Staff Photo
 
The camp fleet of the thirties and forties consisted of heavy wooden boats, both several sailboats  (Lightnings and “Old Class” boats) and “cutters”, heavy surf boats using twelve foot oars, a gift of the Coast guard, we think. These boats were too heavy to carry in and out of the water so the staff, guided by Fred and Frank, no doubt, constructed a log track from the water up the bank near the dining hall.  Each heavy boat was floated onto a cradle at the lower end of the logs, then a strong rope was attached from the cradle to the camp truck, which dragged the boat up to level ground.  The boats were then manhandled onto the truck and moved to storage. Before its collapse the sailboats were stored in the original craftshop and the cutters on the porches of the recreation hall. Yes, there was some damage to the sailboats when the building collapsed over them, but they were repaired in time for the 1952 season.  By the mid fifties the cutters were beyond repair and the wooden sailboats were traded in on newer, lighter models, so the track was abandoned.

We haven't found a close up picture
of the actual Camp Hinds boat slide
but this picture wil give you the idea
of what it looked like.


(Click any photo below to see it larger.
Some have two levels of enlargement)
Boating 1946
Showing rowboats, canoes, & cutter
1946 Sailboats
Camp Truck 1945
Cutter stored on Rec Hall Porch
Scouts man the cutter
Scouts man the cutter
Sailboat
Post card showing more details of
cutter construction
Scouts in cutter
Scouts in cutter
Scouts in cutter
Red arrow points out boat slide




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Created: October 1, 2010
Last Update: March 6, 2011
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