Scud by TBlack - FINISHED - a gaff rigged sloop

[TBlack]

Michael,

Now I get it. A lot of careful, exact filing comes next!

TB

[TBlack]

I've been making a little progress, albeit fits and starts. The difficult part of the companionway hatch is behind me, and the rudder need staining. But the challenging parts, I think, are done. Although, in the bow is a winch which requires a gear and pawl. I know that the gear feature has been done many times, so I'll just copy if I can remember where they are on this site (?).

[Keith Black]

Tom, looking very sharp. Nice progress. 

[TBlack]

I have done as much as I can to the cockpit. Now to move forward. BTW, it occurs to me that Keith Aug's build of the Altair is at the same scale

as this model. Fortunately, I don't have to deal with the same metal hardware; still, he manages to inspire me.

[Keith Black]

Tom, that looks great! Yes, Keith and his magic lathe produce some amazing stuff. 

[Jim Lad]

A very nice looking cockpit there, tom.

 

John

[TBlack]

Next comes the building of the stovepipe. Supposed to look like this:

 

First step: buy a brass screw:

Second step, cut down the top: 

 

Third step, cut off the threads:

Fourth step, drill out the center:

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Fifth step, create vents:

sixth step, make a pattern for the top

seventh step, fold and solder:

eighth step, attach to pipe:

Finally, paint flat black, and install.

[Jim Lad]

From machine screw to stovepipe.  very well thought out.

 

John

[TBlack]

John,

Maybe, the brass screw cost $2.00!

Tom

[Keith Black]

Hey brother, you forgot to post the attached to boat photo, 10th step. The stove pipe turned out sweet, great job. 

[TBlack]

Keith,

For you. Everything just placed for photo. I added the skylight; not on the plans, but too dark below w/o. May have to move it slightly to starboard to allow for dinghy on port side.

[Keith Black]

That's sharp, doesn't even look close to the same ship you started with. 

[Wintergreen]

Nice progress Tom!

Maybe there is not much details and hardware to add,  but what you add really looks spiffy and up to the task.

The skylight is very probable if this was a pleasure craft. 🙂

Keep it up!

[TBlack]

OK, now attempting to produce an anchor bitt and seat for the bowsprit. Here's where I am so far:

Nothing is glued; just placed to get the relationship and make sure stuff is lined up.

 

Edited April 16, 2021 by TBlack

[Keith Black]

 That looks great, Tom. 

[TBlack]

Thanks, Keith. Now to figure out how to glue it all together! And perhaps add a pawl.

Tom

[TBlack]

When I started this project I thought the hull was sacrosanct (don't alter!). Now I'm sorry I didn't take a scalpel to it. Nevertheless, I'm working around its imperfections. Today I decided it needed a cap rail, so installed one. I think it makes the boat more "finished".

Tom

[Keith Black]

 Tom, nice! Did our uncle say where and how he came by this little project he's saddled you with? 

[TBlack]

Keith,

No, just that he bought it in Kennebunkport years ago. And just to be clear, yes, I’m making this boat better

than it deserves. In return I get to try out techniques without worrying that it will harm Uncle Jon’s enjoyment.

For example, I’ve cut two gears, using my rotary table for the first time, and cut two bushings for the anchor winch moderately successfully. And, you haven’t seen it yet, there is a bracket to hold the boom to the mast which is in 7 parts all needing soldering. So, I’m gaining confidence that one day I will be at your level of accomplishment.

Tom

PS If you’d like to take over as prime contact for our uncle, I can give you his email.

[KeithAug]

Coming along very nicely Tom, much more elegant than I expected noting the humble beginnings.

[TBlack]

Thanks, Keith A. I can't help myself. If I'm going to work on something it has to be as good as I can give. BTW, you have been my mentor in many ways

over the years. If my efforts pass your inspection, I'm good to go!

Tom

PS. See this guy, my grandson, next to me? He just had his 11th birthday today 4/19. I need to change my photo.

Edited April 20, 2021 by TBlack

[TBlack]

This fitting for the boom was a bit of a challenge for me. It's hard to tell from the photo, but there are 8 pieces all soldered together.

[TBlack]

I've finished with the deck furniture with the exception of the dinghy that sits on the port side amidships which is where I will now turn my attention.

