The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Boat Building Capital of the World
The Center will house one of the nation’s most important private collections of materials and photographs related to wooden boat and ship design, construction, and history. Photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz has contributed his entire slide collection, comprising a staggering 155,000 images spanning 1979 to 2005, to the Friend Memorial Public Library's Maritime Research Center.
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