alde

She looks absolutely amazing Gary. What an undertaking.

Sorry for your loss Jessy. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

She's a beauty Chuck.

Hey Mark, glad to have you aboard. I'm just across the Sound over in Bremerton.

Those whaleboats are absolutely amazing Bruce. 

Your sure making some great progress Mick. She looks awesome. 

11 hours ago, Eddie said:

Hey howya goin Al mate, thanks for sitting in on this one mate. Alot of poeple are getting these plans now and some have had these plans sitting on there selves for along time.    

I'm doing pretty well. I've been away from the workbench because of family issues but I'm starting to get back to it now. I still need to build my skill before I tackle the Washington though.

I'll sit in on this one. I have the plans and instructions too. It may be a couple of years before I get to it though.

Fine looking gentleman. I love Charleston. Lots to see and do.

Outstanding work. Keep strong my friend.

She's sure looking great Tom.

21 hours ago, tkay11 said:

Thanks, Al. You seemed to be getting on just fine with your build when last I looked! But I'm glad if I've acted as a stimulus!

 

Tony

Thanks Tony. Family issues have kept me out of the shop for quite a while now but I'm getting close to getting back to it.

Tony,

Outstanding work. You are helping me to get back to the shop and start working again.

Nice lathe work. It looks like delicate work.

What a great historical subject. I will watch this with great interest.

Have you read To the Shores of Tripoli by A.B.C Whipple? It's a great read on the subject and goes into much detail about Presley O'Bannon and his exploits.

Congratulations on a job well done. She looks great.

That's a fine looking hull.

I would like to hop aboard if you don't mind. These are beautiful boats.

Mike, I know you are a ways away from building the whaleboats. The Morgan is on my bucket list and my goal (or dream) is to build framed whaleboats on a form. I plan to learn small boat building before I get to the Morgan. My point is that I just got a copy of The Greenwich Hospital Barge and methods of building open boats by David Antscherl from Seawatch Books. It looks to me that this book makes it very doable to build the whaleboats. I have not used the information to build a boat yet as I just got the book but it's well written and layer out with good illustrations. I hope to start a build log for a small boat based on the information in the book in the next couple of months.

Bob, whatever you build is going to be a pleasure to see come together.

Bruce, thanks for the great information. I have been storing my wood in the house for the most part but leaving the model in the garage. It would be easy enough to move it into the house when I'm not working on it. It's a small one right now. When I move to a bigger model I can move it inside for masting, rigging and fitting out. That tends to be cleaner work anyway.

Does temperature fluxuation also cause problems? I have moved my building to the garage and depending on the time of the year it can be quite cold or quite warm. I would liked to have keeper the work in the house but the dust got to be too much.

She's looking real nice Mike. I love all the busy details on whalers and the history. I'm real drawn to them.

Thank you Hamilton, today was a good day for her. She was in a very happy mood for some reason. It really lifted my heart. I pray that she continues to have good days.

Chris, Chuck's rope is the best you will find. His other stuff is top notch too. He's also a good guy who is willing to offer his time to us newbies.