[quote=artisthos]I am an old river rat whose first job was on a converted Ohio River steam towboat into a restaurant with a boss whose parents were slaves. I went on to become a rigger on a river salvage operation. My father introduced the family to houseboats and we navigated up and down the Ohio at least three times. I later helped him sail his Morgan 36' from Miami Lake Erie. Years later while living for twenty years in NYC I sailed out of East Hampton culminating with helping the captain I sailed with sail his refurbished 1980 Pearson 36' to Baltimore Ireland in June 2009. Now I must always have a sailboat but being a portrait painter find monies slim. I was able to get a free 1968 Snark by Triumph and am now getting it ready to sail on the Ohio River in Cincinnati Harbor. I think I will be able to turn it into a rowboat/sailboat and put a long tail prop on it powered by a 3hp B&S.
I?m watching Jaws 2 now looking to see if there is a Snark in it. I have an image of it on my site:
http://tomlohre.com/sailing.htm
Thanks for a great site.
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