St Michaels Maritime Museum MD #1: Boat Making Apprentice program

Excellently done. Beautiful.

-- Rich, Nevada,

Great post Karson. Wish I lived closer as I might have tried that for a couple weekends. Never tried any boat building.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Very cool.

nice post. i bet you and David had a good time out there:-)

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

they sound sort of cheap to me, should be a good value for the lucky buyers.
M

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

How sad I am staying far away. My ancestors were shipbuilders.
Sharad

-- patanjali

Karson: Thanks for bringing back memories. I used to sail out of Oxford, MD. There used to be a small one car ferry that took us on a “short cut” to St. Michaels.

That certainly is a beautiful little sailboat.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

8iowa: as we left the museum we went across the Oxford ferry. Friday was the opening day so we were right on time. they were closed down for the winter.

It looks like the bay is about 1/2 mile across at the two docks. so I don’t know if a cable arrangement would work. The one there now is a power driven ferry that will take 7 or 8 cars. We were lucky because the gate was dropped and they saw it coming up so they raised the gate and let us on. It’s a 30 minute round trip.

We drove there from St Michaels because if we drove to Oxford and the ferry wasn’t operating yet it would have been about 45 minutes to drive around, and to get to St Michaels. The trip from the St Michael end was only about a 4 mile trip to find out if the ferry was operational.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Looks like a very worthwhile project.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

For those in the mid-west who are interested in classic wooden boat building; http://www.greatlakesboatbuilding.org/

There is also an antique wooden boat show held there on the second saturday of August.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

There used to be and may still be a big wooden boat show in Seattle in late Aug or early Sept. I remember the dates because one of the wife’s cousins brought his boat to a family reunion on the way home one year.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I just remembered a friend who was building a 20 some foot sail boat who had me haul the keel form him was getting a divorce. His ex decided to take a chain saw to the project one day in a fit of rage!! He had teh ribs pretty well done the last time I saw it. That was pretty much the end of that boat :-(( I don’t know if he was able to slavage anything, but he heated with wood and was very short on $$, so I suppose it went in the stove.

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Hi Karson;

You and David must have had a great time. I hope you stopped at one of those all you can eat seafood places.

I hope David understands how good of a father he has, and picks up your life habits.

Lee

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Not really a boat person, but quite interesting bits of history. Thanks for taking the time to share with the rest of us.

-- Bob Lance, DE

some day…i would like to have the skills to make a small boat…we have a nice litlle river with some great scenery in this little valley…sounds like a very cool way to learn and help…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Karson – Thanks for directing me to this. These are beautiful boats (and pictures). I’ll have to find my way there someday. There is an antique boat museum up my way in Clinton, NY that provides some courses, but they’re like a full 10 days instead of weekends. The museum is excellent though. Here’s the link: www.abm.org

-- Matt - Syracuse, NY

Hey Karson
you travel to some of the coolest places.That’s neat Idea. Thanks for this great post.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Hey Karson,
That’s a great way for anybody to learn new skills…...nice post.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.