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Awesome! Great job on a beautiful boat.
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Kudos on your build and your very informative log! She looks beautiful. I’d be afraid to put her in the water😂 Nicely done!
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This is from: https://maineanencyclopedia.com/bath-historic-register/ SEGUIN (tugboat) [Bath Marine Museum] Named for Seguin Island in the Kennebec River, the tugboat was launched in Bath in 1884. For most of her career the tug operated out of Bath, and was used in her early days to tow four and five masted sailing vessels, as well as barges, from the sea to various parts of the Kennebec River. During the latter stages of her working life the Seguinoperated out of Belfast on Penobscot Bay from 1950 to 1969 until she was retired. She also towed cargoes as far south as Norfolk, Virginia, as well as tending to oil tankers and destroyers. The Seguin is the oldest steam operated tug in Maine and possibly in the country. She was considered to be a very reliable craft. She suffered through only one serious mishap, a collision with a submerged pier of the Richmond, Maine bridge. The tug had a four foot hole opened in her side. Divers patched, raised, repaired, and recommissioned the little steamer. Her 400 horsepower engine was built by the Portland Company in 1909. For many years the Seguin trademark was a large three-footed, white wooden rooster perched on her pilot house. In the 1920s the rooster was mysteriously stolen. No trace was ever found. The the tug had been the only one on the Kennebec River for many years. The Seguin has had four different owners during her colorful career. It is 88 feet long and 19 feet 8 inched at the beam. Her relatively shallow 12 foot draft was ideally suited for working on the river. Now at the Bath Marine Museum on the Kennebec River, it is a major part of its substantial collection.* [Bath Marine Museum photo]
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She is looking so great! I’m out for a short trip cruising coastal Maine. When we went by Seguin Island I thought of you and this build. 👏🏻
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Looking great! Nice progress. Also nice bass! I don’t know that I’d risk with those lurking about. 🤨
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Hey Tim - The Seguin is a beautiful boat. I can’t wait to watch your progress.
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Really nice job! She looks great!
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Wow! Melissa she looks awesome! Nice work.
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Thanks for the feedback Gary. I know it looks pretty rough right now, but I’m thinking that with fill and sanding I’ll be able to get a fair shape. I’m also going to look up the articles you mention above. Wow! I've been going through the planking primer and now see how rough my planking looks!😳 Well, I'm going to forge ahead and stick to my plan. I will try to incorporate some of the information within the primer as I plank the other side.
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It's been a while since I've updated my log. I am making progress and learning a lot about planking. I have finished planking one side and have a third of the other finished. When I was working on the first side I got a bit of tunnel vision and tried my best to fit the planks contiguously, but soon found that was not possible. I ended up having to cut a lot of planks to fit my gaps. It was like a puzzle. Anyway, on the other side I am allowing for the gaps, but hoping I will not have as many fill pieces to fit in. In the end, I will be using a filler and sanding, so I'm hoping it won't matter.
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