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Hi Jon, Fantastic posting ( it was worth the wait ) I have that copy of WoodenBoat ( I remember the cover )  It's in a box somewhere around here, I will have to dig it out . You gave alot more insight to the Class well done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Hi Erik, Nice work the red looks good, She's really starting to take shape 
 
Besdt Regards,
Pete
 
 
 

After a busy week ( wich still continues ) I have managed to squeeze in a few hours here and there in the Sail Loft. Ironically, Out of all the Boats I have built, Only the Buzzards Bay 14 have I made Sails for every time. ( This was pointed out to me by Kate ) After many failed attempts, I am pleased with the Sail set for this boat. ( Main and Jib ) I thought I would show the set from the previous Builds. ( # 1 is the Boat in the water) Here are the results

Today, I started by sanding the Coamings, starting with 400 grit sandpaper and working my way up to 800 grit sandpaper. I then applied the third coat of varnish. IWith 4 coats of varnish on the Mast and Boom, I turned my attention to finishing the Mast by painting the Masthead and Spreaders white. Next will be to finish the Cockpit coamings and start making the Sails. Here are the results

Hi all
 
Today I want to share some things I have learned along the way regarding this class and the explanation of what the second hull represents.   That also leads us to describe what other hulls remain unexplored.
 
Each summer a festival is held in late June celebrating Windjammers.  Several large schooners come to town and  I shared photos last year in my Charles Notman Schooner log of Bowdoin and other local beauties.
 
 
   The Boothbay Harbor One Design fleet has a parade as an event that occurs among all that activity.  I look forward to being in it this summer . One thing to note from this photo is we have 4 types of boat hull in our fleet.   
type 1  wooden hulls
 
1938 to the war year 1941, 21 boats were built including LOON the prototype. Bittersweet is hull 20 and was named Sea Rascal then. She was the last hull built before the moratorium, as  Boothbay became a busy Navy yard in 1941-45.  After the war another 17 wooden hulls were made up to the 1950's,  The Hodgdon yard was a major builder of the fleet
 
During the 1950's, The Hodgdon boat yard made their own design and called the Hodgdon 21. It is a BHOD except they built the hull down the fin keel a bit correcting a weakness inherent in a canoe hull design.  In 1972 they changed that boat to fiberglass and it has since evolved into the Christmas cove 21 and many were built.
 
BITTERSWEET
 
 Here is our boat as she sailed here in black and later in white as part of a small fleet until 2011.  I showed earlier in the log her before and after reskinning photos and we are now completing her interior restoration work.  
Type 2 fiberglass
 
In about 1973 Someone built  the canoe hull design BHOD in fiberglass as well.  Hulls 38 to 54 were made in fiberglass with a cork core.  I plan to study this and learn the facts over this next summer.  It sounds like another boat to build too. The design incorporated new aluminum masts and booms and corrected the rigging to include the lower spreader.  
 
 
Type 3 new  fiberglass
 
In 2006 permission was given to use the new Brooklin drawings to build a separate plug and then fiberglass hulls
 
 here is a detail showing that the new fiberglass built hulls have new Harken racing gear, travelers winches etc.  they come either wood or aluminum mast but new rigging.   FYI they are sweet and so far they are hulls 54 to 57  
 
Type 4 cold mold ceder and glass
 
 
EIGHT BELLS  hull 11
 
 
In 2006 there was an effort by a family to recreate their boat Eight Bells.  They commissioned the Brooklin yard to generate drawings and molds to cold form a new hull .  
 
  A key part of that story is shared in this article in Wooden boat.  How about that photo....now you see one reason we love these boats.  
 
 You can see the forms for each rib and the strip planking.  
 
Here you see layer two in cedar veneer.  
 
 Here is the outer layer also in cedar.  
 
  And here you are off sailing   
 
Another family bought both Bittersweet [ see above]  and Osprey with the idea of taking them to wooden Boat to be born again. They were also given permission to use the new drawings.
 
 
 
OSPREY hull 26 rebuild
 
work done in Wooden Boat school  
 here she gets named...good stuff.  
   reprieve..osprey out of the shop   
  off for a sail After  all of this we get to a point where I can understand what I did with two sets of drawings going into this modelling . My second model used the 2006 drawings created for and used in rebuilding both Osprey and Eight bells. Example; remember the plywood bulkhead holding the chain plates.  To make a collage so to speak, I took the lovely mahogany transom of eight bells and Newport Blue Classic deck color of Osprey and created a fun boat.      here we are in the sail loft...it is time for naming.  the proto-type unnumbered sails are bent first and then.....    can you see it?    
 
     it is a bit actually corny, but I called her OUGHT 6 to honor the year of the design of her birth.  I have a challenge now to come up with a sail number.  Hull 6 still sails  i will get more input first.  
so sorry for long wind but I am using this log to collect my learning about this wonderful class.  
 
cheers 

After a busy week ( wich still continues ) I have managed to squeeze in a few hours here and there in the Sail Loft. Ironically, Out of all the Boats I have built, Only the Buzzards Bay 14 have I made Sails for every time. ( This was pointed out to me by Kate ) After many failed attempts, I am pleased with the Sail set for this boat. ( Main and Jib ) I thought I would show the set from the previous Builds. ( # 1 is the Boat in the water) Here are the results

Beautiful work Jack, Congratulations  She's a Beauty. Hat's off to a job well done
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Beautiful work Jack, Congratulations  She's a Beauty. Hat's off to a job well done
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Final Update:

While building the model, I decided to conduct a little research into the area from which these boats sailed and found that this area comprises the original six Celtic Nations (Note:The term "nation" is used in its original sense to mean a people who share a common identity and culture and are identified with a traditional territory. It is not synonymous with "sovereign state".). The six Celtic Nations are  Brittany (Breizh), Cornwall (Kernow), Wales (Cymru), Scotland (Alba), Ireland (Éire), and the Isle of Man (Mannin). Both Brittany and Ireland border onto the Celtic Sea.  

