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  11. C Keith
    HA! I do love the oysters! Problem is, the Ida May is retired...there is currently no oyster gear aboard. She often spends winter/oyster season on the hard. Even so, I am known to hurt myself at the occasional oyster roast!
  12. C Keith
    I have always been a model builder, but years ago I started building samples of Chesapeake working boats for reference related to my profession as a fine artist specializing in Bay subjects. I get to crew aboard a retired skipjack and haunt the local workboat yards for even more reference material! I take a lot of photos of odds and ends because I never know what I might want another look of while drawing. Sadly, I have watched many old subjects and objects fade away. My models are accurate, but not super detailed...that would ratchet up the time to completion and make them to delicate to handle...I have little details I can add or remove to accessorize them for photographing or sketching. Since they are all 1/4 inch scale, I can even add O-gauge train figures to establish human scale figures on the deck. I also make architectural models of Bay lighthouses as well. These are great for lighting and shadows. When I add details to the paintings from my own photographs of the boats and lighthouses, and things seen in old photos, I can put together a respectable historical...indeed, many of paintings feature things that aren't here anymore! I'd like to thank all you other builders out there for sharing your wonderful work, and if I can supply any photos or info related to Chesapeake boats, I will help if I can. Cheers!
  13. C Keith
    Hi, I sail on the skipjack Ida May and spend time on the other local skipjacks during the late summer...I don't think the main sheet rigging has ever really changed...most boats have a double block hooked or "ringed" to the boom fitting's mini traveller/loop under the band and a single block hooked into the sliding ring on the stern traveller. This may be reversed based on captain's preference. Working end is usually made fast to a cleat on one side or the other on the base of the wheel's "box". Here are some pictures I hope can help...the other, smaller block rig fastened to the "lazy board" is for lifting the bow of the push-boat into position. Note the traveller bent/pulled out of position in the first pic...too much wind did that!

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