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Wirth Munroe
Sea Sailor Restoration -2008
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This lovely sloop
rig boat was designed at The Barnacle in Coconut Grove,
FL, in 1963, by Ralph Munroe's son, Wirth. Built in Hong Kong by
Robin Fung in 1964, it is a teak motor sailor, 29'10" long
with 4'10" draft. Restoration is underway at the Boat
Shop
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Bethel Dinghy - 2008
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Reproduction of boat
made in Fogertyville
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Keeping the
Boys Busy -2008
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The Cuban Boat
is moving along - 2008
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Seminole
Canoe Construction - 2007 |
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Florida's
Indians used pine and cypress logs for canoes which
could be paddled or poled. The log interior was burned
out, then clam shells were used to scrape out
remaining charred wood. Curator, Jeff Moates,
says that a clam shell works better than metal
tools.
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Golden
Ball Rudder |
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A port
leeboard of yellow pine is being constructed
for Jamie Canfield's Golden Ball (
was built in 1962).
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Reconstruction
of Abaco Dingy |
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"Annie"
is being restored for the Martime &
Yachting Museum
of Stuart, Florida.
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Machines,
Machines, Machines |
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Marine
railway winch from Hickok Boat Ways ,
Palma Sola, Fl, on the Manatee River from 1924
to1980
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Above:
1953 Chris Craft Model K engine |
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Launch
of the 20' Surfboat - Built by Cortez Volunteers |
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Jacksonville
Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Web Site |
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Building the 20' Surf Boat |
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Fland
Sharp from Jacksonville area learned through Jane White,
Robb's lovely wife, that we have a great boatbuilding
program at the Museum. The news came as a great relief
for him because sitting on his desk was a set pf plans
for a 20' surf boat designed by Paul Gartside, a Naval
Architect from up north somewhere. Flan wanted the boat
to be built for the Jacksonville Red Cross Volunteer
Rowing Club, an organization that was founded near the
beginning of the century. It seems that their last boat
was on its last legs. The project was begun with a
handshake and now is well along at the shop.
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The surf
boat is coming along. It's going to take some really
manly men to row it out through the surf. |
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Half
Models Recently Completed by Roger Allen |
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Si
Bloom's Sailing Canoe - Winner of 2006
Mac McCarthy Award
for Paddling Craft |
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Dick
Pfaff's 19' kayak - Winner of 2006 George
Luzier Award for
Contemporary Design, Contemporary Construction |
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Cuban
Fishing Skiff - Rebuilding -2007 |
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moment this image was made, this was Bob Pitt's
favorite
boat project. Stolen from his Keys' based cousin and
then given to the boat shop crew for rebuilding,
this Cuban skiff has some
interesting building methods incorporated into
her. The goal is to preserve as much of the
historic fabric as is possible while making her a
sea worthy addition to the Museum's in the water
sailing fleet. |
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Canoe Building Class -2007 |
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Sandy
Lawrence and Hank Will are working on this glued
lapstrake canoe. The
"Charlotte" is a Tom Hill design. It should be 11'
10'' long and weigh in at about 27 pounds. The
question is, "Will it be painted our
traditional Bahama pink and blue?"
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Museum
Cabinets -2007 |
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Finished
at Last !
Great Job, Boys. |
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Building pedestals for display cases for the new
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Scallop Boat
- 2006 |
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Called the “scallop
boat”, this toy boat is being built for Cortez
fisherman, Calvin Bell, and is meant to be a replica
of one that he used as a boy to gather scallops in
the shallow waters around Cortez. The design was
developed from the small black and white image of
the original taken in ca 1940 and Calvin’s fond
recollections of it. |
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Ultra-light
Canoe |
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Ultra-light Canoe - Class Project at
the Museums Boatshop. The
class
was a prototype for what is hoped
will become regularly scheduled
events once the bugs are worked
out. Initially under the tutelage of Charley Canniff and then
completed under the guiding hand
of Bob Pitt. We are still awaiting
word about where and when a next one will be scheduled. The canoe is
lightweight and very pretty. |
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Sallie
Adams - Sprits'l Skill - 2005 |
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Spanish Cedar was
used for the decks on Sallie Adams. In typical
workboat fashion the wood is untreated. No varnish,
linseed oil, or paints are applied and they will
weather to a silvery sheen. |
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Bat Fogarty
Skiff |
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One of
the projects that most closely
expressed the Shop’s goal of
 preserving the Gulf
Coast’s Maritime Heritage was the
building of a Bat Fogarty Skiff on the original
Fogarty mold and with original
patterns. Using beautiful clear juniper/cedar and mahogany the
skiff is as close to being original as we can
come without digging up old Bat himself to do the
work. Upon completion the boat was a star of the St.
Michael’s show and won awards at the Manatee County
Fair last year. The rectangular tapered sided box in
the center is a bait well, a local detail of her
construction. |
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Headed up by Nick
Baden, the Fogarty skiff ‘Heather’ was built on the
original Fogarty mold and patterns on loan from
Historic Manatee Village where the mold normally is
part of the collection at the original Fogarty Boat
works. |
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Coquina Skiff - April 2004 |
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Several
Coquinas have been built from drawings produced by
member and AutoCad Wizard, Ted Cook. Ted also used
the drawings to drive a laser cutter to produce
model kits of the skiff. |
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Babe
of Cortez - Bahama Dingy |
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Individual Projects |
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Allen's Half Model of a Bahama Boat |
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| Electric
launch, "Chelsea" |
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seemed big till four big guys got in it, about 900 pounds
worth of manly men. The 40 pound inboard trolling motor
pushed us along about 4 kts. at full power. We ran it for
about 7 miles with our two big batteries and still had
power. We were hoping for a little better performance,
will have to work on it. Howard is still working on the
top and some other things. It's a real beauty isn't it? |
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Chris
Craft Restoration |
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The forward cockpit of 1954 Chris Craft Runabout. The boat was generously donated by Larrick Glendening. |
After a careful
evaluation, it was determined that restoration was worth
while. Most of the original fabric is in better
than good condition. The engine even turns over. |
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of the fasteners are being replaced. The work
makes for blisters in the middle of the palm and aching
hands but is well worth the effort. Bronze screws
will last over 30 years in saltwater and longer in
fresh. |
Completely stripped and
with countless hours of sanding, the refastened hull
looks almost new. Hardware is being temporarily
reinstalled to see if anything needs repairing or
replacement. |
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Nina Skiffs
(12' 5" Lapstrake Skiffs) |
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Nina Skiff class boatbuilding Project was initiated by
Charley Canniff. William Atkins was a prolific
designer of functional and practical boats and the Nina
is all of that. The boats appealed to at least two
of the Volunteer crew for class projects and a third was
built as a straight contract. |
