george,,,I think that is it..i remember someone
mentioning that it was a obscure hudson river club.
How does a kayak club fit in with model makeing??/that
is beyond me. but this gives me some basis for
further research,,,,tks alot for all your efforts
--- George Shaeffer <georgeshaeffer@...> wrote:

> I also found a New York kayak club that calls
> themselves the "Patchogue Poor
> Man's Yacht Club"
>
> On 10/9/07, George Shaeffer < georgeshaeffer@...>

> wrote:
> >
> > A little bit of quick research on the internet
> turned up the following:
> >
> > Google found an expired listing on Craigslist -
> Boston/Camp/Brook -
> > Collectibles - Nautical - Ship Models:
> > PPMYC "Peggy" ca.1910, $2,100.00. V. large,
> Measures...
> >
> > Yahoo found two expired ebay-Canada listings for:
> > OLD-PLANK-ON-FRAME-MODEL-SLOOP-PEGGY-PPMYC
> >
> > If you then Google "sloop"+"peggy" a whole list of
> items turn up showing
> > that she was apparently a privateer in the
> mid-1700's, probably during the
> > French and Indian War (aka "The Seven Years' War"
> in Europe, I believe)
> >
> > so, lots of info on the sloop itself, but nothing
> ship model related on
> > PPMYC. Considering the fact that the model is
> listed as "ca.1910" I'm not
> > to surprised that nothing turns up. Personally,
> I'm not even sure that
> > PPMYC is a modeling club. It may well have been a
> yacht club where the
> > model had been displayed.
> >
> > I'm going to continue searching and I'll report
> any new findings.
> >
> > George Shaeffer
> >
> >
> > On 10/9/07, Donald Podesla < podo_02840@...>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > hi everyone. Can anyone please tell me if they
> have ever heard of this
> > >
> > > model making club?. I recently acquired a plank
> on frame sailing model.
> > > It is signed PPMYC and the name of the boat is
> "peggy".thanks don from
> > > newport RI
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>

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