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The holidays have come and gone and the days are now slowly getting longer. That does not mean that winter is nearly over. I fi gure winter is about 100 days long and starts 1 December and ends the fi rst or second week of March. So let us say that in another two months we might be able to begin to thaw out.
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MCN's Calendar
On-Going Exhibits: - November 2 Exhibit: Eye Sweet & Fair: Naval Archi- tecture, Lofting and Modeling John G. Morse, Jr. Gallery, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
This exhibit traces the evolution of naval architecture and examines a myriad of techniques and technologies used to comprehend the complex of curves and volumes that becomes a vessel. Drafting, lofting, modeling and the extraordinary changes computer aided design processes have wrought will be addressed. FMI visit
www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org.
JANUARY 27-29 NEFMC Meeting Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth, NH
MARCH 5-7 Maine Fishermen’s Forum Samoset Resort Rockport Info: mainefi
shermensforum.org
20-22 Maine Boatbuilder's Show Portland Yacht Service 58 Fore Street Portland
APRIL
21-23 NEFMC Meeting Hilton Hotel Mystic, CT
JUNE 13 Boothbay Lobster Boat Races Boothbay Harbor
Info: M. Farnham (207) 380-5892
14 Rockland Lobster Boat Races Rockland Harbor @ Breakwater Rockland
Info: Dot Black
16-18 NEFMC Meeting Viking Hotel Newport, RI
28 Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races Bass Harbor Info: Wayne Rich (207) 244-9623
JULY 4 Moosebec Lobster Boat Races U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport Info: Unknown
A vew if the transom of the BOWDITCH being framed up.
11 Searsport Lobster Boat Races Searsport Town Dock Searsport
Info: Keith Otis (207) 548-6362
12 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info: Nick Wiberg, (207) 348-2375
19 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info: Wes Lash, Jr. (207) 832-7807
26 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Harpswell Info: Albert Rose (207) 844-0346
AUGUST 8 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor Info: N/A
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are going to be 100 percent reframed and 100 percent re-fastened. Some of the planking we will be able to keep. When we got down into her we realized we had to remove the keelson because we need to fasten the frame ends together. Then we will put the ceiling in her and tie the two sides of the boat together so we can take the deck off. We will redo the sheer structure and then we will put the deck beams in. We have sent the cambers of the deck beam out to Wisconsin and they are laminating up all our deck beams. They are going to be fi ve ply Douglas fi r and they’re going to get here on a truck and we are going to put them in the boat. Some of the deck beams at 21 feet long and getting a 21 foot long perfect piece of white pine is not easy. Then when you cut it out, which is 6 x 6, it is going to check and warp because it is green. It is also not going to hold paint very well. We thought having them laminated was the better solution. Every step of the way we
are making the responsible decision. Our timeframe is work as hard as we can until we get the job done. I don’t know if we’re going to be able to fi nish by next summer. But I do know that if we ease up on our deadline, the foot comes off the gas pedal a little bit and we can’t afford that.”
The plan was to be done early July and be sailing sometime that month. When asked when he thought she would be done, Capt. Barnes laughed and said, “I don’t know.” As the framing nears completion than comes the planking. However the next big hurdle will be the interior accommodations. Capt. Barnes explained, “We are up to like our third draft of the inside. I am coming from a 2½ hour meeting at U. S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Offi ce in Belfast and what we need to do. There is going to be some give-and-take because a traditional schooner doesn’t fi t neatly into subchapter T. They have been pretty good, but a lot of
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So many people complain about winter. I would mind it a lot less if I was not dealing with a steel tugboat sitting in the frigid wa- ters of the Penobscot River. Winter is a great time for me to catch up on things that I did not want to do when the weather is nice. I was hoping to use these holidays to get a book on Maine built ships done, but that did not happen. I did manage to get closer, but I still want to make sure additional references are gone through. Basically this book will tell you name, rig, year built and where, making it sort of an index. One problem I am fi nding is that the same vessel is listed as being built in two different towns. The only real way to sort these out is by reading the newspapers and that will take hundreds of hours to do. Another list that has been put together will tell you a little more, such as name, offi cial number, rig, gross tons, dimensions, where built, by whom and her fate. I am thinking of releasing these separately, but again more research is needed to fi ll in the holes.
What I do not want to do is not put pen
to paper, or more accurately, fi ngers to keys. I have seen people do extensive research, but never publish what they found, which is a terrible loss. On the other-hand, and I have
mentioned this before, most authors today do not do enough research and the books they write are fi ll of errors or missing pieces to the puzzle. I do not want to be classifi ed with this group.
I also feel that publishing a treatise on certain subjects in book form is not the proper way anymore. Say you write an extensive study on a subject, but no matter how much work you do or the thousands of hours you put in to it, once it is printed you cannot change it. Now take that same book and published it on the Internet. If you fi nd new information there is little problem and almost no expense in making changes. As the snow fl ies and the cold winds howl out of the nor’west, I will be sitting there at the computer just inputting all sorts of maritime information and listening to plethora of knowledge pouring out of my television. During the day, riding around from place to place, I listened to XM radio. I got tired of the ads on regular radio, espe- cially the political ones. However, when I get home I am tired of the radio so I listen to the television, mostly useless shows so I do not have to really pay attention like sports or movies I have already seen. However if you really want to broaden your knowledge with television you can and I do from time to time. I now know not to drink anything green, especially if you have made the wife extremely unhappy. Also watch out for that does of arsenic. What about those aliens, real? Is there treasure on Oak Island and who did discover America fi rst?
BOWDITCH Rebuild
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