Before you all go off on your week-end, thought I'd share these few pics with you. She's beginning to look like a ship now. Bowsprite and jib boom carved and installed, and all three lower masts carved and fitted. Enjoy.
Bob
Before they slip me over the standing part of the fore sheet, let them pipe: "Up Spirits" one more time.
Bob absolutly amazing what a work of art. Whats more amazing is the way you keep your workshop I cant even see across mine one day I will tidy it up and maybe I will find the 20 or so tools I am missing. You sir are one amazing artist. I would like to pay you a visit sometime and watch you at work.
Colin
Jim - The Doing is as much fun as the Viewing!
Jackson, MS
Colin....you are indeed welcome any time my friend. Always have a extra chair handy and something around to wash down the trail dust!
Wade....she indeed did haul a lot. She was 184' long by 36' wide and had a depth in hold of 29', registered in at 1625 tons. Launched in Saint John, NB, in 1851, she went to work for the Blackball Line on the Australia run, and at one point was the fastest ship on the run making a passage in a record 68 days. She carried many immigrants and cargoes for more than 15 years for them and later general cargo for another English company. She was later sold to a Norwegian company for the timber trade and in 1883 was driven ashore on Cape Cavendish, P.E.I. and wrecked. Her bones still lay there in shallow water and can be still seen today.
Bob
Before they slip me over the standing part of the fore sheet, let them pipe: "Up Spirits" one more time.
COOL pictures and story. Way COOL artist The way you get in to a project. Of course, we don't get many ships here in SEKansas. Yeah, I know, " Where the heck is that".
Gilly.....I don't count in hours, I count in months. Started this one in July of last year. Of course, I work very slow these days, and not every day. But it is a longer term project.
Bob
Before they slip me over the standing part of the fore sheet, let them pipe: "Up Spirits" one more time.
Absolutely wonderful work, and you really brought it to life with the story about it's true history. Thanks for including that.
On another note, I know all about the hole in the water that you throw money into. We used to have a 53 foot houseboat that sunk in 65 feet of water. One day, I hope to have the stupid thing paid for. It's a long, sad, story.....but I got over it a few years back. My husband's love of boats is limited to "things we can afford to lose" now.
Thor
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