tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45981764262363546152024-03-14T02:58:47.512-07:00Whaleboats for the CW MorganBeing a log of the building and adventures of traditional whaleboats to complete the restoration of the last extant whaling ship from the age of sailThomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-84236367287492114612014-05-18T09:54:00.003-07:002014-05-18T09:54:39.018-07:00The CW Morgan readies for her 38th Voyage<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">all photos courtesy Muffy Aldrich</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.muffyaldrich.com/" target="_blank">www.muffyaldrich.com</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
CW Morgan left Mystic Seaport yesterday, May 17, for the first time
since 1941. She was towed to City Pier in New London for her final
fitting out. Here are a few photos of her preparations from about a
month ago, when her spars were lifted in. </span>These photos were taken by Muffy Aldrich and first appeared on her very cool blog '<a href="http://www.muffyaldrich.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Prep</a>'. Thanks, Muffy.</div>
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Today I have been gathering pics of the Morgan's departure yesterday and should get them up in a day or two...stay tuned.</div>
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Here's a bit from Mystic on the Morgan's captain Kip Files for the <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/38thvoyage/" target="_blank">38th Voyage</a>: <br />
As the owner and captain of the 132-foot, three-masted schooner Victory
Chimes out of Rockland, Files is no stranger to sailing large ships
without an engine. He is also the primary captain of the 207-foot barque
Elissa, owned and operated by the Galveston Historical Foundation and
Texas Seaport Museum. Files holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master Ocean
License for Inspected Passenger Vessels of up to 1,600 Gross Tons. He
has been a master of traditional sailing vessels since 1978. He also
served on the boards of Tall Ships America (formerly the American Sail
Training Association) and the Ocean Classroom Foundation. <br />
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“There are very few people in the world with the knowledge and
experience of traditional square-rigged sailing necessary to do this
job. Kip is one of those people and we are confident we have found the
right person to lead the ship on her 38th Voyage,” said Steve White,
president of Mystic Seaport.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">copyright Thomas Armstrong</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> With the seat risers and outwales installed, the boat has enough strength to maintain shape without the cross-spalls. The centerboard trunk is now installed. Notice one of the bolts extending through the centerboard trunk and the keel is still visible before being cut flush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Work proceeds from stem to stern. All of the thwarts are in place waiting for the steam bent frames that will support them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">View aft -- The loggerhead, mast crutch (for the lowered mast), rudder, tiller mount and aft lifting eye are in place. The loggerhead (big round thing) was used to control the harpoon line when the harpoon was in the whale. The number of wraps around the loggerhead depended on the whale. It was essentially a friction brake and a bucket of water was kept nearby to cool it when it began to smoke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">View forward – The notch to hold the harpooner’s leg, the line to support the harpooner, the forward lifting eye, the harpoon rack, and the safety fairleads are in place. The safety fairleads were safety devices that the crew hoped would catch the harpoon line if it got out of the fairlead on the stem – otherwise a loose harpoon line could crush and kill them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jack Crawford at the <a href="http://alexandriaseaport.org/">Alexandria Seaport Foundation</a> recently sent me some photos of their build in progress. Jack reports they are nearly finished with their build. He adds that they have been taking their time with it, savoring it. Understandable, and laudible. Looks as though they have been doing a great job. Thanks for the update, Jack, and we'll look forward to the launch!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">On the subject of launches, Graham McKay at <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/">Lowell's Boat Shop</a> sent me photos of their launch on October 6. No captions but they're not needed, the photos are self explanatory. Looks like Graham at the helm and volunteers and apprentices providing the muscle. Lovely boat, congratulations to Lowell's! Graham says they will be building the sail rig over the winter, looking forward to the <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/visit/explore/morgan/">Morgan's 38th voyage</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Lofting -- Boat designs are often shared (recorded, sold) as a Table of Offsets, a matrix of numbers on regular paper. In lofting, the offsets (numbers) are used to draw full size lines on thin plywood showing the exact shapes of key features of the boat to be built.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Molds -- They define and support the shape of the boat while it is built. Note that we are one of two (Gannon & Benjamin being the other) building upside down. We generally prefer this method and are accustomed to it. The other way to build this boat is right-side-up using hanging molds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Spiling -- A temporary template is clamped in the location of the next plank and it is marked to show the exact shape needed for the next plank. The marks on the template are transferred to the material for the next plank to accurately define the shape of that plank. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Getting out a plank -- Nails are hammered into Maine cedar(bark still on it) for the next plank at the points transferred from the template. A flexible wood batten is then held against the nails to draw a smooth line along the marked points. This line shows where to cut the correct shape for the next plank. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Installing frames – note that many of the molds have been removed to make room for the frames and the workers installing them – Rob is under the boat setting screws into the frame held in place by Larry and Anthony.</span></div>
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Jack Crawford at the Alexandria Seaport was kind enough to send me an update on the progress of their whaleboat build. One of the last groups to join the project, they are making fine progress. See for yourself. Here's what Jack has to say about their effort and organization, thanks, Jack: </div>
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"The <a href="http://alexandriaseaport.org/">Alexandria Seaport Foundation</a> in Alexandria, Virginia, is building a whaleboat for the CHARLES W MORGAN in their boat building shop on the Potomac River in Old Town. Through the building and use of traditional wooden boats ASF helps young people turn their lives around and provides families, community groups and schools with meaningful educational, social and recreational experiences. The opportunity to build this whaleboat to the original design is a natural fit for ASF. The project is a joint effort between the ASF volunteers and apprentices. Boat building is an integral component of the training for the ASF apprentice program, and the volunteers provide expertise, knowledge and mentoring for the apprentices. <br />
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ASF looks forward to joining the other boats and the organizations building them to celebrate the building of this little fleet and, of course, the CHARLES W MORGAN. "</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">posted by Thomas Armstrong via <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a>, all rights reserved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Speaking of the Independence Seaport, here are volunteers John Schwarzenbach and Wen Byar, along with CEO John Brady.</span></div>
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morning was inauspicious. Raining. But by the time we had breakfasted,
things were looking up, no rain and clearing skies, as they say, the
'Morgan' is a lucky boat. I was lucky as well, running into Dan McFadden
communications director at Mystic as I entered the Seaport. He directed
me to the dock alongside the 'LA Dunton' where the whaleboats were
asssembling for a parade to the 'Morgan' and back. I rushed over to find
all six of the project boats and a Mystic whaleboat rowing around the
river prior to assembling for the parade. Evelyn Ansel was calling the
shots and announced the beginning of the parade. I moved over to
Australia beach to catch them going by. Later, my companions and I took a
short cruise on the catboat 'Breck Marshall' to get a closer look at CW
and the watercraft invading the Mystic River for the celebration.
Magic.</span></span></div>
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the time the ceremonies began it was sunny and a bit hot. The affable
Steve White, President of Mystic Seaport, opened the proceedings.
Speeches ensued, by dignitaries, all quite good, actually, then a
prayer, and then we came to the Keynote address by the superb filmmaker
Ric Burns. Ric is a bit of an historian on American whaling and his
documentary 'Into the Deep' for PBS is must see for anyone remotely
interested in American whaling, or our history in general. His remarks
were cogent and perceptive and a coda to the day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sarah
Bullard christened the 'Morgan'. She is a descendent of Charles W
Morgan. The bottle she used to strike the bow was filled water from the
North and South Atlantic, the Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as water
from New Bedford and Mystic, her original and current homeports with a
wee drop of rum added for good luck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beginning
in late May of 2014, the 'Morgan' will embark on another voyage. It
will be her 38th. She'll first sail south to New London for sail
training and seagoing preparations. Upon leaving New London she'll turn
upcoast and visit Newport, Vineyard Haven, New Bedford, Provincetown and
Boston. The 'Morgan' will then return to Mystic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">According
to Dan McFadden at Mystic Seaport, her voyage and subsequent tenure as a
exhibit at Mystic revolves around four major themes: The American
Sailor as Icon, The influence of different cultures connecting at sea,
Whaling as an example of American enterprise and America's changing
relationship to the natural world. Dan states "The last is the most
significant: whales were hunted almost to extinction. Today America
celebrates the whale and works for it's recovery. Where once the
'Charles W Morgan's cargo was oil and bone, today her cargo is
knowledge."</span></span></div>
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my fervent hope that that's true. This massive work of preservation and
restoration, involving more than five years and millions of dollars,
and including the work done at the various institutions building the
whaleboats, is a monument to history, and quite valuable as an artifact.
But to fulfill her potential, the 'Morgan' must also become a potent
symbol for another kind of preservation, that of not only whales and
other cetaceans but for all worldwide fishing stocks and sea life, as
well as our seas themselves, all of which are in danger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As one speaker during the Launch ceremony quipped, It's all been said but not everyone has had a chance to say it...</span></span></div>
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would like to thank all those involved in this tremendous project, the
staff at Mystic, the shipwrights and volunteers who've brought this ship
back to life, all the folks involved in the whaleboat project.
