Boy's Quest articles from December 2001

Boy's Quest archives from December 2001

Disaster on the Great Lakes: The Mystery of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
December 1, 2001... "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down of the Great Lake they call Gitche Gumee...." You may have heard the haunting melody of Gordon Lightfoot's popular song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The story of the Edmund...

Code name - Dinner.
December 1, 2001... Nathan and his scout troop overturned their canoes on the rapids. While salvaging gear, they realized several food packs were missing. Only some vegetables, canned foods, and spices had survived. Dinner looked bleak, especially for Nathan,...

Boats! Boats! Boats!(Poem)
December 1, 2001... Motorboats are exciting; Sailboats are relaxing; Rowboats are fun boats to row. Canoes are for gliding; Jet skis are for speeding; Yachts are for pleasure and show. Fishing boats are for fishing; Houseboats, for...

Joshua Barney: A Complete Seaman.
December 1, 2001... Dark eyes stared at the cold, gray winter sea. The last words of a prayer hung in the frozen air. Apprentice seaman Joshua Barney placed a cap on his black hair. With steady hands, he reached for the wood on which the body rested. Slowly, he...

Great Bait.
December 1, 2001... As you dig in your tackle box, you'll probably find a soft plastic fishing worm. It's great bait if you're fishing for bass. However, it also can be the starting point for a collection of plastic bait. But plastic bait isn't limited to...

Five Brave Men of the Sea.(Poem)
December 1, 2001... Cruising the Pacific almost 100 miles from Guam, The boat was rocking gently, like a cradle rocked by Mom. It was just another lazy day; the sea was calm and blue. The captain and his crew of men had nothing much to do. On the...

Sonoma Jack Presents Knot Everything!: Make You own Boat Anchor Using the Killick Hitch.
December 1, 2001... The Killick Hitch is named for a block of stone used as an anchor for a small boat. Since it is used in water, the rope tends to swell, making the knot even more permanent. This knot is basically a Timber Hitch with a Half Hitch added,...

Rescue on the High Seas.
December 1, 2001... June 1982 the US Coast Guard cutter Acushnet shudders under my feet as her bow slams through another wall of water. Like a bomb, the wave explodes onto the ship. We are in the middle of hurricane. Alberto trying to find a sinking yacht....

Men of the Monitor.
December 1, 2001... The first battle between ironclads made history. It signaled the end of the wooden man-of-war. When the Confederates converted the burnt-out hull of the Merrimack to an ironclad, they renamed it the Virginia. But the encounter of March 1862 has...

Math Puzzlers.
December 1, 2001... 1. Captain Bote has a fox, a goose, and a bag of corn. He needs to take them from one side of the river to the other side. His boat will hold only himself plus two other items. He cannot leave the fox and the goose alone together because the...

Science: Why Don't Metal Ships Sink?
December 1, 2001... There are many huge ships on the ocean. Some battleships and aircraft carriers weigh thousands of tons. And they are made of metal. Metal sinks in water. Why don't these huge ships sink? Here is an experiment that will help you solve the...

The Birthday Gift.
December 1, 2001... Tommy quickly tore off the paper and opened the long narrow box his grandfather had handed him for his birthday. "Oh, boy! A submarine model! Gee, Grandpa, that's a super gift. Did you make it?" "Sure did. That's a model of the U.S.S....