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Illustration of bugeyes racing.
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The “Race of the Century”

by Text and illustrations by Tom Price

It started on an October evening in 1936, with a drink in hand, as so many of the best challenges often do. After a sumptuous dinner at the Gibson Island Clubhouse near Annapolis, Maryland, on a broad veranda overlooking Chesapeake Bay, J. Linton Rigg declared, “I’ve got the fastest bugeye on the bay.” The newest owner of the bugeye BROWN SMITH JONES had a point: she had been feared by nearly every oyster poacher on the bay 40 years earlier, when the Oyster Police used her to enforce catch limits.

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The Magic of MERLIN

After her restoration, the immaculate gaff cutter MERLIN, at 85 years old, sails on a cloudless autumn morning on Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Australia.
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THREE DEUCES and Coolidge’s 592M rumrunners.
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Puget Sound Rumrunners

by Scott Rohrer

A typical Thanksgiving Day on Puget Sound is windy, rainy, and chilly. But in 1925, on the eve of the feast day, a clear night allowed the full moon to light up the shore at Woodmont Beach, which is roughly 12 miles south of Seattle, Washington. Federal agents, acting on a tip, had set up a stakeout, and they were not misled: soon the sound of unmuffled twin marine engines—straight eight-cylinder 300-hp Sterling Dolphins—broke the silence.

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STING RAY V

A familiar sight in Florida waters, STING RAY V (today renamed STINGRAY) proved to be an able passagemaker on her many voyages between Fort Lauderdale or Boca Grande and New England.
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International Classic Boat Show

The 16th International Classic Boat Show will be held in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands, daily from 10:00 - 18:00 hours on 2, 3 and 4 November 2012. It is the only fair in Europe that combines shipbuilding, maintenance, restoration, and conservation of classic and traditional boats. This three-day show is THE meeting place for commercial and pleasure yachting; for skilled ship owners and dedicated enthusiasts of traditional vessels and shipbuilding crafts.

Third Annual Maine Small Craft Celebration

Portland Yacht Services and the Traditional Small Craft Association are proud to host the 3rd annual Maine Small Craft Celebration (MSCC) on the shores of the Fore River in Portland, Maine. 

Small boats—sail, oar and power—will be on display in the water and on land. Designers, builders, and owners will be there to discuss their boats and visitors will be able to take them for a test “drive” after learning the particulars about that craft.