Since I am of Celtic ancestry, Ireland, I decided to take a little modeler's license and make the model an Ireland based fishing vessel. Looking deeper into the geography I located two major fishing ports in Ireland; Killybegs is the largest and Dunmore East (Irish: An Dún Mór Thoir) is the second largest.  Killybegs is located near Donegal Bay on the northwest side of the island and borders more on the Atlantic Ocean; so I decided to eliminate it as a possible port for my boat.  Dunmore East borders the Muir Cheilteach (Celtic Sea), has the second highest figure for fish landings after Killybegs, and is the world record holder for the largest tuna caught on a rod. For these reasons I decided to make Dunmore East the home harbour for my mythical boat.

New decals had to be created for the bow and stern. I decided to list Dunmore East in both English and Irish Gaelic on the stern.  A small Irish flag was fabricated from the toothpick flags one finds on St Patrick's Day cakes and cupcakes and my family Coat of Arms was added to the Jib to identify the vessel's ownership.

I want to thank Denis (Popeye the Sailor) for helping me locate the Decal Making software, decal paper, and Decal bonder chemical, and for giving me hints on how to use it.

I spent a lot of time learning how to create my own decals; after a lot of experimenting with some scrap sail cloth material I was finally able to get a process for applying decals directly to the sail. After applying the Coat of Arms decal to the Jib I completed the rigging of the sails, and proceeded to install and rigging the large outrigger fishing poles. Interpreting the rigging drawing was a bit of a challege but I finally figured it out.

For those wondering, I used the MicroScale brand of decal products, SET, SOL, Glossy, and Flat, to apply the decals; these are the same products I used to use to apply decals on my plastic models.

Below are the photos of the finished model, Marie Jeanne. To get the best lighting I decided to take the model outdoors and photograph her in full sunlight. A slight breeze helped add some volume to the sails and extend the flag.
 


 
I want to thank everyone who has been following my build, posting comments, or LIKEs - it's been a fun build.  Now  I need to decide on my next build. Will update my signature with a link to the next build log.
 

wow thank you guys  it is so great to know I am not alone here in this pursuit.   I must say though comments are over kind as I get a few moments from time to time to view your incredible work.  I have so much to learn. example...my varnishing is horrible.
 
oh well  if we have fun, learn something and then get to sail around the harbor this summer all is good
 
 
  here is a fun photo of 1955 races
 
cheers 
 
 
 
 
 

Thank you very much
 
I decided to make one carronade with all of the details.  This way I could find out what is in store for me.  Now I can more comfortably finish up the remaining 11 guns.
 
I will describe how with a step-by-step once I get started.  But for now..here is what the completed gun looks like.  I also finished making the belaying pins.  They were made from boxwood.  I dislike the brass belaying pins available because they are just the wrong proportions.  With only about 16 pins needed I decided to make my own.  If you are a heavy handed rigger....someone who likes to pull theit rigging lines super tight like a guitar string then you should probably stick to the brass.  Otherwise give this a try.
 
I just chucked up a thin boxwood strip in my dremel and went to work.  The same method was used to make the quoin handle for the carriages. Image is below.
 

 

 

 

 

 
Chuck
 
 

Looks Good Jon, I am looking forward to the next posting
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Thank You, Lawrence, I have been working on the Sails this week, Hopefully I will have a set that is presentable today
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Hi Erik, Nice work the red looks good, She's really starting to take shape 
 
Besdt Regards,
Pete
 
 
 

Hello Dan,
Amazing work, She looks Fantastic well done
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Hello Dan,
Amazing work, She looks Fantastic well done
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Thank You, Lawrence, I have been working on the Sails this week, Hopefully I will have a set that is presentable today
 
Best Regards,
Pete

In response to the overwhelming demand for 'close ups'  I have pushed my steam powered computer to the very edge and reposted these pics in higher quality. Hopefully they will open when clicked on at about three times the actual size and show more detail.. 
 
Dan.

Your Boston looks amazing!!  I was going to ask for larger photos, but I see above that you're dealing with an older computer.  Any chance when you break the camera out next time, we can get some closer close-ups? 
 
Thanks!
Erik

Thank You, Lawrence, I have been working on the Sails this week, Hopefully I will have a set that is presentable today
 
Best Regards,
Pete

The masts are rising and the rigging is underway.!
 
Dan.
 
 
 

Deck work almost finished. Mast building underway.

I uploaded this to the wrong section.  My apologies. I'll add the masting and rigging photos as I progress.

Hi Erik, Nice work the red looks good, She's really starting to take shape 
 
Besdt Regards,
Pete
 
 
 

I picked up a bottle of Vallejo Flat Red # 70957.  It's easier to get an even coat, without brush marks, than the Polly Scale paint I used on the longboat.  So, I'll use this red for the bulwarks color.  I got the gun ports painted. 
 

 

 

 
Erik