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Ash Breeze The Journal of the Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc. Vol. 27 No. 3 Fall 2006 - $4.00 In This Issue: Of Skiffs, Skipjacks, and Dories: Leaving a Legacy TSCA Annual Meeting, Reports and Commentary My New Boat Project • Coquina: Beating the Winter Blues European Certification Approved for Whitehall How to Build a Couple of Boats—25 Easy Steps • SSS Dragon Springback • What’s a “Raid?” • Floating the Apple News The Ash Breeze The Ash Breeze (ISSN 1554-5016) is the quarterly journal of the Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc. It is published at 1557 Cattle Point Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. Communications concerning membership or mailings should be addressed to: P.O. Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355. www.tsca.net Volume 27 Number 3 Editor Dan Drath drathmarine@rockisland.com Contributing Editor John Stratton Copy Editors Hobey DeStaebler Charles Judson Jim Lawson Editors Emeriti Richard S. Kolin Sam & Marty King David & Katherine Cockey Ralph Notaristefano Ken Steinmetz John Stratton Layout with the assistance of The Messing About Foundation The Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt educational organization which works to preserve and continue the living traditions, skills, lore, and legends surrounding working and pleasure watercraft whose origins predate the marine gasoline engine. It encourages the design, construction, and use of these boats, and it embraces contemporary variants and adaptations of traditional designs. TSCA is an enjoyable yet practical link among users, designers, builders, restorers, historians, government, and maritime institutions. Copyright 2006 by The Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc. Editor’s Column In the pages that follow you will find a number of reports from the Council and annual meetings held recently at Mystic. In addition, you will find an article from a member’s point of view about the experience. While some of this information is available on the TSCA web site (www.tsca.net), I think it is good, once and awhile, to give it space in the Ash Breeze so we can see in print how and what our organization is doing. I was not able to make the 2500 mile cross the country trip to Mystic this year, so I will express my thanks and appreciation here to three people who have done a very great deal for the organization this past year, Cricket Evans, John Symons, and John Weiss. I know Cricket was surprised by the amount of work it takes to be the President. John Symons processed upwards of 800 financial transactions each year he was treasurer. John Weiss continues to be a great Chapter Coordinator, web master, and membership chairman. I have enjoyed working with them all as we got the business of the organization done. My hat is off to you all. I have published three articles from the Lost Coast Chapter newsletter. This newsletter is wonderfully done and is a fine source of material of national interest. My hat is off to that Chapter and their newsletter editors, Kris Halvorsen and Al Holston as well. My best to you all, Dan Drath Giving and TSCA or specific assets or a portion of the estate) to the Maine Community Foundation, a public charity based in Ellsworth, Maine, for its charitable educational and scientific uses and purposes. “I desire that this bequest be added to the Traditional Small Craft Association Fund at the Maine Community Foundation to be used in accordance with the Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Maine Community Foundation establishing the Traditional Small Craft Association Fund, dated March 24, 1998, and amended by the Resolution of September 10, 2004.” In order to designate a life insurance policy for the Fund, you should ask your insurance agent for a “Change of Beneficiary” form and fill in the name and address of the TSCA Fund at MCF as the beneficiary of all or a part of the proceeds. Traditional Small Craft Association Fund Maine Community Foundation (Tax ID 01-039-1479) 245 Main Street Ellsworth, ME 04605 The article following on page five by Ellen Pope, Vice President, Maine Community Foundation, explains that community foundations are designed to help donors achieve philanthropic objectives “to improve the quality of life in their areas.” As Ellen also explains, funds can be designated by their donors to benefit specific organizations. Some designated funds, such as the Traditional Small Craft Association—John Gardner Fund, are structured to provide grant recommendations from the donor (for instance, TSCA) that can support projects wherever based, as long as the Fund’s goals are satisfied. A suitable proposal for funding a project in the state of Washington or Maryland therefore has an equal chance in competition with projects closer at hand. For those of you who have been thinking of including a bequest to the TSCA Fund at MCF in your will we offer suggested language for bequests: “I give and bequeath (a dollar amount, Front Cover Steve Mason attends to a detail at the transom. See the story inside, “How to Build a Couple of Boats—25 Easy Steps.” Steve Mason is a founding director of the S & M Boatworks. This story was first published in Lost Coast 39.4167°N, 123.8000°W, newsletter of Lost Coast TSCA, 32100 Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg, CA 95437. 