Here are some links to other boating sites on the internet.

Finger Lakes Tourism
The site for touring information for the Finger Lakes.

Life in the Finger Lakes Magazine
A fine quarterly magazine dedicated to it's title subject.

Yates County Genealogical & Historical Society (YCGHS)

Other Museums

The Grace & Speed Boating Musem
The museum is located in Gravenhurst, about 2 hours north of Toronto in the Muskoka Lakes Region of Ontario and is part of an 89 acre waterfront development funded by the Canadian Government and private investers.

Mystic Seaport
The granddaddy of them all. From small craft to whaler. Offer courses, research. Well worth travelling for.

The Antique Boat Museum
Located in Clayton, NY on the St. Lawrence at the Thousand Islands. Probably the finest collection of small craft in the East, if not the nation.

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Sites at Basin Harbor and the Shipyard at Ferry Dock in Burlington, VT.

The Adirondack Museum
In Blue Mountain Lake in the heart of the mountains. A real jewel, with lots about local water craft.

Erie Canal Museum
In the Weighlock building in Downtown Syracuse. Also official site of the Syracuse Heritage Area Visitor Center.

The Center for Wooden Boats
Seattle's hands-on Marine Heritage Museum.

New Hampshire Boat Museum
Two Hours north of Boston in Wolfeboro, NH

The Great Lakes Historical Society - Inland Seas Maritime Museum
In Vermillion, Ohio

Hudson River Maritime Museum
Preserving the Maritime History of the Hudson River. In Kingston, NY.

Museum of Yachting
Located in Newport, RI. Emphasis on sailing. Nice website and frequent newsletter, if you wish

Working Waterfront Maritime Museum
The Working Waterfront Maritime Museum is building a permanent venue to tell the dramatic story of the people, workers, and risk-taking business adventurers who built, and today sustain, the Tacoma, Washington working waterfront life and commerce. The museum is part of Tacoma's Foss Waterway Seaport redevelopment project.

Enthusiast Links

Penn Yan Antique & Classic Boat Owners Club (PYA&CBOC)
Prior to Penn Yan Marine Mfg going out of business, several of us started this site because of our love for  Antique and Classic Penn Yan boats, and have grown to over 1,000 members.

Duratech Boats
Duratech was bought by Penn Yan in 1964 and produced boats until 1967 when one of the Penn Yan employees bought the name and moved the company to PA

CHARLOTTE-GENESEE LIGHTHOUSE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The museum preserves and educates on the history of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse and surrounding Port of Rochester. 

Chemung Basin River Trail
Chemung Basin River Trail Partnership -  a voluntary coalition of people and organizations working together to promote stewardship of and accessibility to the Chemung River. 

Thompson Dockside
A site devoted to Thompson boats

Antique and Classic Boat Society
Just what the name implies. Links to sub-groups.

Skip Hagerman's Antique Boat & Motor Mania
A site from Hammondsport, NY with lots of antique boat info and photos.

Woodies on the Web
Lots of information on wooden boats. A nice article on Fay and Bowen Engine Co.

Builders, Instruction and Restorers

Grad Illusion Boats
A builder of beautiful replica Penn Yan "Swifts"

The Little Boat Shop
Builds boats and kits. Ship's carpenter, more.

Wooden Boats for Sale

Port Carling Boats
Lists wooden boats for sale. In Canada.


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