A friend and neighbor rebuilt Blackjack a 115 year old Wilbur Morse-built Friendship sloop at the Sail Power and Steam Museum in Rockland, Maine. Only the transom, keel and stem are original. Every other plank is new - cut and fitted by Jim and volunteers. Every rib steam bent - like the old days. This video shows the boat as it looked when it came into the shop.
Howe Long?
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Back in January 2019 I traveled up the Detroit River, and I saw the
excavation for the Detroit side [to the left here] tower. It turns out I
did not take a...
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