Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club

Our October Saturdays are pretty busy with lofting and building the station molds for the Providence River Boat. Last Saturday we also sat around after, ordered pizza, learned knot tying (thanks to Georgina for supplying the wonderful handmade kits) and heard stories from Ed about his next adventure. Here are a few photos…..

P1350936 — view of our workshop and working on Ragna’s rig.

P1350930 — making the station molds from the lofted plans

P1350935 — we are using spruce for the station molds.

P1350940 — Our leader Ed for the Providence.

P1350929 — giving instructions on what next

P1350934 — Helene on the bandsaw making the station molds

P1350939 — this is the maquette of the Providence for reference

P1350928 — it takes teamwork to build a boat

P1350933 — Martha explaining what we do to some visitors.

P1350925 — This is Finn, the boat Ed built and will be towing back to Nova Scotia when he leaves in November. He will be missed and we wish him all the best on his new adventures!

P1350931 — Next week we make the big list with Ed with all the steps listed to build the Providence.

Yes our IndieGoGo campaign is at an end but the fundraising is still going on. We have raised over a third of the money but still looking for help. Please join our club or contact us to donate. We hope to build this Providence River Boat.

This was a boat documented by Howard Chapelle and built in 1875 by a man named Button Swan. It was once common at the head of Narragansett Bay, near Providence, Rhode Island. The original boat was commonly used for crab fishing. It featured a live well and carried a huge gaff rig. The boat would be 12’ 4” long with a beam of 5’ 3”. It’s got an unstayed cat rig with an optional head sail (jib). The traditional type of building would be Lapstrake (Clinker) planks on steam bent hardwood frames (ribs).

Author: Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club

Saturday build and farewell to Ed!

Getting ready for our next build!