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The Fox was a specially surfboat built to be rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. 〔(''Sea Bright Skiff'' (Navesink Maritime Heritage Association) )〕 The ''Fox'' was custom built in 1896 by William A. Seaman at Seaman Sea Skiffs of Branchport, New Jersey for Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo of Highlands, New Jersey. The boat was named ''Fox'' for the financial backer Richard Kyle Fox (1846-1922) owner of the "pink tabloid", ''Police Gazette''.〔(''Richard Kyle Fox'' (findagrave) )〕 William A. Seaman was well known for building the seaworthy ''Nauvoo'' surf boat. He built the ''Fox'' with watertight compartments and hand rails on the keel, for righting the boat if capsized at sea. This feature would be used at least once in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean during heavy seas. 〔(''The Sea Bright Beach Skiff'' (The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009) )〕 The original ''Fox'' is lost, but in 1975 a replica of the ''Fox'' was built by the Long Branch Ice Boat and Yacht Club (LBIBYC) of New Jersey with the participation of Harold L. Seaman, son of the boat builder. As a youngster, Harold Seaman backed-up most of the rivets during construction of the original ''Fox''. At age 91, he provided a full set of plans reconstructed "from old photographs, shop records and memory, lines and measurements, correct within a fraction of an inch" .〔(''Club History'' (Long Branch Ice Boat and Yacht Club) )〕 ==See Also== *Jersey Skiff 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fox (boat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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