It is practised upon the humblest watercraft that floats upon our canals-the frail flatboat that descends our streams-the majestic steamboat that traces our mighty rivers.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
Since the 1880's the magazine Forest and Stream and, later, magazines such as Outing, Rudder, and Yachting have been the media by which ideas concerning all kinds of watercraft from pleasure boats to work boats have been transmitted.
"The Migrations of an American Boat Type"
Howard I. Chapelle
In the National watercraft Collection at the United States National Museum there is a rigged model of a Piscataqua gundalow that was built for testing under sail before construction of the full-scale vessel.
"The Migrations of an American Boat Type"
Howard I. Chapelle