Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
update
This week has been busy on the Foundation front. This Saturday the 26th will find members at Hamptons Street Fest. We will be manning a beer tent to raise funds for "Luna" and draw attention to the 10th annual Hampton Blackbeard Festival. Stop by and say hello....
Preparations are under way for the Blackbeard Festival. If you are visiting, please stop by the tent and say hello. We will be located in Mill Point Park, same corner as usual.
This Sunday was spent moving lumber. It seems we had lost quite a bit of floor space in the workshop to lots and lots of lumber. So, the area known as the "chicken coop" was cleaned out. The coops resident tractor has a new home coming and the lumber was stacked in its new digs to continue drying. This included oak, juniper, pine, red cedar and a couple pieces of mystery wood (more on the mystery wood later). Photos would be a good addition right about now, but I don't have any. To give an idea of the size lumber we work with the cedar planks are 18 inches wide by 16 feet long, which we mill down and use for hull planks. The largest pieces of oak are six by ten inches by almost 20 feet long, hence the need for steel tipped footwear. These monsters will form the new keelson. The Juniper is to be used for deck stringers.
On to mystery wood. When we began the process of rebulding Luna, we knew we had our work cut out for us, literally! As we began stripping back the layers of accumulated muck and goo, we found various stages of repair and restoration. Eventually, the idea was hatched to save odd and unique pieces that we found. Eventually we identified eight different woods that were used in her repair or reconstruction, this included a cedar tree stump which was used to hold up the V-birth. Other species included oak, juniper, pine, walnut, mahognany, oak, and several unidentified pieces that we hope to find a project for because they were too nice to throw out.
Sunday is a work day. Hope to see you there.
Preparations are under way for the Blackbeard Festival. If you are visiting, please stop by the tent and say hello. We will be located in Mill Point Park, same corner as usual.
This Sunday was spent moving lumber. It seems we had lost quite a bit of floor space in the workshop to lots and lots of lumber. So, the area known as the "chicken coop" was cleaned out. The coops resident tractor has a new home coming and the lumber was stacked in its new digs to continue drying. This included oak, juniper, pine, red cedar and a couple pieces of mystery wood (more on the mystery wood later). Photos would be a good addition right about now, but I don't have any. To give an idea of the size lumber we work with the cedar planks are 18 inches wide by 16 feet long, which we mill down and use for hull planks. The largest pieces of oak are six by ten inches by almost 20 feet long, hence the need for steel tipped footwear. These monsters will form the new keelson. The Juniper is to be used for deck stringers.
On to mystery wood. When we began the process of rebulding Luna, we knew we had our work cut out for us, literally! As we began stripping back the layers of accumulated muck and goo, we found various stages of repair and restoration. Eventually, the idea was hatched to save odd and unique pieces that we found. Eventually we identified eight different woods that were used in her repair or reconstruction, this included a cedar tree stump which was used to hold up the V-birth. Other species included oak, juniper, pine, walnut, mahognany, oak, and several unidentified pieces that we hope to find a project for because they were too nice to throw out.
Sunday is a work day. Hope to see you there.
Monday, June 14, 2010
.Our members
The backbone of any volunteer organization is its members and the Foundation is no different. A concern of potential volunteers is not having experience as a reenactor or know anything about building ships. Our reply to that is "thats ok." Being a volunteer for the Foundation does not mean you need to be an expert at anything, but an interest and a willingness to learn is. Here are some of our most frequently asked questions and our replies.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Hello and welcome!
Welcome to our Blog. Other than our website, this is our first attempt at mass electronic communications.
Last weekend found us in Deltaville, Virginia at the Deltaville Maritime Museum hosting a Colonial Maritime Festival. Visting colonial maritime reenactors from the East Coast arrived Thursday and Friday, setting up camp and visiting "The Farm" where Luna is undergoing her makeover. Friday afternoon, participants learned from each other as we had a chance to show off our own abilities and projects to each other. We also hosted the local elementary school first graders for an hour as they were at the Museum on a field trip. That night we set off in the "Explorer", the museums 1600's reproduction schallop, for a row around the creek.
Last weekend found us in Deltaville, Virginia at the Deltaville Maritime Museum hosting a Colonial Maritime Festival. Visting colonial maritime reenactors from the East Coast arrived Thursday and Friday, setting up camp and visiting "The Farm" where Luna is undergoing her makeover. Friday afternoon, participants learned from each other as we had a chance to show off our own abilities and projects to each other. We also hosted the local elementary school first graders for an hour as they were at the Museum on a field trip. That night we set off in the "Explorer", the museums 1600's reproduction schallop, for a row around the creek.
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