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01-23-2005, 01:52 PM
New Boats on WBRF site WBRF (http://www.woodenboatrescue.org)
These are the result of stopping at two yards in CT on Tuesday………please spread the word to the other WBF topic/subject boards.
-- 4, additional Chris Craft
-- 2, Owen 34 foot
-- Glass on Ply 36 foot Trawler Pilot House
-- Sidney Davies 28 foot sloop
-- 26 Quincy Adams sloop type
-- 32 foot Tahiti Ketch (possible only now--please do not e-mail about this one until it is 100%--I will post the OK on the listing at that time)
-- 40' Pacemaker
-- 36' Chris Craft, in Maryland
-- 26 A R True Rocket sloop, in Maryland (possible only now--please do not e-mail about this one until it is 100%--I will post the OK on the listing at that time)
-- 16 foot Junior Sloop. This is a project to save the whole one design class, not just the boat. Whoever takes this on is responsible to get the lines off the boat, restore her, and make building plans. That said, this may be the last example of a 16 foot wooden sailboat, built in the 1930’s by the Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co.; Wareham, Ma. Her name is Woodtick, built in dorylap construction with centerboard, open cockpit & bow deck. Her class was named “Junior Sloop” but she is basically a knockabout in design and similar to a degree to the “dogboats” of the 1950’s.
I have been asked a huge number of times lately about wooden boat repair classes. I am not sure if anyone knows this, but I have very little skill in restorations--although I am learning. I am just a dull witted guy who did not know enough to NOT start this WBRF thing.
That said, however, I am posting here to feel out the interest in boat repair classes. I am contemplating organizing a loose class schedule around wooden boat repairs.
Here are the basics now:
-- Class would meet once a month for a weekend
-- Class would be taught by qualified shipwrights (read not me )--I think i can convince a few I know.
-- Class teachers would change as visiting builders, shipwrights "do" a session.
-- Class would work on one boat until she is done---top to bottom (say Ben Bow or similar, etc)
-- Class would cost so much a session, come and go as you want--up to you--but a min # of people would be needed to run the class---this will promote students to organize dates that work for all the class---work schedules, etc can be arranged.
-- Class student would use there own tools and our if we have them.
-- Classes would include field trips to lumber/wood sources, IRYS, Mystic, WBRF, etc.
-- Class would include working on a few different boats over a year---i.e weekend on a schooner to reef and caulk, or......?
-- Classes would usually be near WBRF in southeast CT.
So what do you think? I would like to know if we have 10-20 people interested---if so, I can make this happen--I think.
I am thinking that the cost would be in the range of $100-$200 a weekend if you are there for one weekend and much less if you commit to a year of weekends, etc.
As with WBRF, no profit is coming out of this---I hope to save a boat, pay the teachers and cover materials, and allow students to gain real knowledge-- with real shipwrights/builders-- on real boats-- in the real world.
PS We have a couple-three new boats (actually more like 10) coming to the WBRF site this week.
Cheers, Bruce
These are the result of stopping at two yards in CT on Tuesday………please spread the word to the other WBF topic/subject boards.
-- 4, additional Chris Craft
-- 2, Owen 34 foot
-- Glass on Ply 36 foot Trawler Pilot House
-- Sidney Davies 28 foot sloop
-- 26 Quincy Adams sloop type
-- 32 foot Tahiti Ketch (possible only now--please do not e-mail about this one until it is 100%--I will post the OK on the listing at that time)
-- 40' Pacemaker
-- 36' Chris Craft, in Maryland
-- 26 A R True Rocket sloop, in Maryland (possible only now--please do not e-mail about this one until it is 100%--I will post the OK on the listing at that time)
-- 16 foot Junior Sloop. This is a project to save the whole one design class, not just the boat. Whoever takes this on is responsible to get the lines off the boat, restore her, and make building plans. That said, this may be the last example of a 16 foot wooden sailboat, built in the 1930’s by the Cape Cod Shipbuilding Co.; Wareham, Ma. Her name is Woodtick, built in dorylap construction with centerboard, open cockpit & bow deck. Her class was named “Junior Sloop” but she is basically a knockabout in design and similar to a degree to the “dogboats” of the 1950’s.
I have been asked a huge number of times lately about wooden boat repair classes. I am not sure if anyone knows this, but I have very little skill in restorations--although I am learning. I am just a dull witted guy who did not know enough to NOT start this WBRF thing.
That said, however, I am posting here to feel out the interest in boat repair classes. I am contemplating organizing a loose class schedule around wooden boat repairs.
Here are the basics now:
-- Class would meet once a month for a weekend
-- Class would be taught by qualified shipwrights (read not me )--I think i can convince a few I know.
-- Class teachers would change as visiting builders, shipwrights "do" a session.
-- Class would work on one boat until she is done---top to bottom (say Ben Bow or similar, etc)
-- Class would cost so much a session, come and go as you want--up to you--but a min # of people would be needed to run the class---this will promote students to organize dates that work for all the class---work schedules, etc can be arranged.
-- Class student would use there own tools and our if we have them.
-- Classes would include field trips to lumber/wood sources, IRYS, Mystic, WBRF, etc.
-- Class would include working on a few different boats over a year---i.e weekend on a schooner to reef and caulk, or......?
-- Classes would usually be near WBRF in southeast CT.
So what do you think? I would like to know if we have 10-20 people interested---if so, I can make this happen--I think.
I am thinking that the cost would be in the range of $100-$200 a weekend if you are there for one weekend and much less if you commit to a year of weekends, etc.
As with WBRF, no profit is coming out of this---I hope to save a boat, pay the teachers and cover materials, and allow students to gain real knowledge-- with real shipwrights/builders-- on real boats-- in the real world.
PS We have a couple-three new boats (actually more like 10) coming to the WBRF site this week.
Cheers, Bruce