Return-path: <Outfit3029_at_aol.com> From: Outfit3029_at_aol.com Full-name: Outfit3029 Message-ID: <f5.95bfd5.2696253c_at_aol.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:09:00 EDT Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Andrea Gail - Perfect Storm To: dreid_at_andetur.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 108 In a message dated 7/6/00 3:33:13 PM !!!First Boot!!!, dreid_at_andetur.com writes: << One series of these boats was built by a ship yard in St. Augustine, Florida, that became quite popular as scallopers during the 1970's. Called the St. Augustine Trawler, these boats were built 'en masse' by a Texas businessman with the idea of taking over the New England scallop market >> When I arrived in St. Augustine back in the late 70's, I was employed at St. Augustine Trawlers (SAT). The boats that I worked on were 74' Fiberglass. The company also built wooden or steel trawlers. SAT was the largest custom trawler builder in the world. Directly across the San Sebastian River was another large manufacturer, Desco Marine. Along this little river were many small independent boatbuilders. SAT no longer exists. The property is now owned by the company that owns Luhrs and Hunter Marine. The site of the former Desco Marine is currently home to Luhrs. St. Augustine has an extremely rich marine tradition. You can paddle in front of the Castillo de San Marcos. The same waters that were once sailed by the likes of Sir Francis Drake. Bruce McC WEO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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