Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
01-20-2012, 05:46 PM
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Under The ICE
I'm wondering if the Clarity of the water under the ICE is any better than in warmer months. If so, I would think this would have to be balanced by the Safety Issue ..Under The Ice. Just curious. ...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
11-14-2011, 03:12 PM
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Update
I recently found a book exclusively about the construction of the sidewheel steamer Beaver (1835) commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company for use in the Pacific Northwest. The book was so...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
11-14-2011, 11:59 AM
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I noticed a chunk missing out of one propeller...
I noticed a chunk missing out of one propeller blade in the picture in post #2.
It wouldn't suprise me if the boat owning that prop HIT the rock with the prop and broke the shaft..dropping the...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
11-10-2011, 07:25 PM
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
11-06-2011, 07:02 PM
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Update
OK: I live about an hour away from Mystic Seaport and we are members ..so we can go in for free anytime. We went today..this time I took my camera.
We went to the boat shed again to have another...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-31-2011, 10:30 AM
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-24-2011, 06:33 PM
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Looking again at the photo of the Propeller on...
Looking again at the photo of the Propeller on The Lawn it looks to me like the hub "Bore" is covered...maybe by a washer and a through bolt down to anchor the prop to the granite/cement base. If...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-23-2011, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 35
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Seneca Propeller
I've been thinking again. :look: Maybe the propeller shaft "Broke Off" ...just ahead of the propeller hub, and dropped the prop on the bottom. This could happen if the propeller shaft was not...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-22-2011, 07:07 PM
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-22-2011, 06:53 PM
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-19-2011, 06:52 PM
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I mentioned the Steam Yacht Cangarda in another...
I mentioned the Steam Yacht Cangarda in another thread...a month or so ago..about steam boats. The Cangarda ..@ 126 feet is NOW in Mystic Seaport...STILL operating with her original steam engine. ...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-18-2011, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 35
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Thanks TH: I have heard of that book. Can you...
Thanks TH: I have heard of that book. Can you tell me where I can get a copy. :look: NB
EDIT: I just went to Amazon. Used copies only. Rattlesnake Gal also has a copy. She reviewed the book...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-18-2011, 09:38 AM
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-17-2011, 02:48 PM
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More Questions
There was a steamer named EAGLE mentioned in my new "Steamers in Motion" book. There is a picture of EAGLE on the launch ways ready to be launched...the caption says it was in Lakeport in 1866. The...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-17-2011, 09:14 AM
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Wild Goose Chase..??
Looking at the propeller as it is being lifted from the water, I was struck with a little anomaly. There is NO Propeller Shaft attached. If a boat was wrecked, wouldn't the propeller shaft still be...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-15-2011, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 35
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-15-2011, 11:51 AM
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