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Planking of the hull continues. In Fusion, I designed the stern piece. It was not worth the trouble to go get it laser cut. I just printed out the pattern and then cut it from 1/16" sheet. The strake immediately below the "bends" was planked. If you look back at my laser cut patterns, you'll see where the location of this was marked on the bulkheads. Getting this strake in exactly the right position is important, so that the bends (which will be thicker) will run correctly. Now I'm planking the remaining space to complete the lower hull. I have family visiting this week, so work will be on hold for a little while.

Thanks, Jerry. I have updated the post to use the correct term.

I couldn't find an account of what happened to Lewis after. However, I did find that Lewis was arrested for the incident described below. (Washington Times, 19 January 1898). His sentence was 2 years in jail and a $100 fine. Lewis died in 1902 at age 41.

Historical Interlude 1 - What is a pungy? The pungy was a schooner unique to the Chesapeake Bay, a direct descendant of Bay pilot schooners and 1812 blockade runners and privateers. [1] The pungy type originated in the 1840’s. [2] The first mention I could find of “pungy” referring to the Bay schooner is the clipping below, from the Baltimore Sun 22 June 1840. The advertisement below shows that the term “pungy” was in use in the 1840’s. Below: Advertisement for sale of the pungy Lavina Ann, Baltimore Sun 5 July 1847 No one knows for certain the origin of the name “pungy”, but some speculate that it comes from Pungoteague or Machipungo, two towns on the lower Eastern Shore of VA. [3] Below: Builder's half hull model of a pungy, circa 1855. Image source: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, retrieved from https://collections.cbmm.org/mDetail.aspx?rID=2004.0057.0001.00&db=objects&dir=CBMM A number of characteristics distinguished pungies from other Bay schooners. [4] Pungy James A. Whiting (built 1871) painted by Louis Feuchter in 1947 Image source: The Mariner’s Museum, retrieved from https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/object/CL12482 A - Flush deck, with only deckhouses and hatches protruding above it B - No bulwarks, only a low log rail, to ease loading & unloading; open quarter rail aft C - Clubbed jib & foresail boom (after 1850) D - Raking stem and sternpost E - Stout spike bowsprit with minimal or no steeve, no jibboom F - Topsail, if present, is single gaff topsail on the main G - Topmast bowed forward Based on the builder's model of the pungy Ida, built in 1873, John G. Earle listed these characteristics of a pungy hull: [5] 1. Full convex bow; clean slightly hollow run, with displacement well forward 2. Sharply raking stem, curving into the keel to form a gently rounded forefoot 3. Sharply raking sternpost leading directly to transom (no counter) 4. Relatively sharp sections 5. Forward sections are all convex, and flare boldly, consistent with the strongly raking stem, to form a full, beautifully-rounded deck line forward 6. The after sections within six feet of the stern become nearly horizontal for the greater part of their lengths, fairing to the sternpost rabbet in a concave curve and on the outboard ends, rounding to the stern in a quick convex curve. High, flat after sections with shallow quarters, are typical of the pungy. During the warm part of the year, pungies would haul cargo, bringing produce, lumber, and grain from points around the Bay to larger cities, and returning with fertilizer and other goods. Pungies would also make runs to the West Indies to pick up tropical produce. Their speed minimized the spoilage during those trips. [6] During the winter, pungies fulfilled their primary role: dredging for oysters. The pungies’ rig was particularly adept at crossing back and forth across the oyster beds, dragging the dredge behind. This was difficult and dangerous work. Conditions were cold and wet, leading to pneumonia and frostbite. Wounds to the hands were common during the culling of oysters. And unexpected jerks and reverses of the dredge handles could cause all manner of injuries. [7] Below: "The Dredge Comes Up from the Deep like a Mining Cage of Steel" painting by Clifford W. Ashley 1908 (best known for the Ashley Book of Knots) Image source: The Mariner’s Museum, retrieved from https://catalogs.marinersmuseum.org/object/CL20648 Pungy captains sought out vulnerable men to do this work. European immigrants, who could not speak English, were popular targets, as were men recently released from jail. Below: 24 November 1896 article from Der Deutsche Correspondent, a Baltimore newspaper for German immigrants Translation: A brutal captain. On the basis of an arrest warrant from the Federal Commissioner, L. F. Lewis, captain of the oyster boat "Amanda F. Lewis," was arrested yesterday afternoon by Sergeant Buckless on board his ship and released on bail for an interrogation taking place today. Lewis is accused by Sieve McDonald, an oyster fisherman on board the "Amanda F. Lewis," of having treated him and the rest of the crew in an inhumane manner. There were a few pungy variants. One called a "beanie" had the rudder stock coming up behind the stern, rather than through a hole in the transom. A "she-pungy" was a pungy with a centerboard. The Genesta (built 1885) and Kessie C. Price (built 1888) were two examples. The pungy dominated the oystering trade until the end of the 19th century, when bugeyes and then skipjacks became the preferred craft for oyster dredging. Pungies acted as buyboats for oysters and continued to haul other cargo, but were quickly replaced by powered craft. 1: Footner, Geoffrey M. (1998). Tidewater Triumph. Mystic Seaport Museum Inc. pg. 253 2: Burgess, Robert H. (1975). Chesapeake sailing craft. Tidewater Publishers. pg 59 3: Snediker, Quentin and Jensen, Ann (1992). Chesapeake Bay Schooners. Tidewater Publishers. pg 48 4: Snediker and Jensen. Chesapeake Bay Schooners. pg 48-49 5: Footner. Tidewater Triumph. pg 224 6: Burgess. Chesapeake sailing craft. pg 59-60 7: Wyman W. (1884). Hardships of the Coasting Trade, and Particularly of the Chesapeake Bay Oystermen. Public health papers and reports, 10, 273–281.