Edited April 22, 2021 by TBlack

[Bob Cleek]

Sorry. I just stumbled over this log right now and wish I'd had the opportunity to comment before you'd gone as far down the road as you have. In the off chance that you weren't aware, I'll offer the following. Your Scud model hull may be of much greater interest as an antique than the comments in the thread indicate. (Re: the Antiques Roadshow rule: "If you hadn't refinished it, I'd estimate auction value at $25,000." "So what's it worth since I had it refinished?" "About $1,500.")

 

While the lead ballast keel indicates the hull was carved for a sailing model, and so the keel profile can't be expected to depict the prototype, in a folk-artsy sort of way, the hull appears to be a pond model of Nathaniel G. Herreshoff's 1903 Bar Harbor 31 class cutter, Scud, which, amazingly, is still sailing today and terrorizing the Med classic racing circuit following a total restoration. See: https://www.magzter.com/stories/Boating-Sailing/Classic-Boat/SCUD-MISSILE

 

Designer:	Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
Type of Boat:	Bar Harbor 31 Class
Rig:	Gaff Cutter
Year Built:	1903
Built By:	The Herreshoff Manufacturing Cpmpany, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
LOA m / ft:	18.59m/61'
LOD m / ft:	14.93m / 48'10"
LWL m / ft:	9.37m / 30' 9"
Beam m / ft:	3.18m / 10' 5"
Draft m / ft:	2.21m / 7' 3"
Yard No:	603
Sail Stats	sail area: 1425sq.ft
Construction:	Double-planked yellow pine, inside planking cypress, and diagonally strapped with bronze and oak frames. HMCo hull: 603

 

 

NGH's records on the Bar Harbor 31's and any records on Scud, will be found in the Hart Maritime Collection at MIT, which, happily, has been digitized and is accessible online: https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/hart-nautical-collections-list and https://collections.mitmuseum.org/collection/haffenreffer-herreshoff-collection/

 

Scud in foreground:

 

 

https://classicyachtinfo.com/yachts/scud/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos and full construction plan: https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1903/herreshoff-bar-harbor-31-3079607/

 

Also extensively covered by WoodenBoat Magazine: http://www.herreshoff.info/Docs/AuxDocs/1982_03_WoodenBoat_045_p68-74_Bray_BH31_Portrait.pdf

 

http://www.herreshoff.info/Docs/AuxDocs/2000_09_WoodenBoat_156_p144_Scud_Save_a_Classic.pdf

Edited April 22, 2021 by Bob Cleek

[TBlack]

Bob,

Wonderful set of photos, and you obviously know the Bar Harbor 31. But my hull doesn't really fit the Herreshoff  design. I had originally thought the boat would make a nice example of a New York 40, and I could have made the deck and rigging to match, but then the heavy hull didn't fit the rest of it. With the full keel I'm thinking the hull fits a Grand Banks fishing schooner. Unfortunately, the owner wants a gaff rigged sloop.

Tom

[TBlack]

As you may recall, I've been doing this project at the behest of my Uncle Jon. He died last night (age 90). I was able to send him photos (enclosed) of my progress:

 

 

I'll finish this project, and hopefully get to deliver it to his home in Maine this summer.

Tom

 

 

 

[Jim Lad]

Tom, I was really sorry to hear of the death of your Uncle Jon and our thoughts are with you and your family.  The model will male a wonderful memorial to him.

 

John

[Keith Black]

Tom, I am deeply sorry to hear of Uncle Jon's passing. My condolences to you and your family. 

Edited May 7, 2021 by Keith Black

[KeithAug]

On 4/18/2021 at 10:35 PM, TBlack said:

See this guy, my grandson, next to me? He just had his 11th birthday today 4/19. I need to change my photo.

 

Tom, At a certain age I find it best to avoid photographs and throw out mirrors. I still think I am a teenager and don't want the illusion shattered. 

Sorry to hear about Uncle Jon but take comfort from the pleasure he will have derived from seeing your workmanship.

 

Best regards

 

Keith

[TBlack]

21 hours ago, KeithAug said:

 

Tom,  I still think I am a teenager and don't want the illusion shattered. 

Best regards

Keith

I'm told that I act like a teenager and look much younger than my 77 years. Here's a up-date:

The boom crutch is just there for the photo. And Keith A. the bow chock was made using your method. Thanks for the guidance!

Tom