New BlueJacket Shipcrafters kit in development: West Coast lumber schooner

[sjanicki]

Following along on this very cool build. As a fellow PNW native hoping that it ends up as the Wawona as others have echoed...

Edited August 29 by sjanicki

[Wawona59]

I think this model could be built as either the C.A. Thayer or Wawona as both are essentially the same.  Can you guess what my preference would be?

 

[alross2]

I love the ability to change things easily with the computer drawings.  As you can see, this is quite different from this same drawing posted earlier.  Still have to add the gaffs, deadeyes, rigging and a few other details.

[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, Wawona59 said:

I think this model could be built as either the C.A. Thayer or Wawona as both are essentially the same.  Can you guess what my preference would be?

 

They're both Bendixsen ships, so it's a win-win for us Humboldt County folk (whether native or part of the diaspora). 

[alross2]

A few more completed kit plans in the 11" x 17" size.

[alross2]

Mostly-finished Running and Standing Rigging plans.  Both are greatly reduced from their original 24" x 36" format.  I prefer to do separate rigging plans as it makes them less confusing for the builder with limited familiarity with rigging.  Because the original vessels used slats for ratlines, I've used the same laser-cut ladder format as I did with WYOMING, NOTMAN, and a few other kits.

[alross2]

OK, the West Coast Lumber Schooner display model is boxed up and going to Nic for rigging (he enjoys rigging, I don't) 😎.  I still have to do the sail plan, write the instructions, and, when he's finished the rigging, add a few more items to the display model.  Since these boats had the slat ratlines, we've included the laser-cut ones in this kit - real time saver.