Sleeping Bear Life Saving Station, 2005

A canvas tube as a bumper.

Thole pins and oar lock combined.

Lifeboat Details

The Sleeping Bear Life Station has a boat house with two lifeboats. Here are just a couple of details that caught my eye. The first is a canvas tube bumper secured by rope zigzagged through rings set in the side. the second is a thole pin/oarlock combination

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