Archive for the 'Sailboats' Category
What’s a Patchogue?
So what is a Patchogue? Something like a cross between a pirogue and Patch Adams? Nope (but that does give me an idea for an avatar). It’s actually the name of a Native American Indian Tribe, but for our discussion it’s not a what, but a where. The village of Patchogue (named after that tribe), on [...]
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The Leetle Cat!
Our latest Trudeau Classic Yacht was inspired by the Beetle Cat, a wooden one-design centerboarder catboat well-known up and down the northeastern US coast. The Original Beetle Cat Boat, named after the family who designed and originally constructed it, was introduced in 1920 and over 4,000 have been built to date. The Beetle Cat class [...]
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Tradewind Launched!
Under construction in the Trudeau boatyards for over 3 months, the Tall Ship Tradewind launching into the Second Life Seas on Sunday, February 24 was witnessed by a very large and enthusiastic turnout. The event filled up the sims around Trudeau Cay in the southern United Sailing Sims and in my mind I was counting down seconds until a [...]
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Windlight!
Secondlife brings back Windlight. OK, so there’s a few problems with shiny textures and other gotchas, but it overall it is stunning, just stunning.
Well done LL, you’ve made a lot of sailors very happy. You will make them even happier when you smooth out those sim crossings ;)
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Sailing is Fashionable!
Schooner Larinda and the boat show found it’s way into the style blogs:
Style Hotline
Thanks for the mention, Bing :)
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We proudly launch our topsail schooner “Larinda“, the largest and most elaborate sailing yacht of the Trudeau fleet. After a flurry of building activity in the Trudeau yards, the last bit of varnish and antifoul paint dried just in time to make the opening of the Sailors Cove Sailboat show running Oct 14th though the 20th.
At 70 ft from sprit [...]
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