http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/ Towboat World Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:22:06 GMT Zane Johnston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2120 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2120 I have just posted about 650 photos of a trip I made on the RV THOMAS G THOMPSON on my Flickr page. Included are things like Easter Island, Maug Islands, Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:15:49 GMT Zane Johnston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2119 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2119 Hi Larry, Yea I just moved away from Charleston, SC to Dallas, TX last July so I have been working on my old photos. No Tugs or ships around here! Where do you Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:50:20 GMT lawrence johnson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2118 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2118 Hello Zane,  I enjoyed your pictures.  You must live in the Charleston area.  I uploaded some pictures of my model and the actual vessel to Flickr. Take a Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:55:02 GMT Zane Johnston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2117 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2117 I've started to add some of my early days photos to my collection on Flickr. If you would like to have a peek, check out: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:58:13 GMT ZANE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2116 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2116 Hi Lawrence, Nice job on your model. Thanks for posting your photos. Welcome to the group! Zane Johnston zane.johnston@... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 15:22:03 GMT Lee Anne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2115 Thanks, Dan! 1952, eh? Now THAT is an old boat! At downtown Alton, there is quite a cluster of old boats. I wonder who owns them. 'Would love to get close Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:52:24 GMT Dan Owen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2114 DAN LUCKETT On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Lee Anne wrote: I've created an album entitled, "Mystery boat at Alton IL". I came across this one through Bing Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:52:31 GMT Lee Anne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2113 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2113 I've created an album entitled, "Mystery boat at Alton IL". I came across this one through Bing maps. The boat appears to be an old St Louis ship vessel. Does Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:51:39 GMT John Trulson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2112 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2112 Thank you for the information. The only boats that I've ever seen have been on the upper Mississippi, and I should have realized that. Thanks again, John ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:16:21 GMT Lee Anne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2111 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2111 John, there is no hard and fast ratio. Often, a yard will build a hull a certain size, then build more hulls with the same width, but different lengths. For Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:01:16 GMT Dan Owen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2110 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2110 The boats that are built 35 feet wide will usually operate on locking rivers, so that they might put a barge on each side sometimes and fit through a lock. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:23:57 GMT John Trulson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2109 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2109 After having built 4 1/87th scale towboats, and looking at dozens of pictures, is there any relationship between width and length? I've found a lot of boats Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:28:51 GMT grumpygrady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2108 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2108 also check out the wire rope that is used for beading some have a plastic cover and others do not ,it is called foxtail and other rade names here is one place Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:00:17 GMT Phillip http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2107 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2107 My brother (Kevin) and I (Phil) rode several ARTCO boats in the late 70s and early 80s. We are looking for friends we rode with particularly Joe Jensen who at Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:04:51 GMT Lee Anne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2106 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Towboating/message/2106 John, if you can't find it, you can make coils of cord, using things like the ones for blinds. Many have the right texture. If you want to go a step further,