http://boattalk.org Contemplating all things naval. A radio call-in show Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:22:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks for the donaton of the use of the Sea Princess, the first annual boattalk cruise happened on June 28.  The princess was built on Cranberry Island in the 60's by Bunker and Ellis.  Our own Capt. Giffy Full made the original design for the boat.  He says that five ... http://boattalk.org/sea-princess/ OK.  Here are the details about the WERU Boattalk dinner cruise.  First it will happen Saturday June 28 at 6 o'clock in the evening.  The cruise will be on board the Sea Princess leaving from the town dock in Northeast Harbor on Mount Desert Island at 6 PM and returning about 9 PM.   ... http://boattalk.org/boattalk-semi-dinner-cruise/ We talked with Franklin Pierce, an underwater archeologist, in our February show.  And he is organizing a group of volunteer divers to help survey some sites in the Mount Desert Island area this summer.  Listen to the show to get more information on what is going on around MDI, and ... http://boattalk.org/calling-all-divers/ www.epaint.com  environmentally friendly bottom paint was one of the subjects discussed on the may 08 show.  it seems to be the tops for bottoms if you care about not polluting.  listen to the show for details. http://boattalk.org/nontox-bottom-paint/ Raw Faith as of November 07.  Capt. George called on our Jan 08 show. http://boattalk.org/raw-faith/ Local marine archeology will be one topic we dive into in our February 12 show.  These three relics were brought up by a scallop dragger off Mount Desert Island.  Archeologists say they are about 8,000 years old.  The sea level was much lower then and several now sunken site are ... http://boattalk.org/draggin-up-relics/ This photo was taken about twenty years ago while crossing the gulf stream delivering a boat from Bermuda to Connecticut.  This is one of nine funnel clouds we saw that day.  Best guess at the time was the tornado was inside of a mile away.  This photo was the last ... http://boattalk.org/august-pix/ A drug runner boat that ran (flew) across the English Channel.  The British coast guard had to use a special heliocopter to catch it.  What I want to know is who got to drive it back to custody after it was seized.  More to come on this subject on the April ... http://boattalk.org/2000hp-inflatable/ Here are two pictures of what Mike and I are talking about when we say,"cored decks or hulls or both" The first is a drawing of a cross section of cored fiberglass.  Fiberglass is laid-up in a mold then the coring material is laid over the fiberglassand another layer of fiberglass ... http://boattalk.org/cored-decks-or-hulls-or-both/ Click on photo to view a larger version Captain Brenda's boat something French. A model of scherezade. Some boat Giffy full used to work on Grenada - after the big hurricane Scherezade - just before launch. http://boattalk.org/photos/