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Preserving JFK's yacht "Honey Fitz" Gallery
Submitted by Jason Y. Wood on Sat, 2011-10-01 12:02
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Honey Fitz in her heyday, cruising through the Kennedy years.
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Jim Moores, foreground, second from left, and his team engage in some “backwards boatbuilding” on Honey Fitz’s starboard hullside.
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This digital image of the yacht was generated from the laser scan completed by Marine Measurements for stability modeling.
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The yacht’s stem was straightened in the refit.
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Small, closely spaced ribs and a double-planked hull combined with steel framing to create an early form of composite hull, according to Jim Moores.
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