Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) boatyard program manager, Jenn Kuhn, reports that work continues on the 25-foot draketail Pintail, with an anticipated spring 2017 launch.
Construction began in January 2016 through CBMM’s Apprentice for A Day (AFAD) Public Boatbuilding Program, which runs Saturday and Sunday throughout the year. Up to eight people of all ages and a few volunteers show up each week to work on the boat. “The Pintail project is a little bigger than the others we’ve done. People are really excited about it,” says Kuhn.
“Pintail’s Atlantic white cedar decks, forward and aft bulkheads, white oak engine bed logs, and stainless rudder stuffing box have been installed. During one of AFAD’s newly added Family Boatshop programs for apprentice boat-builders aged 10 and up, the curved forward coaming and after curved rub rail were steam-bent out of sapele, and then scarfed to the straight coaming running aft and the gunwales running forward.
“Next to be installed are the floors, the midship and aft seating, and toe rails. Work continues on the duck walk (the area along waterline around her stern), cutting through the stern for the exhaust, the engine box, and the steering gear. In the spring, her Yanmar two-cylinder diesel engine will be installed. She will be painted white with a red bottom, and her sapele coaming, gunwales, and seats will be left bright.”
Pintail is for sale upon completion. For more information about the boat and CBMM boat-building programs, contact Kuhn at (410) 745-4980 or [email protected]. AFAD participants may drop in, but it’s best to call or email by Friday at 3 p.m. to be sure the schedule has not changed. See more photos of the project at bit.ly/CBMMPintail.
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Thursday, March 9, 2017 - 08:00
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) boatyard program manager, Jenn Kuhn, reports that work continues on the 25-foot draketail Pintail, with an anticipated spring 2017 launch.
Construction began in January 2016 through CBMM’s Apprentice for A Day (AFAD) Public Boatbuilding Program, which runs Saturday and Sunday throughout the year. Up to eight people of all ages and a few volunteers show up each week to work on the boat. “The Pintail project is a little bigger than the others we’ve done. People are really excited about it,” says Kuhn.
“Pintail’s Atlantic white cedar decks, forward and aft bulkheads, white oak engine bed logs, and stainless rudder stuffing box have been installed. During one of AFAD’s newly added Family Boatshop programs for apprentice boat-builders aged 10 and up, the curved forward coaming and after curved rub rail were steam-bent out of sapele, and then scarfed to the straight coaming running aft and the gunwales running forward.
“Next to be installed are the floors, the midship and aft seating, and toe rails. Work continues on the duck walk (the area along waterline around her stern), cutting through the stern for the exhaust, the engine box, and the steering gear. In the spring, her Yanmar two-cylinder diesel engine will be installed. She will be painted white with a red bottom, and her sapele coaming, gunwales, and seats will be left bright.”
Pintail is for sale upon completion. For more information about the boat and CBMM boat-building programs, contact Kuhn at (410) 745-4980 or [email protected]. AFAD participants may drop in, but it’s best to call or email by Friday at 3 p.m. to be sure the schedule has not changed. See more photos of the project at bit.ly/CBMMPintail.
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