Especially, Steve White for his tenacious commitment to see the project
through in financially difficult times, three generations of the Ansel
family for their commitment to preserving maritime knowledge and skills,
Dan McFadden for his help and generosity and to John Brady for inviting me to be a part of the project. It has been and continues to be a great honor.</span></span></div>
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Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-15257526524517042162013-07-23T20:52:00.001-07:002013-07-23T20:53:44.459-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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photo by Bill Rutherford. We were headed for ice cream after the launch.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-7531089070156722482013-07-04T18:35:00.002-07:002013-07-04T18:35:28.370-07:00Whaleboat convergence @ Mystic<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Gannon and Benjamin whaleboat surfaced alongside the small boat docks</span>.</div>
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Seeing so many of the whaleboats up close, that I'd only seen virtually
before was a huge treat. I really can't fault any of the boats, they
all exhibit a high degree of craftsmanship. Five of the six were in
pristine condition, the exception being the Apprenticeshop's boat, which
bore the signs of it's rite of passage, being rowed and sailed to the
event. Patina, let's call it. It was nice to see some wear on the boat,
and illuminating, as to how quickly it accrued. The originals were built
with the expectation of lasting for a whaleship cruise, average three
years, and then replaced. See more on <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/2013/07/22nd-annual-woodenboat-festival-at.html">70.8%,</a>including a skills demo by Walt and Evelyn Ansel on caulking. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Beetle's newly completed whaleboat in the shop alongside one of their hallowed catboats</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the above photos you'll see two Azorean's who visited the Beetle project. I find that interesting for a couple of reasons. First, I haven't been able to confirm whether they are literally from the Azores or from the large Azorean community in New Bedford. Beetle will be donating their boat to the New Bedford Whaling Museum, so I suspect the latter. The Azores have a long tradition of whaling, not from whaleships like the Morgan, but putting out from shore in their boats after sighting a whale, The story is beautifly told in "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Twice-Round-Loggerhead-Culture-Whaling/dp/0918172225">Twice around the Loggerhead</a>", a sumptuous collaboration between Lance Lee, Bruce Halibisky and Yves Le Corre. Highly recommended. While a few idigenous whaleing communities around the globe have been granted whaling rights by the <a href="http://iwc.int/home">IWC</a>, the Azoreans have not, and their whaling culture is dying. I wonder why... the Azoreans seem to me to be the same in standing as the Bequia Whalers, at least. Well, a little research turns up the fact that the Bequia whaling right are also being challenged on the grounds of not being Aboriginal. But, I digress.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Heading toward Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, outside Rockland Harbour. At the helm is Bryan McCarthy (shop director/skipper) with apprentices: Rachel Davis, Garrett Farchione, Simon Jack, Daniel Creisher, Tim Jacobus and Christopher Konecky.<br /><br /> </span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> June 18: Day 3 --The apprentices had another fantastic day on the water. They rowed clear across a very clear and calm Casco Bay, from Small Point to Portland, averaging over 3 knots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">all photos courtesy The Apprenticeshop and </span><br /><a href="http://www.marinemedia.biz/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">John Snyder/MarineMedia</span></a><br />
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In keeping with the true spirit of <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=lance+lee">Lance Lee</a>, the<a href="http://www.apprenticeshop.org/"> Apprenticeshop</a> of Rockland, Me., has not only completed their whaleboat build but are also rowing and sailing their boat to Mystic, hopefully in time for the Woodenboat Show. They're on schedule to make it by the 28th, if not before. A noble undertaking to say the least, hats off to them all. Splashed their boat on Saturday, took off on their adventure Sunday. As of Thursday morning they were in Kennebunkport, shooting for Portsmouth NH.</div>
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Matthew Stackpole, lead historian for the Morgan restoration at Mystic, was on hand to send the crew off, after giving a second lecture on the design of the Morgan in Rockland last Thursday. The whaleboat project has generated such an outpouring of scholarship, craft, collaboration and education, as well as learning, adventure and generosity, it is truly amazing. I count myself fortunate indeed to be a small part of it.</div>
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Every institution involved could still use some help with funding, so if you have the pockets, please do.</div>
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Follow the progress of the expedition daily at the Apprenticeshop<a href="http://www.apprenticeshop.org/log/"> blog</a>. </div>
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I'd like to thank the folks at the Apprenticeshop for their aid to me, and in particular Sandee Havunen, without whose assistance I would have been lost. </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was fortunate to meet Peter Kellog, whose generosity undoubtedly made the<a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/maritime-history/2013/national-whaleboat-project/"> National Whaleboat </a>Project possible, and also Steve White, the captain of<a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/"> Mystic Seaport</a>, whose restoration of the CW Morgan, a massive undertaking, is the impetus for the building of the whaleboats. I am proud to say that the<a href="http://workshoponthewater.blogspot.com/"> ISM</a> led the way, agreeing to self fund their project and donate the boat(s) to Mystic and the Morgan. Other institutions followed their lead and began their builds. Congrats to all of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would also like to emphasize another aspect of this project. Many of the builds have involved youth volunteers from organizations seeking to give young folk the chance to experience something extremely positive. In Philly, 55 young adults were given this opportunity, kids from<a href="http://www.urbanpromiseusa.org/home"> Urban Promise</a> in Camden, from <a href="http://www.woodenboatfactory.org/">The Wooden Boat Factory</a> ( take a look at their one design, drawn by my friend <a href="http://antonio-dias.com/">Antonio Dias</a>) and the<a href="http://www.chadphila.org/"> Charter School for Architecture + Design</a>, both located in Philadelphia. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Splashed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Plastic bags were used in place of steam box so that the plank could be "whomped" in place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Closer look at the frames. The top of the frame is fit into a chamfer on the underside of the inwales.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">We laid down a coat of oil-based primer throughout the hull before installing any of the ceiling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nat and the whaleboat</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">With</span> <span style="font-size: small;">the July 21st deadline for the launch of the <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=58CDBE74-65B8-D398-78B82F78C63BCD4A">CW Morgan</a>, the various builders of her whaleboats are in full swing to finish. I'll be catching us up on the progress of the boats over the next few weeks. As you can see above, at least one has already splashed, the <a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/">Rocking the Boat</a> build. My heartiest congratulations to the young volunteers and their instructors for reaching this milestone. Also, the work at<a href="http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/index.php"> Gannon and Benjamin </a>is nearing completion.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The two boats being built at <a href="http://www.phillyseaport.org/">Independence Seaport</a> will go in the water June 8, and I plan to be there for their splash, so stay tuned. (You can also follow the progress with almost daily reports by Charles Bernstein on the<a href="http://workshoponthewater.blogspot.com/"> WoW blog</a>)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has been decided that each build will complete their spars and rigging independently, with the exception of RTB, whose rig will be done at Workshop on the Water. I know that Graham McKay of <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/index.html">Lowell's Boat Shop</a> was in Philadephia at the Worksop recently building the spars for their boat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's my understanding that the completed boats will travel to Mystic to be aboard the CW for her splash and then return to their respective homes for awhile, but ship on the Morgan for her cruise to the New Bedford Whaling Museum in 2014.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As mentioned earlier, I'll be doing a (virtual) tour of the various yards to catch up on their progress. Come along.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />"The Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS) is proud, honored, and excited to have a role in the Mystic Seaport museum’s restoration of the Charles W. Morgan."<br />So begins the glbbs short dissertation on the project, with a history of the Morgan, a nicely done description of the whaleboat in general and the Beetle craft in particular and a statement of their expectations and the merit of taking on such a project. As with most of the participants in the project, Great Lakes is using the build as a learning experience for their students. Indeed, their website outlines in great detail what the students will be learning. Here is a taste of that:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />"First and foremost, in the building of this whaleboat students will learn team work. It has been said, “To work with someone is to know him; to build a boat with him is to know him well.“ And so it goes at GLBBS.<br />The process begins with the preliminary work being done by second-year students, while the first-year students are being introduced to classic woodworking skills, which involves building their toolboxes and being introduced to the fundamentals of lofting. Second-year students, having learned the required lofting skills in their first year, will loft the whaleboat to establish its full-size lines, which then will be used to form the necessary references and patterns required for accurately building this boat to the Beetle design.<br />Second-year students will continue on with the next step, which is using the lofting lines to make the molds representing the hull shape, then setting the molds up in a building jig. The building jig is designed for building the whale boat right-side up, and also to allow plenty of height underneath for working on the bottom of the whaleboat.<br />Once the second-year students have completed the building jig, the actual boat construction begins with the building of the backbone. They will build a keel, stem, and sternpost. In this process, they will gain more experience in constructing a bending jig, as well as the steam bending process involved in bending the stem and sternpost. When the stem and stern post have been bent to shape, students will learn how to layout and carve the rabbet into the stem and sternpost and assemble them together on the building jig to form the backbone of the whaleboat."<br /><br />Suffice it to say, there's a lot more.<br /><br />My sincere thanks to Kevin Pagliuca at Great Lakes for his assistance.