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Packed up to leave the Happy Vagabond

A.J. has a new friend, Mack has a new boat

 

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This photo was under water for 20 years

Boat Building in the Happy Vagabond Camp

Key Largo, FL 1982


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Another view of the boat under construction

Under the Hang Glider Wing that became a Sail

Key Largo, 1982


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Mack's recycled plyood under a recycled hang glider

Bow view.  Another underwater photo recycled

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One Hull of a Trimaran we named "The Survivor." This ship is 85 feet LOA and 35 feet beam. A cabin on the cross deck was 30'x30' and livable when we launched SURVIVOR 31 Mar, 1985. It left the Oakland-Alameda estuary under the power of its 200 h.p. diesel auxiliary. It was designed to sail, and maybe it eventually did.


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Landing Ship Tank (LST) with bow doors open and ramp down.
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