Hanging Out at the Wooden Boat Show in Biloxi
Spent the weekend covering the Wooden Boat Show in Biloxi.
Great stuff.
Besides the 1930s era 59-foot Zoric/Mystic shown in this weeks Warship Weds. Here are a few more.
Charles Penny of LaComb LA cutting a rug in his 1949 18-foot long Davis Power Runabout
The 48-foot terapin schooner Redwing, made by Allen Miller of Ocean Springs of Red Cedar.
The Bill Holland built 65-foot Biloxi schooner Glenn L Swetman, owned and operated by the Maritime Seafood Industry Museum since 1989.
The 1936 50-foot lugger Tamora. Now based in the Kiln Mississippi and owned by Robert and Gerri Gros, the Tamora was built by Wheeler Yachts in Brooklyn. The Wheeler Yacht Company was founded at the turn of the 19th century by Howard E. Wheeler, in Brooklyn NY. During WWI, like other yacht builders, the yard built sub chasers. When WWII came, the Brooklyn yard, which was at the foot of Cropsey Avenue, in Coney Island, was dedicated first to minesweepers and then to an astonishing series of 230 patrol craft for the Coast Guard. You can see the very similar patrolboat/cabin cruiser lines in this inter-war built yacht. Odds are she probably served in the USCGR during WWII but can not be verified.