</span>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-50498672355341586812013-01-03T19:03:00.000-08:002013-01-04T10:00:17.489-08:00The Apprenticeshop builds a whaleboat <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hello Thomas,<br /><br /><br /><br />I would like to confirm the building of the New Bedford "Leonard" Whaleboat for the Charles W. Morgan here in The Apprenticeshop, Rockland Maine. Seems the info from our end isn't reaching the main Whaleboat/Morgan info stream. I have slowly been contacting other teams while we have been building our whaleboat and hope to open a line of communication as well as skill share and swap construction suggestions. Anyway my name is Timothy (Tim) Jacobus and I am a second year apprentice and the project leader. I with another second (Simon Jack) and three first year apprentices have steadily been constructing our Leonard boat. Lofting began on August 7, stem stern and keel set on September 19, planking completed on November 13, frames December 4, and now (December 14) her centerboard trunk installed, hull is faired, caulked, and primed. We will begin outfitting her interior once The Ashop is back from holiday break. I was informed of your forum/blog, Whaleboats for the CW Morgan and reading that you have received no info from the Apprenticeshop, I had to send this introduction and a few pictures. I've been in contact with the Great Lakes Boat Building school and have yet to email Lowell's. I am also trying to get the contact info for Matthew St<span style="font-size: small;">a</span>ckpole to share our progress. He recently paid us a visit here in Rockland and we the build team would like to continue our relationship with him throughout the project. We would love to hear from you and any of your team, to begin "breaking the ice" so to speak, and looking forward to the day we all meet in Mystic. Hope you like, and will share, the pics. Feel free to add them to your forum if you wish.<br /><br /><br /><br />Proost, Tim Jacobus</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Apprenticeshop was founded by Lance Lee in 1972. More on Lance and the Apprenticeshop <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Lee">her</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=Lance+Lee">e</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mystic Seaport sent a 1985 Willits Ansel whaleboat up to Beetle for display in the shop and for the inspect<span style="font-size: x-small;">ion of constuction details.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Beetle Boat Shop crew:</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Front Row (left to right): Bill Sauerbrey, Charlie York, Michelle Buoniconto, Bill Womack<br />Back Row (left to right): Manny Palomo, Mark Williams, Jonathan Richards, Marc Blandin<br />Shop Dog: Jessie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last surviving whaling ship built in America, the Charles W. Morgan, was built in 1841 in New Bedford, MA at the yard of Jethro and Zachariah Hillman. It was one of 75 whaling ships out of New Bedford harbor that year, with the peak being in 1857 with 329 vessels. The rapid expansion of the industry made New Bedford the Whaling Capital of the World and one of the wealthiest cities in the country. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was in support of the whaling industry that James Beetle started building Beetle whaleboats and went to work for the Hillmans. From 1834 – 1854 he built over 1,000 whale boats (or about 50/year), including some of the boats for the Charles W. Morgan. James Beetle had three sons, two of which, Charles and John, continued the tradition of building whaleboats at the Beetle shop on Rodney French Boulevard in New Bedford, while James Clarence Beetle moved to San Francisco where he built whaleboats for the west coast fleet. As the whaling industry began to decline after the civil war, the Beetle family had turned to building pleasure crafts of all types in addition to the whaleboats. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was in 1921 that the Charles W. Morgan went on her last sail, and was then exhibited at Colonel Edward H.R. Green’s estate at Round Hill in South Dartmouth, MA. Ironically, it was that same year that John Beetle built the first 12’ Beetle Cat sailboat, which is still being built today by the Beetle Shop in Wareham, MA. Using the same materials used in building a whaleboat (cedar and oak), it was a natural progression, and the sailboat quickly caught on as a one design racing fleet at yacht clubs all over New England.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 1924 Charles Beetle was asked by Col. Green to build a whaleboat to go on the Charles W. Morgan, as his father had done many years before. Charles Beetle built his last whaleboat in 1933 for the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, VA. This whaleboat would become significant later, as its lines and construction plans were taken off and became part of the Mystic Seaport plan collection in 1973. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In 1941, the Charles W. Morgan was moved to the Mystic Seaport Museum to become one of its flagships. In keeping with the Seaport’s ongoing mission to preserve the boat, the Morgan was hauled on November 1, 2008 and is currently undergoing a major restoration. In conjunction with this restoration was a renewed interest in the Beetle whaleboats for the 2014 relaunching of the Charles W. Morgan. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is here that history came full circle, as the New Bedford Whaling Museum, in conjunction with the Beetle Boat Shop, is once again building one of the Beetle whaleboats for the Charles W. Morgan.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Mystic Seaport over the weekend for the WoodenBoat Show, I kept running into whaleboats. While these shots are of three different boats, there is a fourth, in the water, which I thought I had captured as well, but apparently not. Guess I'll need to go back. None of the Morgan's original boats survive, though these replicas do apppear to have some age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Be sure and look to <a href="http://70.8%/">70.8%</a> for a piece on the planking of the Morgan, an astounding undertaking. </span></span></div>
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Geoff McKonley was at the show and promises to update me on <a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/">Rocking the Boat's</a> progress. I also met with Graham McKay of <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/">Lowell's Boat Shop</a> in Amesbury MA. who reports he's 70% funded and is looking to start building in October, feeding us updates regularly. I also heard that the <a href="http://www.apprenticeshop.org/">Apprenticeshop</a> will be building a whaleboat as well, though I have yet to confirm this.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">originally posted on <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a> by Thomas Armstrong</span></div>
</div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-82419280463013436822012-06-28T19:56:00.000-07:002012-06-28T19:56:41.516-07:00Whaleboat Update<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Newt Kirkland helping John Schwarzenbach installing ribs. Tough job! Very meticulous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">All the ribs installed </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">John and Newt checking position before installing the port<br />riser, which is the upper, inner plank.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Newt and John actually positioning the centerboard<br />for install. Not as simple as it looks!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Newt sitting on the installed centerboard, working at getting<br />the long bolts in. They go all the way through the centerboard and the<br />keel! There were issues, but Newt got it done.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The floor of the warp box, before the thigh board <br />installation.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thigh board being installed in the bow. The half circle is called the clumsy cleat. Used by for the (harpooner?) to lean or brace against.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The hinged mast tabernacle, useful for quickly lowering sail during a whale hunt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gina Pickton filling me in on the progress made.</span> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This stern shot clearly shows the combination of carvel and lapstrake planking.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">It's my understanding that the combination of two different styles of planking styles is practically motivated. Carvel, in the water, is much quieter than lapstrake, with lapstrake being stronger above to handle increased stresses. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The above six photos and captions copyright Thomas Armstrong</span><br />
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First let me welcome a new eye and voice helping out with this post. George Clarke is a workshop volunteer and has been photographing the whaleboat progress and posting to the WOW Facebook page. I welcome his help.</div>
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It's been quite some time since we posted here and a lot has been done. I asked Gina for a laundry list of work accomplished since our last post:</div>
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"Here’s a list of all that has been done in the past few months. We’ve made some good progress. The whaleboat was not worked on during the month of March as the whole crew moved over to make cannon carriages or the month of June when the whole crew went to work on Whitehalls. </div>
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I recently received an email from <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/">Lowell's Boat Sho</a>p vis a vis their beginning a fund raising campaign for their whaleboat build. If you are in their area, please give them a hand.</div>
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Also must see is Tom Jackson's piece on the whaleboats in the currents section of WoodenBoat #226, May /June 2012. </div>
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Hopefully we'll have an update from Geoff McKinley at Rocking the Boat soon. In the meantime you can enjoy a flickr set of their progress<a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/whatsnew/"> here</a>. (scroll down a bit)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in<a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/"> Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a></span></span> </div>
