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PROJECT
HISTORIC-SHIP REBUILDING —ALBANY, NY
CRAFTSMANSHIP
COUNTS. IN THE 17TH
CENTURY OR THE 21ST.
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Can you rebuild a 400-year-old Dutch sailing vessel by hand, with only the help of volunteers?
You can if you never say never.
When a group of New York Capital District residents wanted to educate people about the historic
contribution the Dutch made to North America, they realized the best way to teach something is
to do something. So they set out to reconstruct the Onrust (Dutch for “Restless”), the first trading
ship built in America, and use it as a living and floating classroom.
Over the span of 3 years, using authentic 17th-century Dutch building techniques and a healthy
dose of determined perseverance, they rebuilt the ship to its authentic 1614 specifications, and
brought an important part of American history back to life.
SO WHAT DOES 17TH-CENTURY SHIPBUILDING
SAY ABOUT THE ENGINEERING OF THE GMC SIERRA?
That true craftsmanship is timeless. That it’s in the details where you find the difference. And no
matter what the task, the biggest challenges can always be conquered if you have the right plan.
That’s the same attitude that’s built into every Sierra. It’s why Sierra offers you over 300 horsepower
and 22 EPA-estimated highway miles per gallon in the same engine—V-8 fuel economy that no other
competitor can beat. It’s why Sierra offers advanced technology like Active Fuel Management,
maximizing your engine’s performance to give you power and efficiency as you need it.
And it’s why it’s as true today as it was back then: When you need to rely on something to keep
your life on course, there is no substitute for professional-grade engineering. GMC SIERRA.
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