A 20-foot-long cypress dugout canoe, commonly called a “log boat,” had for years served as a picturesque prop in the alligator lagoon at St. Augustine Alligator Farm & Zoological Park in St. Augustine.
But recently its unusual secrets — that it’s more than 100 years old and is a design made only in St. Augustine — were uncovered by archeologist Robin E. Moore, St. Johns County’s historic resources coordinator.
On Friday, archeologists from the Lighthouse Archeology Maritime Program, or LAMP, worked with Alligator Farm personnel, Moore and volunteers to gently ease the fragile, cracked and weather-beaten canoe from its earthen bed and onto a truck…Â Details
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Engineering students were cheerful at Utah Lake on Friday, despite strong, frigid winds that canceled their concrete canoe races. Brigham Young University professor Brett Borup told participants from schools around the country that the high winds made the water too dangerous for the races. They would have worked through rain or snow, he said, but the boat that was set to rescue any troubled boaters could not even keep itself on the water.
Instead, the teams did a “swamp test” on the individual canoes to make sure they could even float… Details and Video
To find America’s best whitewater rafting spots, we sought advice from Joe Jacobi, who in 1992 won America’s first-ever Olympic team whitewater canoeing gold medal; Brett Heyl, three-time national kayaking champ, a 2004 Olympian and a 2012 Olympic hopeful; and Scott Shipley, a whitewater park designer, freestyle kayaking legend and three-time World Cup champion. These are their favorites, some in rural settings, others near the lights and sirens of city life… Details and Pictures
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The Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokule’a could arrive from Palmyra Atoll to the Big Island as early as today and reach Honolulu late tomorrow or Sunday.
Hokule’a has been sailing a 1,000-mile course north from Palmyra under the worst conditions it has experienced in the canoe’s 34-year-history, according to officials with the Polynesian Voyaging Society…. Details