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</div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-60798293734295737972012-01-09T13:33:00.000-08:002012-01-09T16:50:08.664-08:00Planking completed<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLQhadUoekZ7vZ2i0BER1NYoI0TfniJXOJ5w_rZFJT2vsfN_J9-2CT5qUvDc_j5Mu_kF2k47L7Z-TPIl0e2m3CSKWC_euN0H_rLqvIra19MvM4YxRWe_1WMWqw-me7NJYD0rjNdZesvo/s1600/IMG_1361.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLQhadUoekZ7vZ2i0BER1NYoI0TfniJXOJ5w_rZFJT2vsfN_J9-2CT5qUvDc_j5Mu_kF2k47L7Z-TPIl0e2m3CSKWC_euN0H_rLqvIra19MvM4YxRWe_1WMWqw-me7NJYD0rjNdZesvo/s400/IMG_1361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695750027993845618" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">It’s been a busy couple of months and the planking is now complete.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Rzkg1AxRcaKNrLOG5K3tWtMimic_VsII5u32E7zrUnS-VlkauBmVNVI82ZVmvtPgrcbUn4A7fcAAXxofNZduyoJpuu_Ai_w8X-xUCLbYLkf9Tsk1DEaOOReNTD82uxNtmrQY6czeWek/s1600/IMG_1390.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Rzkg1AxRcaKNrLOG5K3tWtMimic_VsII5u32E7zrUnS-VlkauBmVNVI82ZVmvtPgrcbUn4A7fcAAXxofNZduyoJpuu_Ai_w8X-xUCLbYLkf9Tsk1DEaOOReNTD82uxNtmrQY6czeWek/s400/IMG_1390.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695749837648726370" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Volunteer Rachel Gordon, back for Christmas break, is helping with the frame patterns.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IBYkwmPrGWAURp8cLYDcOZRxZGk87RZiCRVgLHCYuEG3GOo_huu986yAfwTPRNx5rspgRtXdB8SqxzQE1hML5RRMlMAiE8TnP8xXSw10QCimaHvCviwjtQLHOUYoLcgVZt8ZfSaiBHo/s1600/IMG_1403.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IBYkwmPrGWAURp8cLYDcOZRxZGk87RZiCRVgLHCYuEG3GOo_huu986yAfwTPRNx5rspgRtXdB8SqxzQE1hML5RRMlMAiE8TnP8xXSw10QCimaHvCviwjtQLHOUYoLcgVZt8ZfSaiBHo/s400/IMG_1403.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695749657815818754" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All the work last year bending frames has come in handy as framing has been started. Installing each frame is a lot of work and it comes in handy having a supply of frames already made. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX0SjWtWtT0alhmaCI4EsU3f3qOgKWLPh_ThEC54BWuFhYQiMLcn7jA1OP00HeJEbCARWH8TGtK9YuVm6lNlXHBf-hxnqLuS-WF65DArCy1ibbCsKY4E3MWfB8pvghBLFMUqWeWDELiM/s1600/IMG_1405.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZX0SjWtWtT0alhmaCI4EsU3f3qOgKWLPh_ThEC54BWuFhYQiMLcn7jA1OP00HeJEbCARWH8TGtK9YuVm6lNlXHBf-hxnqLuS-WF65DArCy1ibbCsKY4E3MWfB8pvghBLFMUqWeWDELiM/s400/IMG_1405.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695749470501159778" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />First mold is no longer needed and was removed to make more room.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa3beVAe9GTp11LR5VO5rupZOVdpceMOxRUvxhbTJZnT_8x9hc0S13EzJvU6BWuhovIOFSU3VoRrBNW5Io9D7zcBGxVYLLXBGN_r11mZ2FKJntRp_2obWJ-gZp9omKquke278NxASgDE/s1600/IMG_1409.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa3beVAe9GTp11LR5VO5rupZOVdpceMOxRUvxhbTJZnT_8x9hc0S13EzJvU6BWuhovIOFSU3VoRrBNW5Io9D7zcBGxVYLLXBGN_r11mZ2FKJntRp_2obWJ-gZp9omKquke278NxASgDE/s400/IMG_1409.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695749296362842258" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Randy Dearlove checking his measurements.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photos and captions courtesy Gina Pickton<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLnbljZT4YV-2PxnnMLgTGKVN0w0i4kYrRJ1EvqJTJrTEayqYrHFyDKdYByR7gNGY7b88lzIiQFTasvrlz1ILAHTcQXGB8mSnZ1TRGJyoyuENbSI_lYpMpkKKX0EHp8uTVa6x_ytaWLk/s1600/3534468222_1c8aced3b5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLnbljZT4YV-2PxnnMLgTGKVN0w0i4kYrRJ1EvqJTJrTEayqYrHFyDKdYByR7gNGY7b88lzIiQFTasvrlz1ILAHTcQXGB8mSnZ1TRGJyoyuENbSI_lYpMpkKKX0EHp8uTVa6x_ytaWLk/s400/3534468222_1c8aced3b5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695774031614686386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Lowell's Boat Shop<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All rights reserved </span><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Looks like the good folks at the boatshop have indeed been busy. Planking is finished and framing begun.</span> Notice in the first photo that the top two planks are lapstrake. I'm sure you'll all join me in extending Gina, Bruce, Jeff Huffenberger, Newt Kirkland and all the volunteers involved a hearty well done. There's lots yet to be done but it's nice to see the project advancing and looking like a whaleboat. I'll get down there soon and follow up with some more photos.<br /><br />Interestingly, I received an email from Graham MacKay, Manager of <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/index.html">Lowell's Boat Shop</a> in Amesbury MA saying that they are currently fundraising to build yet another whaleboat for the Morgan, beginning this coming fall. Lowell's was for decades a successful family owned concern, is on the National Historic Register and is somewhat uniqe in being both an ongoing commercial boatyard and a museum. From the website:<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Established in 1793, Lowell's Boat Shop is the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the United States and is cited as the birthplace of the legendary fishing dory. Lowell’s is the only remaining survivor of the area’s world-renowned dory manufacturing industry that produced in excess of a quarter of a million dories over a period of two centuries. Building more than 2000 boats in 1911, this business was one of the first in the Nation to employ a seminal form of assembly line manufacturing.<br />With the founding of his company, Simeon Lowell made radical innovations to traditional boat design. Known for their efficiency, durability and sea worthiness, Lowell dories became the heart and soul of the Gloucester fishing fleet. In the waning days of the great fishing industry, recreational boaters turned to Lowell dories for the same qualities that attracted the fishermen. Rowing clubs, hunting camps, the Boy and Girl Scouts and the Lifesaving Service all sought Lowell dories and skiffs for their maritime experiences.<br />Conveyed through seven generations of the Lowell family, Lowell’s Boat Shop was passed to the Odell family in the 1980’s and then to the Newburyport Maritime Society in the 1990’s. In 2006, Lowell’s was purchased by Lowell’s Maritime Foundation, an independent non-profit group with the mission of leading this National Landmark and Working Museum through its third century of wooden boat building.</span><br /><br />I'm sure to be hearing more from Graham in the coming months and hope to keep you informed about this project as it progresses. Lowell's makes, among others, this finely kitted out sailing <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/boatpages/surfdorysail.html">dory</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Original post Thomas Armstrong for<a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/"> Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a></span><br /></div><br /></div></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-47279923271030764582011-11-13T12:12:00.000-08:002011-11-13T18:38:40.794-08:00Planking taking shape<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Wendy Byar<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl0JUYqDVLNH1ImQC4tmnsxxpJ6EGdXg6RoM_OmMU0IVrfV520py9wWrqNVLROJ0eORGjTqNUhJP6nR2RwC6LjIXfQrf1AxYPUulSxz_5txcgMmGTXP5G2hfiXanWtpLlX1ZC7a_kZpU/s1600/DSCN1519.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgl0JUYqDVLNH1ImQC4tmnsxxpJ6EGdXg6RoM_OmMU0IVrfV520py9wWrqNVLROJ0eORGjTqNUhJP6nR2RwC6LjIXfQrf1AxYPUulSxz_5txcgMmGTXP5G2hfiXanWtpLlX1ZC7a_kZpU/s400/DSCN1519.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674592468214908962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Four planks up counting the garboard<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hDgijohROg39vvPfjw_-ev8sNvDM_ew0QIuPmMwzPkvZgaOnBCeWpDDbisqpbfmI2mQsyQSXJ0dWFrpd_L8p8mjzhNlbXgHIBnXprWNTOv5bzU2ls9MpPOgtPCJ0MFXPDUdxrDuPHbk/s1600/DSCN1572.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hDgijohROg39vvPfjw_-ev8sNvDM_ew0QIuPmMwzPkvZgaOnBCeWpDDbisqpbfmI2mQsyQSXJ0dWFrpd_L8p8mjzhNlbXgHIBnXprWNTOv5bzU2ls9MpPOgtPCJ0MFXPDUdxrDuPHbk/s400/DSCN1572.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674592343490479314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Plank 5 going on<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW36m1YdfEBHoUWRoFkY1hNg-YC8812kTHYoKmim2hoHY-zNmeVcfrKvn_W2PVPXDTiGa7yjEItqz4bxkKggR_djhh2q8Y2dNx_ilGHZ117aX05KUgzI9iY-ol1w_5o24kpX2l_cQSDDc/s1600/DSCN1573.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW36m1YdfEBHoUWRoFkY1hNg-YC8812kTHYoKmim2hoHY-zNmeVcfrKvn_W2PVPXDTiGa7yjEItqz4bxkKggR_djhh2q8Y2dNx_ilGHZ117aX05KUgzI9iY-ol1w_5o24kpX2l_cQSDDc/s400/DSCN1573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674592208696704786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />5th plank<br />The 2nd thru 6th planks are clench nailed to battens. It is sort of like carvel with a backing plank. I suppose the battens reinforce the seams since the planks are thin for lightness and they are not nailed to the molds. It takes some care with the anvil and hammer to keep everything aligned so neither the planks or battens split. The frames are fitted after the boat is planked. It is taking a beautiful shape. The 5th and 6th planks were wumped, or prebent to a cupped shape before being hung. the last two planks will be hung lapped.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Wendy Byar<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Gina Pickton</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS1UlLeVf7bO8DZ2e6x0GTB99hWp4W3JI2mgNHfIfmR3gmIHtNGTJ1Exu3tTY_s-xWo6ZuPI-SQwfEP4UIn9HjuSkCB3IP9jBU6KxuyfBQu4vQ2iO1UTmZ-TDwtb84rA_xx1PTfl4zt4/s1600/IMG_1264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS1UlLeVf7bO8DZ2e6x0GTB99hWp4W3JI2mgNHfIfmR3gmIHtNGTJ1Exu3tTY_s-xWo6ZuPI-SQwfEP4UIn9HjuSkCB3IP9jBU6KxuyfBQu4vQ2iO1UTmZ-TDwtb84rA_xx1PTfl4zt4/s400/IMG_1264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674591903356202642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Wendy Byar and Newt Kirkland attaching a plank<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzRmD39EiPzI3WLKODnEv7Gkv-F_YAA8vUwWUy2pAGRlkkaPmHFtkZWdrMPlQUmlBBE5Z7wmbmHgyF8z1wgCSisvdx0A6wDRz8vVjamZcdOuVaP7mrhKxjH_ppoAAZm05nMsAdzNBfUs/s1600/IMG_1268a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzRmD39EiPzI3WLKODnEv7Gkv-F_YAA8vUwWUy2pAGRlkkaPmHFtkZWdrMPlQUmlBBE5Z7wmbmHgyF8z1wgCSisvdx0A6wDRz8vVjamZcdOuVaP7mrhKxjH_ppoAAZm05nMsAdzNBfUs/s400/IMG_1268a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674591748809755282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Knot drilled out with Forstner bit and replaced with a bung<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH9wH979EY_egpPLRgkF2YKQQmHTVFWp4EoE0rqVdxus5v0swwQI09NJvaNXGmrweXeiQ2qroP-Vi4WOEhJZwNsgFeJRfRh_6cWTU001H1hMMODiUBqgP9PfGnGUi8WJmTUywN6VsR2k/s1600/IMG_1269.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH9wH979EY_egpPLRgkF2YKQQmHTVFWp4EoE0rqVdxus5v0swwQI09NJvaNXGmrweXeiQ2qroP-Vi4WOEhJZwNsgFeJRfRh_6cWTU001H1hMMODiUBqgP9PfGnGUi8WJmTUywN6VsR2k/s400/IMG_1269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674591602851788034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeff and Newt have been making good progress with planking the boat. The process of putting a plank on is the same for each one, a set of steps that gets repeated over and over again until all 16 are on<br /><br />We start by spiling the pattern and preparing the boards. The cedar we have is not long enough to span the entire length of the 28ft whaleboat so we have to scarf two pieces together. After planing each board to the proper thickness, we use our pattern to cut the proper shape into the boards, making sure to leave enough room for the scarf. Next we repair any parts of the plank that need it, drilling out knots and replacing them with bungs and adding dutchmen where necessary.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PGRF6h4c7RY" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FDp7V2EIkW4" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Iju9u9diP8w" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/f0UCNn3GkXg" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />As the planks work their way up around the turn of the bilge, they get wider and wider. In order for the board to take the curve we bend them before attaching them to the boat. To do this we use a process called Whomping.<br /><br />You can see more about how we do this by watching the videos above. Narrated by John Schwarzenbach<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy Gina Picton</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Thomas Armstrong</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX_Q29VUVKeBOI22Il77tGegks5-e9tGiaHiY7ElvGPG2D1theutLQzZmLIx6laFeWkQpKrBop6SblsPnl5VCOwLJA_56z0fxHW-qm_BAR1YCcu1tKfSc5w26H4UHb2t9-eOYSX4eozs/s1600/IMG_9568.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJX_Q29VUVKeBOI22Il77tGegks5-e9tGiaHiY7ElvGPG2D1theutLQzZmLIx6laFeWkQpKrBop6SblsPnl5VCOwLJA_56z0fxHW-qm_BAR1YCcu1tKfSc5w26H4UHb2t9-eOYSX4eozs/s400/IMG_9568.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674591288408514914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Wen Byar clench nailing<br /><br />From Wendy's blog Green Boats:<br />"Here is the skinny. We drill the holes through the plank and batten, and place the nail oval perpendicular to the grain. Back it with the iron next to the hole and tap the nail thru from the plank side until it just clears the batten. Move the iron over the nail. Hold it at an angle so the nail starts to turn back into the batten. Tap it home flush with the plank surface."<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlzY2_0L06qBwAl9fTq044hz6HxlYzOq5Nx0biAuJ6CGBQJ_crYgcISUKSEfwL3enua46EydHrnftn5KcWBy3RBHvnQtmC3e0QWQU-d_yitm_MSA-5UPKnvjIIMXA7xctsFoBr_-e5xc/s1600/IMG_9582.