Tour Overview
Proudly Presented By:
Roscioli Yachting Center and Lauderdale Marine Center
“Waterways were highways. Seamanship-the handling of boats-was not a luxury...but a matter of survival.
Indians poled dugouts down from the Everglades. Early settlers arrived by boat. The beach was not readily accessible by land. Our first doctor rowed to his patients. Big game sport and commercial fishing were important. Fashionable hunting and fishing parties from Palm Beach came on houseboats.
For a community so happily and uniquely located on mystic New River, the Florida Intracoastal Waterway, New River Sound, miles of inland waterways and Venetian-like canals, and with easy access to the Straits of Florida, the Gulfstream, the Atlantic and the Caribbean...boating and yachtsmanship was a natural and normal as heavy rain in September.”
From History Lauderdale Yacht Club 1938-1978, by August Burghard
Stops
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Seminoles - Early Settlers
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Early Boat Builders 1890-1920
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Early Boat Builders 1890-1920 Cont.
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Boom Along the River 1920-1940
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Boom Along the River 1920-1940 Cont.
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War 1940-1950s
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War 1940-1950s cont.
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Dream Yachts 1950s to Present
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Dream Yachts 1950s to Present cont.
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Artifacts and Boat Models
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Marine Gallery Sponsors
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