steven sturgis Posted March 9, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 9, 2015 I am looking to build a ship from scratch. I Am a descendant of William F Sturgis of barnstable Massachusetts. He was the captain of many ships and I would like to build one of them. I have been looking around the internet and can't find the ships. I think I want to build the Atahualpa but need to find one of these in plan form. I hope some one with experience in researching ships could guide me on where to find these ships. William F. Sturgis (February 25, 1782 – October 21, 1863) was a Boston merchant in the China trade, the California hide trade and the Maritime Fur Trade. Eliza,Ulysses,Caroline,Atahualpa all are merchants I think around 1800 In 1809, his ship the Atahualpa, owned by Theodore Lyman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Sturgis Quote My current build Flying Fish http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9858-american-clipper-ship-flying-fish-by-steven-sturgis-model-shipways/ sail techniques http://modelshipworl...-and-technique/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trippwj Posted March 9, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 9, 2015 Interesting quest - have you seen this book: Barnstable and Yarmouth, sea captains and ship owners (1913) by Francis Sprague, available free at https://archive.org/details/barnstableyarmou00spra I'll do some checking into some of my other books and see what I find - may be something in one of the books by Basil Lubbock, Howard Chapelle or David MacGregor. Quote WayneNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.Epictetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven sturgis Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted March 9, 2015 I have looked at this and found nothing that would help. I think all try writing to the sturgis library. Quote My current build Flying Fish http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9858-american-clipper-ship-flying-fish-by-steven-sturgis-model-shipways/ sail techniques http://modelshipworl...-and-technique/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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