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlzY2_0L06qBwAl9fTq044hz6HxlYzOq5Nx0biAuJ6CGBQJ_crYgcISUKSEfwL3enua46EydHrnftn5KcWBy3RBHvnQtmC3e0QWQU-d_yitm_MSA-5UPKnvjIIMXA7xctsFoBr_-e5xc/s400/IMG_9582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674591133297150818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I was at the workshop Thursday and it was a dark day, which produced this combination of natural and artificial lighting.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsqDFos16uY74iAmfFTFAqHjkBAgqR7sQztX-0ma2oN4Y43-H41GuV8WisOWkY4_6tIpHUSFMPsK-YuQgtyGP6Yck789sTfeAzpnMUvQbUqfofeB-AS-AwNRg9f_3eWy12d7wdIZr9ew/s1600/IMG_9578.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsqDFos16uY74iAmfFTFAqHjkBAgqR7sQztX-0ma2oN4Y43-H41GuV8WisOWkY4_6tIpHUSFMPsK-YuQgtyGP6Yck789sTfeAzpnMUvQbUqfofeB-AS-AwNRg9f_3eWy12d7wdIZr9ew/s400/IMG_9578.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674590966721389090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">She's a long boat at 28'<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsLU69XI4D4O202Ay_84HBp882wMvEe7aCYatuR1eNeacDmBfFAxBmRT4kOG3bY8vX8BS7EJn6UTnYOZr-Dyf_B6-Ws3gABuKrffyfO93fXl0CU-XtsYbQnQv_MgUq3fXULqczfgHRFk/s1600/IMG_9585.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsLU69XI4D4O202Ay_84HBp882wMvEe7aCYatuR1eNeacDmBfFAxBmRT4kOG3bY8vX8BS7EJn6UTnYOZr-Dyf_B6-Ws3gABuKrffyfO93fXl0CU-XtsYbQnQv_MgUq3fXULqczfgHRFk/s400/IMG_9585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674590751466974370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A nicely turned bilge<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSUGAIV3BbR09HoWg_BlQyjbHLnF07FbGeO0K9IScJNyD1Jt706KM8flCVhVtpbqJBm5l7vR9lq1OmRPmMzFI1tGkq0R-yHlzfnRkQr0Jwu73iSD2ZxzWFg_08nZD5vYEZ3fT6XAcpq4/s1600/IMG_9588.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSUGAIV3BbR09HoWg_BlQyjbHLnF07FbGeO0K9IScJNyD1Jt706KM8flCVhVtpbqJBm5l7vR9lq1OmRPmMzFI1tGkq0R-yHlzfnRkQr0Jwu73iSD2ZxzWFg_08nZD5vYEZ3fT6XAcpq4/s400/IMG_9588.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674590583197834818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Newt and Jeff<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMstIiXnZmz4keSEQHDspwKSwagCayUDheq5zLitl2JZ2ce-UhYHoCJMCMiE1inDkKmLuY3MNa6jWBpL6c5-87nfXGOdNdKX0UjAPcTSH0pkDdQcjtgTSfuPDtsbb4UbAMdt83MIqW7w/s1600/IMG_9590.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHMstIiXnZmz4keSEQHDspwKSwagCayUDheq5zLitl2JZ2ce-UhYHoCJMCMiE1inDkKmLuY3MNa6jWBpL6c5-87nfXGOdNdKX0UjAPcTSH0pkDdQcjtgTSfuPDtsbb4UbAMdt83MIqW7w/s400/IMG_9590.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5674590404063417394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">She's really taking shape<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos Thomas Armstrong<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I made my way down to the Workshop last Thursday to see the progress on the whaleboat. Coincidentally Gina Pickton and the new workshop director Bruce MacKenzie</span> (more on Bruce later @ 70.8%) had put together some photos and videos for me. Wen Byar had also sent me some updates. The boat looks swell and is really graceful, and the work looks top notch. My first impression was of how long, and how sweet she is. The videos will outline the process of wumping or whomping, basically steaming a plank to make it more pliable form fitting the curve of the boat. Thanks ladies and gents, you are doing exceptional work. Special thanks to John Schwarzenbach for his narration on the videos.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Original post Thomas Armstrong for <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a></span></div></div></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-43031330763357854802011-09-20T17:00:00.000-07:002011-09-20T15:54:10.529-07:00Planking begins...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw9-LaQdQ3LZcRNWngrHTXBFVUwiHghMPpVok98fPrI4M9UOPgGpDL0C9GUCcanH82retl16Lzgd8PQfBa65C8Kwto4fUeAR3W1CrDlb2BlhXKRx6l8YaPATwYJDXNMiJnjZpGH3qtu8/s1600/pirate+battle101.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaw9-LaQdQ3LZcRNWngrHTXBFVUwiHghMPpVok98fPrI4M9UOPgGpDL0C9GUCcanH82retl16Lzgd8PQfBa65C8Kwto4fUeAR3W1CrDlb2BlhXKRx6l8YaPATwYJDXNMiJnjZpGH3qtu8/s400/pirate+battle101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654546389681402034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Garboard in place and a new plank being fitted.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHPMybnevdvw-HbuUIQBSe8A7cdbpyFb_oC7nJXXDjFOqiAv4AcDVkfRTG3BRIbROhVXLVNERqV4Pd5n3MmWi0KEC3VsjqILqTYjopZp9pTGexjx8QCjf9Rhq7ZKAGr4c_QcYjy38bSU/s1600/pirate+battle102.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHPMybnevdvw-HbuUIQBSe8A7cdbpyFb_oC7nJXXDjFOqiAv4AcDVkfRTG3BRIbROhVXLVNERqV4Pd5n3MmWi0KEC3VsjqILqTYjopZp9pTGexjx8QCjf9Rhq7ZKAGr4c_QcYjy38bSU/s400/pirate+battle102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654546260736901394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Same<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIivPacgvwH5fnXIxMwiQ8T_0_q722HSLctMy9T9HP0pnAIu5fU9PYpHlALiAU1fG786BLlHttq4OGGvUWLAl8VUh8YsBFVcU9Qicg6U9gwr71dSrdGSmkw-kd43gfKIE_GH8PUPwbGBA/s1600/pirate+battle103.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIivPacgvwH5fnXIxMwiQ8T_0_q722HSLctMy9T9HP0pnAIu5fU9PYpHlALiAU1fG786BLlHttq4OGGvUWLAl8VUh8YsBFVcU9Qicg6U9gwr71dSrdGSmkw-kd43gfKIE_GH8PUPwbGBA/s400/pirate+battle103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654546054319880802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Frames!<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CJ9iG9h0RKyBZpf6DhZBMv1SZWzUDahDArPPN2ZgAFvXrPY3ZZdTZ-AWNV9LDLb-d9tyeOW0DcgDyQpeApteEfUJBFcBJhM6ngDTk3AjCyD6pvlFtfHGyp1gEP8S7qZGLzpSgox94no/s1600/pirate+battle104.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CJ9iG9h0RKyBZpf6DhZBMv1SZWzUDahDArPPN2ZgAFvXrPY3ZZdTZ-AWNV9LDLb-d9tyeOW0DcgDyQpeApteEfUJBFcBJhM6ngDTk3AjCyD6pvlFtfHGyp1gEP8S7qZGLzpSgox94no/s400/pirate+battle104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654545747819399986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">More frames on the bending jig<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqz4b1nlZ6tNdlTmw_WPmYr9FFV_x4lMrtGhJ2n528YGYLbAyCUmaxfrWcv4sVqtpVg5jPWsSPt-J4MFpzzlzxp3OwxAXVy5sA3F-yQmNAziAmnAPYxxrPSSOc3clVG8HqVJsdnbB-oig/s1600/pirate+battle105.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqz4b1nlZ6tNdlTmw_WPmYr9FFV_x4lMrtGhJ2n528YGYLbAyCUmaxfrWcv4sVqtpVg5jPWsSPt-J4MFpzzlzxp3OwxAXVy5sA3F-yQmNAziAmnAPYxxrPSSOc3clVG8HqVJsdnbB-oig/s400/pirate+battle105.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654545599356079890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This shot shows how the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strake">garboard</a> fits into it's rabbet, or groove, on the keel.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkuY7VgzzZUfiASKZRGueOSnDpUYIvukDc992VWAJ7SSeEFPBIELOoGEbV8DFmzbttX6nnDk8Wu0iUMHSduYhJpryNpxeuLMH1WQKgWpGLVMyhzDxdXKQLAoKQJx6ChizC7Sxa8IXU7A/s1600/pirate+battle106.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkuY7VgzzZUfiASKZRGueOSnDpUYIvukDc992VWAJ7SSeEFPBIELOoGEbV8DFmzbttX6nnDk8Wu0iUMHSduYhJpryNpxeuLMH1WQKgWpGLVMyhzDxdXKQLAoKQJx6ChizC7Sxa8IXU7A/s400/pirate+battle106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654545052701200178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This from about eye level<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnfsKKjeWLDskRXZ4WdW5rssBueQt51uFibKfrMaeqzlVxz8qpA22gsCLwwKbzE-G8bDy7-R7p4EXkNkKapn7ndrzfcMQS4fwVhkb_xClAo4Ieg7ThSsp5H1dfikn-DOElxu-DCoGKeg/s1600/pirate+battle108.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnfsKKjeWLDskRXZ4WdW5rssBueQt51uFibKfrMaeqzlVxz8qpA22gsCLwwKbzE-G8bDy7-R7p4EXkNkKapn7ndrzfcMQS4fwVhkb_xClAo4Ieg7ThSsp5H1dfikn-DOElxu-DCoGKeg/s400/pirate+battle108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654544935535230034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This photo shows how the garboard conforms to the molds.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">all photos Thomas Armstrong<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>After a great afternoon aboard Gazela for the pirate battle (see <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a>), I dropped in on Gina at the boatshop to see what progress had been made of the boat. They've started planking but only just. Much more time has been spent over the last month or so bending the approximately100 frames needed for the boat. The actual figure is around 76, but Gina explained they wanted a few extras so they would not have to do them later. As you can see there's a rather impressive pile!<br />As for the planking, both garboards have been fitted into their rabbet along the keel and a partial first plank or strake as well. Once the frames are all done the planking should proceed quickly. Exciting!<br />Since John Brady is spending so much time running the museum, a new boatbuilder has been chosen to oversee the day to day running of the boatshop. His name is Bruce McKenzie and I should be meeting him soon.<br /><br />Stay tuned.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Original post Thomas Armstrong for <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a></span><br /></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-38267702509420910662011-08-08T16:40:00.000-07:002011-08-08T17:31:01.214-07:00More progress<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCuvVcHa3LlqvdeHJwNKAKdn27A5LFGpbLKIUJtt1SwQRWA3SgYS4EdROI4gP69tVonjEcNy4aX2Kni1Z8wHo8jn8E_IEQCk_IM7_prZHtnaCtNYWwL0sVzYm5ZjUk0QXJX3lioBMfNo/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCuvVcHa3LlqvdeHJwNKAKdn27A5LFGpbLKIUJtt1SwQRWA3SgYS4EdROI4gP69tVonjEcNy4aX2Kni1Z8wHo8jn8E_IEQCk_IM7_prZHtnaCtNYWwL0sVzYm5ZjUk0QXJX3lioBMfNo/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638635492866660322" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Once the keel was laid and the stem attached we realized that the stern post had sprung and no longer would work for the boat. We didn’t have the oak to replace it right away so we moved on to the next step of attaching the molds in place and squaring them up.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Our oak showed up last week, so right away we went to work bending a new stern post.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">With all the oak in we moved forward milling the oak for the 100 frames we need to bend.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">While everything else was going on, we still found time to start spiling the garboard planks. In the above photo you can see them resting on the molds waiting to be finished.
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<br />Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-82040716573973295062011-08-04T16:09:00.000-07:002011-08-13T12:38:49.225-07:00Building Progress<span style="font-weight: bold;">We’ve made some progress on the Whaleboat in the past few weeks. Going has been a bit slow as we have been waiting for our oak to be milled. We’ve made jigs and patterns in preparation.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">George Clark is working on the pattern for the rudder
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> We’ve shaped the keel...
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> Jake Davidson and Alex Miller getting the cedar ready for resawing
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The whole crew gets in on the steam bending action.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">While on the jig we drilled and riveted the posts to help them keep their shape.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Nick Pagan and Charles Bernstein getting ready to attach a strap to the post to help it keep it’s bend over time.
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Charles Bernstein and Jeff Huffenberger attaching the stem post to the keel. Jeff welded up a bracket to help support and keep it in place while the build happens.
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<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Thanks to Gina Pickton for this update on the progress of the whaleboat build. The captions are all hers and pretty much tell the story. This I think brings us up to about 2 weeks ago, as I can see that work has gone beyond what's seen here, with molds in place</span> and planking to begin soon.
<br />You can follow the progress on a daily basis by visiting the <a href="http://www.phillyseaport.org/boatshop_webcam.shtml">webcam</a>. More soon!
