MOGGIE

a John Brady melonseed by way of Cortez, FL
built by Mike Wick (sailing slowly)
photo by Phil Maynard
Lake Union, Millville, NJ

To Block Island

Haven't gotten there yet. The weather has been bad, no wind or too much. Fixing the boats. Had a nice sail on ARGIA with Liz as deckhand. The WoodenBoat show was good, no rain, but we were waiting for the rest of the party. Harry Bryant showed a neat little houseboat. Caught up with a few TSCA guys and Russ.

Maid in Manto

soon

TSCA PondBoats at Millville

ReLaunch of YELLOW JACKET at Union Lake. New folding mast arrangement. Had a nice sail on ReDucks. Missed most of the messing about, caught the last bit of meeting.

End of May

Cape Cod Memorial Day

Whaleboat Molds

The molds for the whaleboats were cut last week from 2" framing lumber. One set for the Workshop on the Water crew and the other for Rocking the Boat.

Dinghys

Love to read John Vigors blog

He has a way with words. The post about dinghies was good. We towed MAID SERVICE all the way to Maine and back. She towed very well, having that funny undercut stern. Even when it was blowing over 50 she didn't fill or swamp. We did bail her out after running down Long Island Sound into the East River. It had rained hard all day. She did surf a bit on quartering seas but never hit the transom.

Unknown Maker

This whaleboat was used on the last wooden whaleship in service. The maker is unknown. It has 2 lap strakes and 7 edge joined.

Whaleboat Art

Details of paintings, mostly unmarked, from the New Bedford Whaling Museum. There seems to be a great deal of variation in colors, strakes, build and conformation in boats from different builders as well as in the imaginations of the artists. The last boat looks very much like the whaleboat in the museum's collection.

Spring on the Beach

Spartina Alterniflora sprouting from the sand.

Azorean Whaleboat Racing

These pictures are from the Azorean Maritime Heritage Society webpage. See more here.

Whaleboats

Saw whalebones and whaleboats at the New Bedford Whaling museum. Click for their webpage.

Skiing is good anytime, but it is the best with family. This was in NH in Jan. Check out the girl with the 35 year old Rossi Stratos. They tell me I have to learn to ski less gracefully on the parabolics.

Dec TSCA party

Mike and the plunger award.

Jan TSCA

Phil gave a great talk on his new small craft project.

Snow Day at the Seaport

Pleasant Bay November