Interesting Provenance

[Dean Romig]

Beg to differ... A "motor launch" is a powerboat large enough to be generally kept on a mooring or at a slip. A synonym would pe a "power yacht" as opposed to a "sailing yacht".

[edgarspencer]

This is a motor launch.

[John Liles]

Dean and Edgar beat me to it!
Beautiful launch Edgar, can you share a few details?

Having spent several college years fishing the rivers in Eastern Georgia, I can also say that some of the locals often referred to places where one could launch a boat as a "Launch". When referring to where one either found or didn't find fish, an answer might be "couple miles up river from Thompsons Launch"

Thanks,
John

[edgarspencer]

John,
Rather than the risk of raising the moderator's breech pressure by hijacking the thread, I'll answer you in the off topic forum.

[John Liles]

Point well taken,
Thank you!

[Bill Murphy]

The vessel "Iolanthe" that Keller, Harvey McMurchey, and John Parker shared ownership in was referred to in several ways, but in the description of the wreck of the boat in 1895, it was described as a schooner with five smaller duck boats tied to her, breaking loose from the anchor chain with 250 fowl and 135 decoys aboard. The vessel and guns were saved, but the five boats and fowl and decoys were lost. I don't know whether the "fowl" were live decoys or dead ducks. John Parker was in charge of the boat at the time. Maybe Drew would link the account described in the December 14, 1895 edition of Sporting Life. I used "keller, decoys" as search words.