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Originally posted @ <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">Whaleboats for the CW Morgan</a></span>
<br /></div></div></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-52444108285246272382011-06-07T22:03:00.000-07:002011-06-09T20:51:50.403-07:00Molds and Jigs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx5wsin94DruRTUO-FL86LhDL8nFGgEt_IHPKZbjUIbDx16D78RWZBr22JNvYWl0otH9OzdW13kjo6ubNSax46M8fH2XhkJ6HYPQq6TPs2MlVgbSapJ_n5x11zVmHB_rlHPhgh1mkkmk/s1600/IMG_0741.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRx5wsin94DruRTUO-FL86LhDL8nFGgEt_IHPKZbjUIbDx16D78RWZBr22JNvYWl0otH9OzdW13kjo6ubNSax46M8fH2XhkJ6HYPQq6TPs2MlVgbSapJ_n5x11zVmHB_rlHPhgh1mkkmk/s400/IMG_0741.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614890003500578658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Workshop volunteer Paul Connors feeding the planer<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKcFK7vr7svC5BHKslrGsEJNXtKnw3fQwoJDtwW_0tMVZn2M5U9mtkL1qn-FtfZmeagyMCb6HM67JAv9yn7Zw5xOG4XxhGPyLt1dYHyxePvG_QUbZ92QEXoFavXUVjnrqQljBwlk0M-k/s1600/IMG_0735.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKcFK7vr7svC5BHKslrGsEJNXtKnw3fQwoJDtwW_0tMVZn2M5U9mtkL1qn-FtfZmeagyMCb6HM67JAv9yn7Zw5xOG4XxhGPyLt1dYHyxePvG_QUbZ92QEXoFavXUVjnrqQljBwlk0M-k/s400/IMG_0735.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614888988882382786" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/"><br /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Rocking the Boat</a> participants unloading the goodies from Phily<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5F4IgJRzzxKvnZLbPusngk2SujzHSE5WI7IMUt7r-k6r0TQt8F5l_2aeA1RyG6-mLJ-9XHhncZW635pTfGnqcYdiQ172bhX28nrrHtYOkcpoSBUg2gMhyNro3kx9yfTn-4Kesb5S7Io/s1600/IMG_0736.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf5F4IgJRzzxKvnZLbPusngk2SujzHSE5WI7IMUt7r-k6r0TQt8F5l_2aeA1RyG6-mLJ-9XHhncZW635pTfGnqcYdiQ172bhX28nrrHtYOkcpoSBUg2gMhyNro3kx9yfTn-4Kesb5S7Io/s400/IMG_0736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614889860152998626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Molds and one of the bending jigs unloaded at <a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/">Rocking the Boat's</a><br />Brooklyn workshop.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0e4nLT4TGLkYbid7sgWYyDq3vLqAITBDRSZ0C3UFiQ4pSxRgn1HoEgEY92Tey3hMHHxwYv_REexGQtBEfx_nPGst0XVBAUE0UAPS_VPhOa-vv7LVQmUxapDc0eslsi34Ko7bYGQR8LI/s1600/IMG_0744.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0e4nLT4TGLkYbid7sgWYyDq3vLqAITBDRSZ0C3UFiQ4pSxRgn1HoEgEY92Tey3hMHHxwYv_REexGQtBEfx_nPGst0XVBAUE0UAPS_VPhOa-vv7LVQmUxapDc0eslsi34Ko7bYGQR8LI/s400/IMG_0744.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614889706731445922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">A jig for bending the<a href="http://intheboatshed.com/index.php?option=com_glossary&Itemid=67"> stem</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvluAim8z7T8pSfVz8CqFujpo2zvI9xn77VQ1Shf3tmrTtIVQPBjppjuu5f_WbrVS58byBsv4MSIer7C5n81WInQxyK4mnnzY0hzC7bdQPrt0Qy0goeZigGqAUTgcHVVjq2B0W33PwPOw/s1600/IMG_0742.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvluAim8z7T8pSfVz8CqFujpo2zvI9xn77VQ1Shf3tmrTtIVQPBjppjuu5f_WbrVS58byBsv4MSIer7C5n81WInQxyK4mnnzY0hzC7bdQPrt0Qy0goeZigGqAUTgcHVVjq2B0W33PwPOw/s400/IMG_0742.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614889282901861362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jig and steambox<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_29O6cmjd7vYgUsQycLyMAEZaWht1iPyA6as3LaD-Bq8D9dtOr7GTCCJwMK-ib3UukG_ZyQDIa2XD4nauHhYjiStv8Tsrd0xiYIwOVcjvfrobIKDHL6bzKMOS8JvHn7vaceCoBsiksXA/s1600/IMG_0743.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_29O6cmjd7vYgUsQycLyMAEZaWht1iPyA6as3LaD-Bq8D9dtOr7GTCCJwMK-ib3UukG_ZyQDIa2XD4nauHhYjiStv8Tsrd0xiYIwOVcjvfrobIKDHL6bzKMOS8JvHn7vaceCoBsiksXA/s400/IMG_0743.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614889123741286418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">These two photos are of the<a href="http://intheboatshed.com/index.php?option=com_glossary&Itemid=67"> frame</a> bending jig. A smaller version has been built for the <a href="http://intheboatshed.com/index.php?option=com_glossary&Itemid=67">knees</a>.<br />Notice that</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> next to the</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> jig is a steambox setup. The pieces will be steamed to make them pliable before going onto the jig.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All photos courtesy Gina Pickton/Workshop on the Water<br /><br />Boatbuilding <a href="http://intheboatshed.com/index.php?option=com_glossary&Itemid=67"> glossary</a> found at<a href="http://intheboatshed.net/"> Inthe Boatshed</a>, courtesy Gavin Atkin<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span></div>Gina & Co. have been busy at the boatshop as the project heats up, with help from the <a href="http://www.chadphila.org/">CHAD</a> group. Her report:<br /><br />"We’ve been making some progress on both getting boats out of the shop, and moving forward on the whaleboat. One boat left last week and two more will be out the door next week. Then we will finally have the room freed up in the shop for the whaleboat.<br />On Friday we delivered some goodies to Rocking the Boat. They now have the keel pattern, the knee and frame bending jig patterns, the stem bending jig, the strongback and 8 molds. We’ve also made our own stem bending jig and are on our way to completing our own knee and frame bending jigs."<br /><br />Once the strongback is set up and the molds attached, the fun should begin in earnest.Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-40662783667662023222011-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:002011-05-22T20:33:06.018-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxZ6mD6OAhBtJ9sOneqrM37at1OVytTRHhG8JyTaA9Bo2gxeFLHWGIUntvDjptFyZxMEj1mJKDWupN62gGnNK7njsKGntP4F8qrvecguX_nOUvrsJUaWt9LOiiWdpCmhMktJr4cAmsys/s1600/IMG_0696.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxZ6mD6OAhBtJ9sOneqrM37at1OVytTRHhG8JyTaA9Bo2gxeFLHWGIUntvDjptFyZxMEj1mJKDWupN62gGnNK7njsKGntP4F8qrvecguX_nOUvrsJUaWt9LOiiWdpCmhMktJr4cAmsys/s400/IMG_0696.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609641068664144098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Clamp being filed<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdYjVR1vGU41MlLzSPXB92t1rLloeWke3oPhio21wLvE2_hVM1Pq4WQIxBdsSWuNZYtoNEgaKtmshCS1fx6odKS7pbyicduRa1oR4w2tlvI7Rils9S54xngFJUHa-oil-qEhPmxeDg4/s1600/IMG_0703.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdYjVR1vGU41MlLzSPXB92t1rLloeWke3oPhio21wLvE2_hVM1Pq4WQIxBdsSWuNZYtoNEgaKtmshCS1fx6odKS7pbyicduRa1oR4w2tlvI7Rils9S54xngFJUHa-oil-qEhPmxeDg4/s400/IMG_0703.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609637591287365634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Clamp being filed<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSZgc0sA8c6Tiin1Oyn5gfYy4sDCuJoccjflcq3Kr-PvZKodChcMgb5hclcA_8F5spBlYIunqisVPZqvJVl4TVCR2oXLP2hY5dK7nMky9KACQkA1Kks-xh2UntVtoFH91MrZWMjPJCMw/s1600/IMG_0700.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSZgc0sA8c6Tiin1Oyn5gfYy4sDCuJoccjflcq3Kr-PvZKodChcMgb5hclcA_8F5spBlYIunqisVPZqvJVl4TVCR2oXLP2hY5dK7nMky9KACQkA1Kks-xh2UntVtoFH91MrZWMjPJCMw/s400/IMG_0700.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609640921937892194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Clamp being sanded</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyncxa7TO9U9qvzB-VA1TspeRbBfH_wn1w72z7BKHaRFs1fGKXhL00hkmXE2r6qTcJCD-T8SB8BZzdZNP_qIRDSRmaEzKPtcu2L-lGj25Z4YNqwjlJwepxgN7ruPNPRkdL55vtuQZM_D0/s1600/IMG_0705.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyncxa7TO9U9qvzB-VA1TspeRbBfH_wn1w72z7BKHaRFs1fGKXhL00hkmXE2r6qTcJCD-T8SB8BZzdZNP_qIRDSRmaEzKPtcu2L-lGj25Z4YNqwjlJwepxgN7ruPNPRkdL55vtuQZM_D0/s400/IMG_0705.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609637460157829394" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeff and Nicholas admiring a students work<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">all photos courtesy Gina Picton</span><br /></span></div><br />From my esteemed correspondent Gina Picton comes this brief summary of the weeks progress on the whaleboats:<br /><br />"The <a href="http://www.chadphila.org/">CHAD</a> students were in again this week. They are working on the frame bending jig. I’ve attached some pictures of them working with teacher Jeff Gerstemeier (in the hat) and workshop volunteer and instructor Nicholas Pagan. The jig has many built in clamps to hold each frame in place and the students are learning to use the different tools needed to complete the project. They have 29 ready to go, with just a few more to finish."<br /><br />Gina says a couple more boats will leave the boatshop this week, allowing work to begin on setting up the support structure need for building the whaleboat. There is a possibility of some names to apply to the student photos above and also some photos they've taken of the work as well! Stay tuned.Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-435402805881307382011-05-19T19:23:00.000-07:002011-05-19T19:25:20.908-07:00the Whaleboat<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CUXNUsCds3oj-uhyphenhyphenHsa1qFga6T4VllugdoV8UjYrcOyoaN3pgMBMQuVnHLdVGW6tTFk2xiPhFQW3oTnqc73S9ERm2NACebtmCYDp0sAm6NIRQ-46R-QbcKfoXxTAyBvdor5nvuipYoc/s1600/11+iris_art_upended.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CUXNUsCds3oj-uhyphenhyphenHsa1qFga6T4VllugdoV8UjYrcOyoaN3pgMBMQuVnHLdVGW6tTFk2xiPhFQW3oTnqc73S9ERm2NACebtmCYDp0sAm6NIRQ-46R-QbcKfoXxTAyBvdor5nvuipYoc/s400/11+iris_art_upended.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608290023428661922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> Artwork from the <a href="http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/main/category.do?ID=24">logbook of the ship Iris </a>while on its voyage from 1843-1847. The painting depicts a sperm whale upending one of the whaleboats chasing it.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Girl on a Whaleship<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NV9ntpy4dEtlxD0P1CaPqUv0AystJPYDyDDKkcLv3hoxiZvkEejiCgK_sVrbV_4snHhUoEo46COWG6ScZ_prQT_jAHWAS2tYKc-c18wjWnupHDMkLTbH8kNOX-RFBf9yNUfIF9eMJAE/s1600/12+a_barclay_cover_art.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NV9ntpy4dEtlxD0P1CaPqUv0AystJPYDyDDKkcLv3hoxiZvkEejiCgK_sVrbV_4snHhUoEo46COWG6ScZ_prQT_jAHWAS2tYKc-c18wjWnupHDMkLTbH8kNOX-RFBf9yNUfIF9eMJAE/s400/12+a_barclay_cover_art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608289667728810306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This detailed painting of the killing of a whale by a whaleboat crew was done on the inside cover of a logbook. The <a href="http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/main/category.do?ID=24">logbook </a>covers two voyages; the ship Alexander Barclay, 1837-1840 and Charles W. Morgan, 1841-1842.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Girl on a Whaleship<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie77nXp4ujPRI7O9_bb7kzzDqvFuMNh1tHn603vcwvYsmdjKeFFiexnmC1I5eZ3zrnLwlGAtD9oY3uRjQPnQrty2vVV243-e3hwiee5TWyQkifw1bdvcx4PINfJNVeGS_TWDOKLByWjOg/s1600/6+Whaleboat_diagram.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie77nXp4ujPRI7O9_bb7kzzDqvFuMNh1tHn603vcwvYsmdjKeFFiexnmC1I5eZ3zrnLwlGAtD9oY3uRjQPnQrty2vVV243-e3hwiee5TWyQkifw1bdvcx4PINfJNVeGS_TWDOKLByWjOg/s400/6+Whaleboat_diagram.