John Gardner Small Craft Workshop at WoodenBoat Show, Mystic Seaport
It was a multipurpose trip to the WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport last weekend, show my boat “MALU”, and to participate in the John Gardner Small Craft Workshop. Mystic is a special place made more so by the WB show and the extra privileges granted by the Seaport. During the show you can stay on the Joseph Conrad for $15 a night for Friday and Saturday nights. You sleep on pipe berths, and give up privacy, but you have hot water showers, and you wake up in the morning on the Museum grounds before the crowds arrive. Use boats for free. Members of the Traditional Small Craft Association bring their own boats and allow the public to use them, and the Seaport’s Livery boats are available also. You get to try out different types of boats and see the show from the water. Tour the Museum’s Small Boat Collection, take a self-guided tour or go with the TSCA for a guided tour on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. small craft collection at Mystic Seaport from Michael Jones on Vimeo. ...
read moreAunt Louise an 18’6″ W. Garden Eel
The Aunt Louise, a William Garden designed Ell was built at the turn of the century (this century) by Gordon Swift with assistance from owner Davis Hammond. Named for Hammond’s aunt Louise Dupont Crowninshield and home ported at Davis’s Boca Grande home, on the west coast of Florida. Strip planked of Spanish Cedar, with Black Locust keel and floor timbers. We purchased the boat in February 2014 and re-commissioned her at the Classic Craft Fest at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron on Long Boat Key in April 2014. The Eel is a great design for the shoal waters of Florida’s west coast, this was built with an open cabin for ventilation. Some photos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/aireheads/sets/72157642763325984/ Simon’s video, from his blog Planing Around ...
read moreClark Mills and the Optimist Pram
Most sailors, or at least most racing sailors are familiar with the Optimist Pram, but may not know the story of how or why it was developed. That is one of the reasons we are building the McKay Creek Boat Shop at Heritage Village. Clark Mills designed the pram for the Clearwater Florida Optimist Club, the Document below will explain the beginning of what would become the International Optimist Pram now sailed around the world. PramStory 20 years Contribute to the McKay Creek Boat Shop to help preserve the history of Clark Mills and other boat builders in Pinellas County....
read moreFirst rebuild project 1968
10′ fiberglass hull, built new deck, used a Cypress tree for a mast.
read moreCUMBIA- new Navigation station
Cumbia is a 71′ Cutter beautifully maintained by the owner. Work was done at a private slip in 2012 The existing chart table faced aft. We rearranged the lay out to face fwd, and create an enclosed space for the navigator. The credit for the varnish work belongs to the...
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