The stem and keel were tapered and then glued on to the thin strip. The ugly gap between keel and stem will need to be filled in later. The gap between the stem / keel and the thin strip on the false keel forms a channel that the planks will fit into. And the first planks are on. More planking... And more planking... It's not too bad, but there are gaps and imperfections. The plank ends at the bow are particularly ugly. Hopefully, filler and sanding will smooth it all out. I added some wood pieces here at the stern. And sanded them down. This will provide more surface area for the stern piece to be glued onto. Note to self: Need to make the stern piece. It needs to be in place before the upper hull can be planked.

Hi, George. It's great that you have a connection to the Amanda F. Lewis. I presume your relative was Jeremiah Gibson (1846 - 1935)? He was her captain during the early 1900s. Washington Evening Star newspaper 4 August 1908: Washington Evening Star newspaper 28 August 1908:

A thin 1/16" x 1/16" strip was glued to the bottom of the false keel to act as the rabbet. Pieces were partially faired using the engraved fairing lines. They will be sanded back further once glued in place. Here are the pieces at the bow after being sanded back. Adding more bulkheads... And more bulkheads... Everything is assembled. Here is the design versus reality: Lots of sanding the bulkheads aft to get a smooth surface. Also, the false keel was sanded thin below the bearding line. And it's just about ready to start planking.

I am very fortunate to have a local library with a Glowforge available for public use. I visited and laser cut my pieces today. VRRRRMMMMM!!!!! ZAPPPPPPPP!!!! BBZZZZZZ!!!! (Insert your favorite laser cutting noises here.) And it's done. Time to put it all together. Some laser cutting notes: During some earlier testing, I estimated a .15mm kerf for the laser. I adjusted my patterns with that in mind, as I didn't want the pieces to be too loose when fitted together. However, I overshot and everything is too tight. I need to sand off a little bit around every notch. Ugh. I had some old laser cutting notes from my Sultana build that said that text should be converted to paths. I did that with all text, but some text has become unreadable. I think the Glowforge can handle text objects in SVG files, so I should have just let them be. Oh well.

Bulkheads (and other pieces) are composed of two sketches. First is the overall shape (blue lines): And the sketch with the fairing lines or other guidelines: These can be exported to DXF by right clicking on a sketch and choosing the export DXF option. There is one major issue with DXF export and Fusion. If the sketch contains fit-point splines, those splines don't get exported. (Control-point splines are ok.) The solution is to download and install the DXF Spline To Polyline plugin for Fusion. Once installed, when you are editing a sketch, there is a new option under the Create menu to export with splines converted to polylines. However, when I tried this, I still had issues with the converted splines not appearing after importing the DXF into Inkscape. The solution I found was to open the DXF in QCAD, then immediately Save As a new DXF file. The file output by QCAD was finally usable. I laid out my pieces for laser cutting in Inkscape. I created a new Inkscape document with dimensions equal to the material. Then import each DXF. For fairing lines, the paths are changed to red. These will be engraved rather than cut. Add each piece one by one, and add some text to identify the pieces. Four sheets in total were required. Next time: laser cutting.

Sorting out the notches to make the stern pieces hold together: Added some pieces to hold the masts: The stem, keel, and sternpost were separated into different pieces and the rudder shape was defined. I'm happy with how things are at this point. Now I need to export each of the shapes, create a layout for each laser cut sheet, and get it all laser cut.

Hi, Deltawaldo. Welcome to Model Ship World. The hull shape I've been using for this project isn't an enclosed mesh, so it's not suitable for 3D printing. I would have to start over with the goal of making a 3D printable object. If you're truly interested, I can give it a go. I'm very excited to hear that you're related to shipwright Joseph W. Brooks (1832 - 1915). Do you have any family history to share? Pungies built by J. W. Brooks (presumed incomplete): A. Weiskittle - 1882 Amanda F. Lewis - 1884 Angie McNamara - 1862 Christopher C. Fallin - 1869 Francis J. Ruth - 1871 G. A. Kirwan - 1882 Hattie and Francis - 1881 J. W. Brooks - 1868 Moore and Brady - 1880 Twilight - 1884 In a Baltimore Sun article from March 6th, 1938, author Eric Steinlein calls Twilight a sister ship of the Amanda F. Lewis. Geoffrey Footner, in Tidewater Triumph, says that Brooks' last pungy was built in 1885, but does not name it.