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608289500103897970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Diagram ({{Information |Description={{en|1=Side and interior plan of whale-boat equipped with apparatus of capture, &c. Noted on the drawing as Plate 192. sec 5 v ii pp241, 252. not clear why the file name says fig 193.}} |Source=<a href="http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/figb0193.htm">NOAA Photolibrary Image ID: figb01</a>)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy NOAA<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMVU9tbckTru0ngbODI_m-RVdUVAzaziPlYW4BMBIoeshKSzhXxaf7886UtFD3gTu14y7GvmZCGBGjb9vV2a0Wnmwnc2CDPwCKgpzWKyQDtZml35Z15Kw2rF8Zp8a9UXjBKLwJqx_LOI/s1600/3+azorean.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeMVU9tbckTru0ngbODI_m-RVdUVAzaziPlYW4BMBIoeshKSzhXxaf7886UtFD3gTu14y7GvmZCGBGjb9vV2a0Wnmwnc2CDPwCKgpzWKyQDtZml35Z15Kw2rF8Zp8a9UXjBKLwJqx_LOI/s400/3+azorean.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608289298935965762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://www.azoreanwhaleboats.com/page1.php">Azorean</a> whaleboat racing</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">C0urtesy Azorean Whaleboats<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUXi-j_XcGRt71Q0ch0g9tyUpAMQ1Mr1P5Sz1yNHSZwhgs2AUoZXjFbbpXnQDe4ODVcGPjv6yTqErLaAU_Frde8mwznCbgiDCx9uPTkMhGJBeMnnTo-zI1MZevbBOPUoskp4wefUsT7s/s1600/4+queens.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUXi-j_XcGRt71Q0ch0g9tyUpAMQ1Mr1P5Sz1yNHSZwhgs2AUoZXjFbbpXnQDe4ODVcGPjv6yTqErLaAU_Frde8mwznCbgiDCx9uPTkMhGJBeMnnTo-zI1MZevbBOPUoskp4wefUsT7s/s400/4+queens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608288972459118082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.brigade.org/Gallery/2000/fortti2000gallery.html">The Queen's Ranger's whaleboat</a> after its trip from Crown Point to Fort Ticonderoga<br />(courtesy David Michlovitz)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Fort Ticonderoga Brigade<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT0HzqEPQgy9vu2hqyCI58fH5JGEd9XK7g-686l4sqgs12ihaaEh-MZoZf_5mUcUHkABTiLMk1JtqslB0gPOR8V6kji6FK_WqUhDT9UVBYPWfF-qsP8-Vm8ovQv7RHG0cPDJkgM5c39U/s1600/5+anglican.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT0HzqEPQgy9vu2hqyCI58fH5JGEd9XK7g-686l4sqgs12ihaaEh-MZoZf_5mUcUHkABTiLMk1JtqslB0gPOR8V6kji6FK_WqUhDT9UVBYPWfF-qsP8-Vm8ovQv7RHG0cPDJkgM5c39U/s400/5+anglican.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608288530285475586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The past--a district Missionary's<a href="http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/centenary1949/"> whaleboat</a><br /><br />In early days the work of the "Southern Cross" was supplemented by the district missionaries in their whaleboats, but in recent year these have been replaced by launches and schooners<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Anglican History Oceania 1849-1949<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwy8fLIFBNM_c417IWUpqq9IyA3LZg4kkqxd5yAFrddKRp3zqpfFaKeK_Z4CbXzSo4t9mTYb89K4njFZZlD-zq8MuPUtsx4fGzXnuffOm0EW1qzl3NCcCtLCb6pav6JTiYa8kEuL6SG1I/s1600/7+intothedeep1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwy8fLIFBNM_c417IWUpqq9IyA3LZg4kkqxd5yAFrddKRp3zqpfFaKeK_Z4CbXzSo4t9mTYb89K4njFZZlD-zq8MuPUtsx4fGzXnuffOm0EW1qzl3NCcCtLCb6pav6JTiYa8kEuL6SG1I/s400/7+intothedeep1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608288370190824274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">from 'Into the Deep', a documentary by <a href="http://www.ricburns.com/flash.html">Ric Burns</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The history of the American whaling industry from its 17th-century origins in drift and shore whaling off the coast of New England and Cape Cod, through the golden age of deep ocean whaling, and on to its demise in the decades following the American Civil War.<br />Find<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/whaling/player/"> here</a>, and <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=907B8C9C-1E4F-379B-60C168BC935EE9B7">here</a>.<br /><br />I just happened to catch the airing of this documentary on PBS, I rarely watch TV so it was extremely fortuitous. I was deeply moved and impressed by this work.<br />Ric Burns is without doubt a most discerning and articulate documentry filmaker. I recommend this film highly. It focuses acutely on the wreck of the Essex, an American whaleship and more generally on American whaling. The wreck of the Essex is reputed to be one of the inspirations for Moby Dick, and the documentary focuses quite a bit on Melville's celebrated work. Do not miss this!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Ric Burns, PBS, and Mystic Seaport<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilW4ERUNinT3UleHANPRSMXC0xZkPGGcJb_2XGe298HleZEC0diIiqRlz9s6Hr4y7lDUk4pU-vqP_y42Qsj1hwUd-V72uhErpGUpvTrK4OgPbTJVRDctfbKchwh5fr2yX9nRc1zGz_yio/s1600/9+darting.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilW4ERUNinT3UleHANPRSMXC0xZkPGGcJb_2XGe298HleZEC0diIiqRlz9s6Hr4y7lDUk4pU-vqP_y42Qsj1hwUd-V72uhErpGUpvTrK4OgPbTJVRDctfbKchwh5fr2yX9nRc1zGz_yio/s400/9+darting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608286663989523218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Aquatic Mammals<br />Caption: Darting Harpoon into Sperm Whale<br />Image Date 1926<br />Subject Whaleboats<br />Whaling<br />Harpoons<br />Sperm whale<br />Image Source Author Cook, John A.<br />Image Source Title Pursuing the Whale : a Quarter-Century of Whaling in the Arctic<br />Pub. Info. Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926<br />Page No./Plate No. Facing page 8<br />Digital collection Freshwater and Marine Image Bank<br />Repository Most materials are located in the University of Washington Libraries. Images were scanned by staff of the UW Fisheries-Oceanography Library<br />Copyright Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. <a href="darting%20http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fishimages&CISOPTR=37569&CISOBOX=1&REC=6">Acknowledgement</a> of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.<br />Ordering Information The University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. This record contains a citation for this image. If you want to use the scanned image, <a href="darting%20http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fishimages&CISOPTR=37569&CISOBOX=1&REC=6">acknowledgement</a> of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.<br />Type Image<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Courtesy </span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">University of Washington Libraries</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2JVEi8Rm53tIVyiaWaI0h288IPBpyVutfRD6Yu-oeXBXCZ43v238k_pXrJpVoUHhdike-jaLhGT43_v9tlQ2jafpGctJnfOHtcyOs4VpWM4Gbor5tBw4ooIvCT4qWoyBlgk1al5b7sI/s1600/10+whaleboat_chasing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2JVEi8Rm53tIVyiaWaI0h288IPBpyVutfRD6Yu-oeXBXCZ43v238k_pXrJpVoUHhdike-jaLhGT43_v9tlQ2jafpGctJnfOHtcyOs4VpWM4Gbor5tBw4ooIvCT4qWoyBlgk1al5b7sI/s400/10+whaleboat_chasing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608286466188563474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A whaleboat <a href="http://www.girlonawhaleship.org/jernapp/artifact.do?shortName=whaleboat_chasing">chasing</a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">its prey</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Courtesy Girl on a Whaleship<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">From the introduction to ' The Whaleboat A study of Design, Construction and Use from 1850 to 1970 by Willits D. Ansel, published by the Mystic Seaport Museum:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> The term "whaleboat" properly describes boats used for hunting whales, lthough it has also been applied to other boats having similar features, generally sharp ends. Whaleboats ere used by the thousands aboard American whaleships in the middle of the nineteenth century and, in lesser numbers, aboard the vessels of toher nations and at shore stations around the world. The whaleboat was a double ended, light, open boat with a length at that time of between twenty-seven and thirty-one feet and a beam of slightly more than one-fifth the length. It was pulled by oars and sailed. It was a fine sea boat, not only adapted to its function but also handsome. Though there were variations in size, lines, and construction, the general characteristics were well defined.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> The whaleboat was once the most widespread of all small craft. In the late 1800s it was known in the Pacific in such widely separated places as Easter Island, Tasmania, the Bonin Islands and the Aleutians. In the Atlantic, it appeared in the north off Greenland, in the Azores, the Grenadines, and south to Tristan da Cunha and still farther south to Antarctica. In the Indian Ocean it was seen in the Mozambique Channel, Kerguelen Island and Cocos. It was used in the Arctic Ocean at Herschel Island on one side and Spitsbergen on the other. Whaleboats were seen in the most remote places in the sea.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> The last voyage of a whaleship that carried whaleboats was in the 1920s. At a few far scattered places the boats continued to be used for shore whaling, as at Tong and Norfolk Island in the Pacific and at Bequia and the Portuguese Islands in the Atlantic. Two whaleboats are still maintained at Bequia and whaling on Pico and Madeira.* In 1969 there was whaling at Fiji. Elsewhere on remote islands the type survived for carrying cargo and passengers.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> In the United States, where the whaleboat was carried to its final stage of development and where the boats were build by the thousands, very few remain outside of museums, although an undermined number survive in Alaska.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Much has been written in praise of whaleboats:<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Their shape "ensures great swiftness as well as qualities of an excellent seaboat." 1<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The boats were dry and rode "as gracefully as an albatross...for lightness and form, for carrying capacity compared with its weight and sea-going qualities, for speed andfacility of movement at the word of command, for theplacing of menat the best advantage in the exercise of their power, by the nicest adaptation of the varying length of the oar to its position in the boat, and lastly, for a simpicity of construction which renders repairs practicable on ships, the whaleboat is simply as perfect as the combined skill" of generations of boatbuilders could make it. 2<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">As surf boats the whaleboats were "without rival, better than a lifeboat which is a compromise because it has to carry a larger number of people...The whaleboat was the best seaboat that man could devise with no limits to size, weight, or model. "3</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> A whaleboat type, locally called a longboat, was adapted on Tristan da Cunha around 1886, after fifteen men were lost in a lifeboat. The longboat coxswains conider their light, canvas covered boats fine surf boats. 4<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Howard Chapelle cites the whaleboat's reputation for good performance under oars and sail under all conditions.5</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> Others noted their maneuverability and speed and, last but not least, the cheapness of their construction.