Joe loves boats, Bremerhaven

Here's a big old timer...









...with a cool brass bilge pump












A nice wooden ketch









A steel version of a traditional German?Dutch? small yacht, probably 35 feet long.







































Beefy mast in steel tabernacle












Simple boom gooseneck









Rudder with easy, lift-off tiller removed












I wish I had a tape measure. This steel boat had beautiful oak leeboards.

Six, seven feet by eighteen inches (approximately).


















Hinge pin and stop.









Hinge









You can see from these two photos that the leeboard is flat on the outside and cambered on the inside. Both leading and trailing edges are sharp and reinforced with metal.









Looking at the leeboard from behind, you can clearly see the camber on the inside surface.












Beautiful.