Let's look at the stern. The aft-most bulkhead has a problem. The notch I originally planned isn't correctly sized, and any notch I do make will leave little to no room for the pieces to join. However, I wanted to add some pieces anyway that would define the end of the transom and provide a surface for the stern piece to attach. They can also strengthen the whole aft structure. And they provide a solution to the issue above, because the final bulkhead can be attached to them. The aft-most bulkhead still needs a notch so that there is room for the stern post to rise behind it. (The stern post appears in the picture above, but not the one below.) Next I worked on determining the fairing guidelines of each bulkhead. This was done by finding the intersection of the hull surface with the forward or aft edge of the bulkhead. An example of the final design of a bulkhead piece is below. Note the short horizontal lines on each side. Those were added to mark the lie of the wale on each piece. Using the fairing lines, I created faired versions of each bulkhead piece within Fusion. The animation below shows the difference between the pieces before and after fairing. Let's check by todo list. Some items are complete, and some have been added. Add some shapes at the bow to help define its shape. Add pieces to form the transom and stern. Inscribe fairing lines on each bulkhead piece. Inscribe lines on the bulkheads to indicate the line of the wale. Add pieces to hold the masts in place. Finalize the shape of the false keel, add the rabbet, etc. Add the remaining notches so that the whole thing fits together like a puzzle. Save designs and create laser cutting layout. Take it to be laser cut.

I'm working on refining the 3D design. I now have what lots of kits call a "false keel" - the internal piece that the bulkheads are glued to. And I traced out mock-ups of the stem, keel, sternpost, and rudder, though those aren't in their final form. Note the thin gap between keel and body. When I build this, I will place a thin 1/16" x 1/16" strip in that gap to act as the rabbet. I'd like some extra surface at the bow on which to start the planking. Using the design at this point, I could place two pieces at the bow as shown. I'd like to see how that will work once the bulkheads are faired. I can visualize that by first finding the intersection of the bulkheads with the hull inner surface. And using those intersection lines, I can trim the bulkhead pieces so they appear as they will be once faired. Here, the first bulkhead and the two new pieces are faired. First, it seems like there isn't much point in having the first bulkhead so far forward. Also, the new pieces are so small that they only help for the uppermost hull planks. Instead, I thought to add much larger pieces at the bow, as shown below. This shows the design with the new pieces as well as the first two bulkheads faired. The forward-most bulkhead has been moved aft slightly. I think the surfaces now will make things easy to handle all the hull planks at the bow. I still need to cut out new notches in the pieces to accommodate the new form.

Phil, I found a picture of the mystery sail on the Lynx. Have a look at https://schoonerwoodwind.com/star-spangled-sailabration/ and scroll about halfway down. You'll see that Lynx has a two-part fore course. I have no idea if this arrangement would have existed historically. Photo credit: Ken Kaye

I created cylinders of diameter equal to the dowels I will use for the masts. They were placed at the correct rake and ended where the dowels will end in the hull. I was not satisfied with the hull from before, so I gave it another go. The bow is cleaner and I also extended the shape aft beyond the last station on the plans. This will allow me to identify the shape for a bulkhead as far aft as I'd like. I also extended the deck surface fore and aft so that it would be available for finding the top surface of bulkheads wherever I choose to place them. Now it's time to create the bulkhead shapes. First, I need to choose where the bulkheads will be. There are few restrictions. I started by placing the bulkhead locations on either side of the masts to be sure that there would be space for the bottom ends of the masts. After that, it was generally even spacing, with bulkheads closer together at the bow and stern. This is a lot of bulkheads, but I hope it will make it easier to plank the hull. The process of creating the bulkhead shape is straightforward: Start a new sketch on the plane of the bulkhead. Use the Project/Include -> Intersect tool to acquire the lines of intersection with the hull and deck shapes. (The red line in the image below shows the plane of the bulkhead intersecting the hull.) The result looks like this. I add the notch at the bottom. It is sized to match the thickness of wood sheet. The superfluous overlapping lines are removed. Repeat the process until all the bulkhead shapes are formed. I can thicken these to get an idea of how it'll look. And I quickly sketched out the keel to get a better idea of the final form. This was just a quick shape to visualize how things will look. The final stern post / keel / stem will be a little different. To do next: Add some shapes at the bow to help define its shape. Add pieces to form the transom and stern. Inscribe fairing lines on each bulkhead piece. Inscribe lines on the bulkheads to indicate the line of the wale. Add pieces to hold the masts in place. Finalize the shape of the false keel, add the rabbet, etc.