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Such praise was deserved. However, the whaleboat was the product of compromises, and was excelled in some functions by specialized boats. There were faster pulling boats, such a certain ones used in nineteenth-century smuggling in southern England, and certainly some lifesaving boats were safer in surf or a breaking sea. In terms of all-around performance, however, the whaleboat rated very high.<br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">1. Charles M. Scammon, The Maritime Mammels of the Northewest coast of North America and the Whale Fishery, rev. ed. (Riverside: Manessier Publishing Co., 1969), p.224.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">2. William Davis, Nimrods of the Sea, rev. ed. (North Quincy: The Christopher Publishing House, 1972), pp157-58.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">3. Clifford W. Ashley, The Yankee Whaler, (Garden City: Halcyon House, 1942), p.59.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">4. Notes on the Tristan da Cunha boats were provided by the island's administrator, J. I. H. Fleming, in 1973.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">5. Howard I. Chapelle, The National Watercraft Collection, (Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office. 1960), p. 262</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">* Whaling was banned in the Azores in either 1986 or 1987, even though other small groups of shore based whaling, such as the Inuit and the Bequian whalers were allowed to continue as their whaling is considered 'indigenous'. It's my belief that the Azoreans should also be allowed to take whales based on their long standing practice. (ed.)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">While not meant to condone the wholesale industrial slaughter of whales by, in particular, Japan and Norway, I do feel the history and development of the whaleboat a legitimate area of inquiry.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Currently I am writing a <a href="http://whaleboats.blogspot.com/">weblog</a> about the construction of two whaleboats being built to fit out the restoration of the Charles W Morgan underway at Mystic Seaport. The boats are being built to historic standards at both the Independence Seaport Museum's<a href="http://www.phillyseaport.org/boatshop.shtml"> boatshop</a> in Philadelphia, PA and at <a href="http://www.rockingtheboat.org/">Rocking the Boat</a> in Brooklyn, NY.</span>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598176426236354615.post-25704446568679036832011-05-16T20:16:00.000-07:002011-05-21T18:22:59.693-07:00Molds completed!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhPopNX4lZCfyfJKAhOrPlyP6m-KIzSExokhyphenhyphenPKW9l6LK1dhwpCY64qqxpgg-FK8eQHxKIR1Y5Z8Mw2SmCixgbB9R_aVkip7dA-LbckJVLmJQIp6I54XWBXDdn_zGIX7Fon6y92xQxC4/s1600/20110508_09.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhPopNX4lZCfyfJKAhOrPlyP6m-KIzSExokhyphenhyphenPKW9l6LK1dhwpCY64qqxpgg-FK8eQHxKIR1Y5Z8Mw2SmCixgbB9R_aVkip7dA-LbckJVLmJQIp6I54XWBXDdn_zGIX7Fon6y92xQxC4/s400/20110508_09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607178096952543698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One of the lofting boards in the workshop<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJsQu7fFo2g6RlxMsbY31EwTpkTKNkjB2471GO2aQrEH2R3gliRye-oKjU7c53bd_4hyOYdYvfoyJEi5DX8vHnLT2cd79o41w2PO8BQlzSl6aD9Dhamy_LLATPWc4EolRvoRraQpAuRM/s1600/20110508_03.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJsQu7fFo2g6RlxMsbY31EwTpkTKNkjB2471GO2aQrEH2R3gliRye-oKjU7c53bd_4hyOYdYvfoyJEi5DX8vHnLT2cd79o41w2PO8BQlzSl6aD9Dhamy_LLATPWc4EolRvoRraQpAuRM/s400/20110508_03.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177949349851778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Two mold halves about to be joined by Gina</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwMZH8z2FqiYp8Q5l8inTEB98BX0exheDEyxlw005iRADCNej4xt_lT4gf-W7ljLgHr2uRKSOXHgYlSTY1Fz_z4NtoTnkh3x4JP3e79bkbIhd7pZY4GdqaehdOasNVsrEKd5IGzVI5yo/s1600/20110508_02.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwMZH8z2FqiYp8Q5l8inTEB98BX0exheDEyxlw005iRADCNej4xt_lT4gf-W7ljLgHr2uRKSOXHgYlSTY1Fz_z4NtoTnkh3x4JP3e79bkbIhd7pZY4GdqaehdOasNVsrEKd5IGzVI5yo/s400/20110508_02.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177812731113042" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I asked Gina how the lines on the lofting board were transferred to the pieces of wood used to build the molds. She asked if I knew of the nailhead technique. I did not, so she showed me how it works. Nails, like the ones in thi photo, are pounded in at regular intervals along the lofted line of the drawing, the the wood for the frame piece is aligned and gently impressed with the curvature of the drawing. You can see the nailhead indentations in the board.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuCVrEH4k4WRHTBQD39EzKospbnYtQmmbuBEV9Z8Iqy7LhF2pwN_T3ZZIrqiUGdbOGRG6UyvA2dS1lm_Yes40Hu4Z5fWP5JPkFOae8VANzMC4i7VeK2XTD99yKDtLg74UTx85hSUbFK8/s1600/20110508_04.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuCVrEH4k4WRHTBQD39EzKospbnYtQmmbuBEV9Z8Iqy7LhF2pwN_T3ZZIrqiUGdbOGRG6UyvA2dS1lm_Yes40Hu4Z5fWP5JPkFOae8VANzMC4i7VeK2XTD99yKDtLg74UTx85hSUbFK8/s400/20110508_04.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177684733789218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Tools of the trade<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2pgq5UFfQMn2i7wqShHyh2zPEemqQI-h4YFX90_a_wVUD4umcyWLaaFPxf6_B7ZNOFOEMR6lmdCJm4JW3gn2cuzE2FbMBW78wKJAYaqM24l2_xWwZEhk6M-RgttQ3TYbRRXpNaY3ZY4/s1600/20110508_01.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc2pgq5UFfQMn2i7wqShHyh2zPEemqQI-h4YFX90_a_wVUD4umcyWLaaFPxf6_B7ZNOFOEMR6lmdCJm4JW3gn2cuzE2FbMBW78wKJAYaqM24l2_xWwZEhk6M-RgttQ3TYbRRXpNaY3ZY4/s400/20110508_01.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177551012326898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Gina Pickton explaining some of the vagaries of the lofting/mold building process to me.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmXxEZCu1QJYq_Bc2kr1fy8HIshqdboZ-c7aC2ZYO-ueBYOCNpyhS6nSfCfGuVrvhMqs6Lp5ymv_b2MuoJ-zMZx0alm9QVt2OrvlLqFUwVJWp67YHhpIz7PjW7hdn50k9iYKyek19x7A/s1600/20110508_07.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKmXxEZCu1QJYq_Bc2kr1fy8HIshqdboZ-c7aC2ZYO-ueBYOCNpyhS6nSfCfGuVrvhMqs6Lp5ymv_b2MuoJ-zMZx0alm9QVt2OrvlLqFUwVJWp67YHhpIz7PjW7hdn50k9iYKyek19x7A/s400/20110508_07.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607180241526092594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Lots of work to finish up and boats to be moved before the building of a whaleboat can take place. This will hopefully all be accomplished this week. Next a structure will be built in about the area occupied by the blue lift to attach and stabilize the boat skeleton, the molds, keel, stem and sternpost on a 'strongback' or table/platform as these boats are built upright, Norwegian style and not upside down which is the more common practice.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All Photos courtesy Snez'a Litinovic<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Last Sunday, (meaning March 8) I met a new friend for the first time. We'd been conversing by email and since she lives in Philadelphia I thought we could combine a visit to the Independence seaport museum with a visit to the workshop to update the progress on the whaleboats. Snez'a had never seen the museum and we had a lot of fun viewing and discussing the collection. Snez'a is an architect (<a href="http://www.119degrees.com/">her firm, 119 Degrees Architects</a>) so a lot of what she was seeing in terms of process and drawings and form made sense to her, and led to lively discussion. I had left my camera behind but fortunately Snez'a had a little battery time left on her camera and was able to get some photos. Gina Pickton was finishing up the mold building for the whaleboat project and was very gracious in showing us how the process worked and answering our questions.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEItO_cpDbR2VgjF3ZaMXjxi1rAEBdxOG13NTG60TmZpzpp1GidOGyvYGmUIf9VmosNIDWFX0B9XOBswfkkz6LH92zJHEJpGfmAHuH2e1dLYs5IFG2lGFA-10iRxEg3cm26vWWXkkg80/s1600/IMG_0633.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEItO_cpDbR2VgjF3ZaMXjxi1rAEBdxOG13NTG60TmZpzpp1GidOGyvYGmUIf9VmosNIDWFX0B9XOBswfkkz6LH92zJHEJpGfmAHuH2e1dLYs5IFG2lGFA-10iRxEg3cm26vWWXkkg80/s400/IMG_0633.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607134548297254578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Molds finished and stored awaiting the building of support structure and strongback<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxjkpJgDm3o_PIaR-OiS3YRBCmPFDGKEersnxxIw548ZK8uhueYxRqqk0-p_yFbuacEN2EziMiJTLWLh0mP8stxvOPnZ61wXgH0nEMsVkLK9kF1gRmHHk2r6U1nmZYZTNl6sIwetyeTc/s1600/IMG_0631.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxjkpJgDm3o_PIaR-OiS3YRBCmPFDGKEersnxxIw548ZK8uhueYxRqqk0-p_yFbuacEN2EziMiJTLWLh0mP8stxvOPnZ61wXgH0nEMsVkLK9kF1gRmHHk2r6U1nmZYZTNl6sIwetyeTc/s400/IMG_0631.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607134412869647746" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Same with these, one set for Philly and one for NYC<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpckc5SyQdhv7qfDtsL2Nm1d6LQZKqeXhuKk6BxaMkVW57WDPLMKBwrP6N8NYn8nsWixBaXpKYi5t7NM3AAPe-kMh9pnbVlYlpfKFH1AMyGrc6WGuxokcTrj9X8qoi63YmFjdBB2E3rbw/s1600/IMG_0632.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpckc5SyQdhv7qfDtsL2Nm1d6LQZKqeXhuKk6BxaMkVW57WDPLMKBwrP6N8NYn8nsWixBaXpKYi5t7NM3AAPe-kMh9pnbVlYlpfKFH1AMyGrc6WGuxokcTrj9X8qoi63YmFjdBB2E3rbw/s400/IMG_0632.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607134266821695202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One half of the frame building jig being built by the school team from CHAD school in Philadelphia</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmTrHsvSK50JXyLGz_ViWjXMXo1soJVWK7TKg_-URDWvjyh5EPjkm5yMSdMWXD4hzpUo1M2dQDdFfc-AjXBsTUeEEswweweMCUCGnL10nyrWPoZ45NdvuuTFjvaqDY7gtivVOWdrDJD8/s1600/IMG_0630.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmTrHsvSK50JXyLGz_ViWjXMXo1soJVWK7TKg_-URDWvjyh5EPjkm5yMSdMWXD4hzpUo1M2dQDdFfc-AjXBsTUeEEswweweMCUCGnL10nyrWPoZ45NdvuuTFjvaqDY7gtivVOWdrDJD8/s400/IMG_0630.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607134137409361794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">ditto<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos courtesy Gina Pickton<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Gina finished up the molds for both boats this week and was kind enough to send some photos along with a brief update on the progress.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"This week we finished up both sets of molds. Now we’re taking a moment to finish up the Elco’s Tranquility and Bear Cub, and the Marsh Cat to clear space before we continue on.<br />The pictures above are of both sets of Whaleboat molds ( for this workshop and the one in NYC at Rocking the boat, ed.), stored out of the way until needed<br /><br />On Wed we have some regular kids from the CHAD school here in Philadelphia. They are working on jigs for the whaleboat.The lobster trap looking thing is the frame bending jig the kids are working on. We’ll get pictures of them working on it next week."</span><br /><br />Once the project is properly underway, Gina will be sending me regular updates and I will attempt to visit as often as possible as well to document the build in Philadelphia, with project director Geoff McKonley updating me from NY.<br />Stay tuned.Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com3