RACINE - Frank Cihler and a friend took his home-built steamboat out on Lake Michigan last week to put it through some paces and see how it performed - sort of a shakedown cruise.
The home-built vessel crafted by a blind man in Garden Grove was to sail from California to the Great Lakes, traveling more than 7,000 miles through open and inland waters. Instead, the hull of the ...
good morning Rovers it is day nine of our Atlantic Crossing we are 875 Mi offshore now if you're new to the channel this is the wave Rover story where I'm taking my 21 ft homebuilt uh sailboat across ...