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Al is writing the instructions and he makes sure everything is well explained. He added, “All of the components have an exploded diagram in the instructions and each part is identifi ed. It is not hard to do; there is just a lot of it to do.”
Nic added, “The KEARSARGE is ac- tually simpler to rig then the ALABAMA. On each mast there is only one back stay instead of four and each mast carries two yards instead of four.” They even offer a CD that Al makes while he is building the display model and most people who buy the kit will also buy the CD.
Both the USS KEARSARGE and the
CSS ALABAMA are limited to 150 kits and you can buy them as a set.
While Nic was rigging the KE-
ARSARGE Al developed the model of the revenue cutter. Nic said, “We have an assortment of random hulls in the back and
Al looked at one that kind of rang a bell. We found in Howard Chapelle’s book an 1815 revenue cutter of 31 tons that was an exact match for the hull we already had. So Al turned that hull into a master so we could make copies. She is a simple ship, and we looked at it and said this would be a good addition to our Ensign Series.”
The Ensign Series includes the lobster boat RED BARON, a Quoddy pinky and an Optimist dinghy.
“Now we have a fourth,” said Nic, “but in addition we felt the model would have wide appeal. She’s got really nice little lines, so we are making the kit in two ways. The A version is a standard kit and the B version is an Ensign Series kit that includes the paint, tools and glue you need. If this is successful we will take all of our ensign series and make them into dual kits.
Al loves the small combatants, adding “Despite my somewhat lack of enthusiasm for sailing vessels, it was one I sort of liked. I normally like small combatants anyway and
this thing was only 56 or 57 feet long. It is a topsail schooner; the mast has a 15 degree rake, a fast looking boat. The drawings in Chapelle’s book were more than enough to come up with a nice little scale model of it.” This model has not yet been released,
as Al is fi nishing up the instructions, which should be done in a few weeks.
What is coming next is real exciting. Nic explained, “We already have our major projects lined up. The fi rst is the a cutaway section of the CHARLES MORGAN, the USS OREGON, the six-masted schooner WYOMING and a side view cutaway of the ironclad CAIRO. In between those projects we are going to introduce these smaller, simpler kits like the J-24, or the coastal schooner.”
They have already started on the cut- away section of the MORGAN and they hope to have it ready by next April so it could be shown at a huge modeling show in New London, Connecticut. This model will be built half inch to the foot and be a hull section
at the try works. Ready for this, you will have to build the try works brick by brick. Also, there will be about 800 rivets for the knees, combined that with all the treenails and you will be busy for a while.
Nic added, “This is going to be a very accurate model. The MORGAN was thrown together with what was at hand. The frames are not spaced evenly. In our model the frames will not be spaced evenly. The deck planking is not all the same width; our model’s deck planking will not be the same width.”
It is a good thing I travel with little
money, because I would like all the above. Building a wooden model is not like it used to be with all the computerized cut pieces now included. Yes, they can take a number of hours to complete, but when you are done you will have a very fi ne model. So the next time you are driving though Searsport, stop in and take a look around the showroom. I bet you cannot leave without one of the kits!
Passed Over the Bar:Winfi eld Lash and William Frappier
Another boatbuilder discussed was Rockland Boat. Some can remember the fi ne lobster boats turned out by the Grondros’, but they also built many larger boats, like the CATHERINE & BEVERLY. How about the ETHEL M., which was built by Rufus Condon, and owned by Tom Delano. This brought on a discussion of the builders in Hatchet Cove, Friendship. Of course this is where Winfi eld Lash built, but there was also Sid Carter, Jim Murphy and Rufus Condon. Records show that Condon built from the early 1900s to mid-century. Wesley Lash added, ‘He was Albert’s uncle and he was quite a craftsman.” Over the years all eight brothers of Win- nie worked at the yard as well as a number of relatives and friends. In 1985 Winnie built his last vessel, a dragger. Winnie was predeceased by his
son, Wesley Austin Lash; his brothers, Austin, John, Harold, Robert and Douglas Lash; his sisters, Eleanor Beggs, and Mary
Wotton; Mr. Lash is survived by his wife of 75 years, Barbara Lash of Friendship; his children and their spouses, Neil and Bonnie Lash of Waldoboro, Irving ‘Irv’ and Willi Lash of Augusta, Paulette ‘Polly’ and Ivan Hill of Friendship, Dianne and Norman Hill of Friendship, Theresa Fullerton of Wal- doboro, Suzanne and Thomas Simmons of Friendship; a daughter-in-law Cindy Lash of Friendship; a special nephew whom he raised, Philip J. Lash of Friendship; his siblings, Paul Lash, Howard Lash and his wife Lois, Philip Lash and his wife Janice, Carolyn Kaler, Myra Maxcy and Esther Lane, all of Friendship; 17 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren; and many, many nieces and nephews, and a large extended family. Winnie was be laid to rest at the Old
Village Cemetery, Friendship. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made to Friendship Scholarship Fund, or the Advent Christian Church, P.O. Box 9, Friendship, Maine 04547.
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Bill was born 5 November 1942 at
Melrose, MA to William and Geraldine Frappier. He spent many summers with his grandparents on Bailey Island, where he enjoyed watching the steamboats passing by Mackerel Cove.
His love of the ocean led to a three year stint in the U. S. Navy, 1961 to 1964. He also served as a quartermaster in the U. S. Navy on the USS CANBERRA. He then attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy gradu- ating in 1968 as a deck offi cer. He sailed as a third, second and chief mate on board ships for Hudson Waterways Corp., Seatrain Lines, Waterman Steamship Corp., United States Lines, Lykes Bros., and Farrell Lines. He served another ten years as chief mate/ release master and fi rst class pilot on board tankers of Boston Fuel Transportation, Inc. A dedicated writer and local historian, Bill received the Capt. J. Lewis Parker award for his book “Steamboat Yesterdays on Casco Bay,” a defi nitive history of the steamboat era in Maine. He joined the Steamship Historical Society of American in 1961 and was their contributor of New England and the Maritimes of Canada for the publications, fi rst “Steamboat Bill” and now known as “Powerships.” He did this for more than 35 years.
After retiring from the merchant ma- rine, he started his own business running harbor cruises out of Casco Bay, which is now owned and operated by his son and daughter-in-law.
Bill is survived by his wife of 43 years, Judy; daughter Kristin Nelson and husband Matt of Concord, NH, son William J. Frap- pier, III and his wife Kathy of Scarborough; grandsons Ben, Jake, Troy and Nick, grand- daughter Juliana; sister Sandra Paxton of Dunkirk, MD; one aunt; six nephews, four nieces; and several cousins.
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