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President's
Message Simply
put, we had a great Annual Boat Show! Lots of
boats; the slips were full; impressive land displays;
good weather and terrific people everywhere! And
all of this possible through the generous support
of our sponsors - Partners Trust Bank, The Sherwood
Inn, Time Warner Cable, the Skaneateles Area Chamber
of Commerce and the Skaneateles Merchants Association.
On behalf of the entire membership of the Finger
Lakes Chapter, ACBS, thank you all very much.
This issue of Brightwork carries a lot of coverage
of our Boat Show - a very colorful event. But
don't forget our Annual Membership Meeting coming
up in November. As part of that evening, we'll
hold our biennial Silent Auction. So, be thinking
of contributions you'd like to see auctioned off
for the benefit of the Chapter. I have it on good
authority that our poet laureate, Jack Gifford,
makes coconut cream and blue berry pies that are
out of this world. Look for a couple of his gastronomic
creations in the Silent Auction this fall! Instead
of a fall outing this year, FLC members are encouraged
to support the ACBS Annual Meeting and Boat Show
at Lake George, Sept. 27-29. It will be several
years before that premier event returns to our
area again. Robb Kidd, FLC President
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200th
Anniversary of the Sherwood Inn
A
special thanks to FLC Director Steve White for putting
together a colorful grouping of old post cards with
early views of the Sherwood Inn. The cards came from
Steve's personal collection, and the framed arrangement
was presented to Bill & Joanne Eberhardt, owners of
the Inn, on the occasion of the Inn's 200th Anniversary.
The presentation was made by Steve on behalf of the
Finger Lakes Chapter at the Boat Show's Saturday evening
banquet. The Sherwood Inn is a Contributing Sponsor
of FLC's Annual Boat Show.
Did
You Know�? �that
the Crooked Lake Canal once ran between Penn Yan on
Keuka Lake and Dresden on Seneca Lake? The six-mile-long
canal had a drop of 270 feet and provided waterway
access to the Erie Canal from Keuka Lake. It cost
$140,000. to build, opened in 1833,
and
earned a total of only $46,000. in its 42 years of
operation. It was formally abandoned in 1877. �that
actor Humphrey Bogart used to spend summer vacations
at his family's summer home near Seneca Point on Canandaigua
Lake? �
that
paper was a popular material for boat-building in
the late 1800s and early 1900s? The leader in paper
boat manufacturing was the Waters Paper Boat Co. of
Troy, NY. Two of their boats - a 14-ft. rowboat built
in 1901 and a 20-ft.sculling shell built in 1880 -
are in the boat collection of the Adirondack Museum
at Blue Mountain Lake, NY. �
that
several great photos of the Lois McClure under sail
on Cayuga Lake are posted on the FLC web site? Ford
Knight took the shots of the replica of an 1862-class
sailing-canal boat and Rick Fetridge posted them on
www.flc-acbs.org �
that
the city of Rochester is one step closer to redeveloping
the Erie Canal? The U.S. House has passed the Water
Resources and Development Act of 2007, which secures
up to $8 million in federal funds to support the city's
plan to redevelop the canal. City officials want to
restore a section of the canal's historic path. They
also want to re-water part of the canal and eventually
add walking trails, parks and other recreational venues
in the downtown area.
Here's
What I'd Do� FLC Director and wooden boat restorer,
Ham Armstrong, has agreed to provide some boat restoration
articles for this newsletter under the above heading
and based on the following format: 1. If you
have a boat restoration problem or question, forward
it directly to Ham at his surface mail address, or
if you prefer to use e-mail, it can be sent to your
editor, and it will be forwarded to Ham. 2.
His response will be returned directly to you and
will, along with your question, also be published
in this newsletter. Ham's surface mail address is:
127 Highland Ave. Syracuse, NY 13203 Your editor's
e-mail address is flcboats@aol.com No restoration
question or problem is too small or too obvious to
be sent in. Give it a try and let's see if we can
create an interesting and instructional dialogue while
offering another benefit of membership in ACBS and FLC.
FLC.
Letter from the Editor ...Mailing the last
issue of Brightwork using bulk rate postage seems
to have been a success. This issue will also be sent
under the same permit, but with the added provision
of "Forwarding Service Requested." If a copy is undeliverable
and no change-of-address is on file with the post
office, this service will return copies to your editor
with additional postage due. The returned copy will
then be resent using first class postage. If a change-of-address
is on file, the copy will be forwarded for the first
twelve months at no charge. After that there is a
charge, but annual renewals should bring addresses
up to date. To keep the Chapter's cost of postage
as low as possible, it remains essential that every
FLC member keep your editor informed of any address
changes or address errors in a timely manner. Nevertheless,
if any member did not receive the June 2007 issue
(shown at left), please let your editor know and a
replacement will be sent out. -
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