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Old 07-01-2011, 04:03 PM   #17
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City: Salvador - BA
Vessel Name: Rainha Jannota
Vessel Model: Curruira 46
Join Date: Jun 2011
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RE: Stop what you're doing and buy this boat

Now that´s a Trawler. For those interested to know, in Leixões Portugal, there are guys who can still build the original hulls of Malahides. In wood as they should be. Back in the 50´s and 60´s, all cargo was taken up and dopwn the coast of Angola and Congo in different sizes of Malahide hulls. My Grand ftaher was the owner of two of them, the Milfontes and the Ofir. The first one was 49´and the second was 78´with a profile very similar to Ursa Major. Those were times were I use to play in the beach sand surrounded by the noise of hammering and the smell of fresh red wood and cooper paint.

Boy I miss those times!
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