The S.S. Beaver (1835-1888) The Beaver was a steamship built in England in 1835, owned and operated by the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). The ship was 100 feet long, 20 feet wide, and originally outfitted as a 2-mast sailboat. It sailed around Cape Horn to Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, where the steam engine and paddle wheels were then assembled. ca. 1870 The Beaver served 17 years as a floating trading post for the fur trading industry from Alaska to Oregon. When the border was officially drawn between the US and Canada, HBC moved its operations to Vancouver, British Columbia. After a brief stint as a passenger vessel during the early Canadian gold rush, the ship was used by the Royal Navy to survey and chart the B.C. coast. The Beaver spent its final years as a tugboat, towing barges and log booms. ca. 1888 On July 25, 1888, the Beaver met her end on the rocks off Prospect Point in the Stanley recreational park at Vancouver, British Columbia. The wreck became a popular Sunday picnic destination for many, who often removed pieces of the wreckage for souvenirs. The ship finally slid into the sea in July 1892, when the wake of the passing steamer Yosemite struck it.
I had many a date riding this ferry back and forth when I was a teenager. We kids weren't allowed to run around with pocketsful of money, so my date and I would get on the ferry, spending a nickel apiece and buying a coke each for a nickel a bottle and sharing a bag of chips or a cup of popcorn. Total for the evening out: 35 cents, plus a few cents for the gas in the car. Good music and dancing and we had a great time.
https://www.schoonerheritage.com/ Hubby, who can't even swim, tried a few times to learn but was terrified, wanted a sailboat. Not a little one but and impressive one. Had no idea of what it would entail, besides the cost, even. So I took him to Maine to sail on the Schooner Heritage. ( We had to be at a family reunion anyway.) I loved the experience (although I did not want to deal with anything with a huge keel on my property in winter or to winterize or to....) The trip on board was only a few days. (did I mention I loved it?) The bathroom facilities were amazingly efficient. Whodda thunk? Hubby complained that the cabin was too small. (I gave him the larger lower bunk) It is a BOAT where space was at a premium! Fortunately he did not get a sailboat after that. But I might have loved it.
Next time you or hubby want to sail together, try to find him a floating first class hotel with a big spinnaker on the top floor. .It sounds like that's as rough as he wants it.
This reminds me (I don't do boats, in general) But we went up to Lake Superior to ride a glass bottom boat to view ship wrecks. There are a lot more than this one on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Sadly the water was stirred up from a storm before we got there and we could not see anything. But it was an interesting concept.
Your right about that Mary so many rivers, large bodies of water frying up now are uncovering lots of weird things. Have you ever read the story about the Edmond Fitgerald? Very interesting if you like that kind of bio. Lyrics in this video tell part of the story,
What a sail, imagine working on that one, my son was in the Navy during Iraq war, he was of a few one on the ship who could go to top mast to change lights. He was used to hanging off hi-rise buildings on previous job to change signs. We watch this coup0le on Y.Tube for years now sailing around the world, and they change mast every so often, skip to 7 minutes in video.
And just think about it, no brakes! I learned that when they sent me to fix the brake shoes on a Star Fish commercial fishing vessal.I thought they were messing with me, no brakes on a ship, eight? Come to find out there are brakes on the ships wench, whatever that is for! I was in too much danger to ask at the time, I had a giant muscle bound Greek with a huge hammer hitting the pin I was holding.