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.
Wilfred Sykes 4
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Here were the previous installments featuring my favorite 1949 laker. Enjoy
the photos showing G-tug Ohio winding Sykes out of the twists of the lower
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