2 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 Gardner Grants “To preserve, continue, and expand the achievements, vision and goals of John Gardner by enriching and disseminating our traditional small craft heritage.” In 1999, TSCA created the John Gardner Grant program to support projects for which sufficient funding would otherwise be unavailable. Eligible projects are those which research, document, preserve, and replicate traditional small craft, associated skills, and those who built and used them. Youth involvement is encouraged. Grants proposals are reviewed semiannually, typically in May and October. Proposals for projects ranging from $200 to $2000 are invited for consideration. The John Gardner Grants are competitive and reviewed semiannually by the John Gardner Memorial Fund Committee of TSCA. The source of funding is the John Gardner Memorial Endowment Fund, and funding available for projects will be determined annually. Eligible applicants include anyone who can demonstrate serious interest in, and knowledge of, traditional small craft. Affiliation with a museum or academic organization is not required. Projects must have tangible, enduring results which are published, exhibited, or otherwise made available to the interested public. Projects must be reported in the Ash Breeze. For program details, applications and additional information visit TSCA on the web at www.tsca.net Benefactors Life Members Samuel E. Johnson Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. Jean Gardner Bob Hicks Paul Reagan Generous Patrons Howard Benedict Willard A. Bradley Lee Caldwell Richard S. Kolin Michael S. Olson Gregg Shadduck Zach Stewart Richard B. Weir Capt C. S. Wetherell Joel Zackin ...and Individual Sponsor Members Tom Etherington Rodney & Julie Agar The Mariners Museum, Friends of the NC Maritime Museum Doug Aikins Newport News, VA Ben Fuller Roger Allen Charles H. Meyer, Jr. Richard & Susan Geiger Rob Barker Alfred P. Minnervini John M. Gerty Ellen & Gary Barrett Howard Mittleman Gerald W. Gibbs Bruce Beglin John S. Montague Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Hammatt, Jr. King Mud & Queen Tule Charles Benedict John A. Hawkinson Robert C. Briscoe Mason C. Myers Peter Healey Mary A. Brown Charles D. Nord Colin O. Hermans John Burgess David J. Pape Steve Hirsch Richard A. Butz W. Lee & Sibyl A. Pellum Stuart K. Hopkins Charles Canniff Stephan Perloff Independence Seaport Dick & Jean Anne Christie Ronald Pilling K. E. Jones David Cockey Michael Porter John M. Karbott James & Lloyd Crocket Ronald W. Render Carl B. & Ruth W. Kaufmann Thad Danielson Don Rich Stephen Kessler Stanley R. Dickstein Richard Schubert Thomas E. King Dan & Eileen Drath Paul A. Schwartz Arthur B. Lawrence, III Frank C. Durham Karen Seo Chelcie Liu Albert Eatock Michael O. Severance Jon Lovell John D. England Gary L. Shirley Patrick Mertaugh David Epner Charles D. Siferd Walter J. Simmons Leslie Smith F. Russell Smith, II Stephen Smith John R. Stilgoe John P. Stratton, III Robert E. (Bub) Sullivan Jackson P. Sumner George Surgent Benjamin B. Swan John E. Symons James Thorington Ray E. Tucker Peter T. Vermilya John & Ellen Weiss Stephen M. Weld Michael D. Wick Chip Wilson Robert & Judith Yorke J. Myron Young The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 3 “Only if our children are introduced to boats at an early age and grow up using them on the water will what we are doing today have any relevance for the future.” – John Gardner (former counselor, Pine Island Camp) Founded in 1902, Pine Island remains true to the simple, island life-style established by the current director’s grandfather and committed to providing an adventurous, safe summer. No electricity, an absence of competitive sports and the island setting make Pine Island unique. Ten in-camp activities offered daily, include rowing, canoeing, sailing, kayaking, swimming, workshop, archery, riflery, and tennis. Over thirty camping trips each summer, include backpacking, canoeing, kayaking and trips to the camp’s 90-acre salt water island. Campfire every night. Write or call the director for more information. Ben Swan, P.O. Box 242, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Win a TSCA T-shirt Members whose articles are published in the Ash Breeze are awarded a TSCA T-shirt. An article is a complete piece of writing that informs and educates. Anecdotes, Chapter news and reports, etc., do not qualify, although a T-shirt will be awarded to regular contributors of Chapter reports at the Editor’s discretion. How about writing that article for Ash Breeze? TSCA Chapters Join or start a chapter to enjoy the fellowship and skills which can be gained around traditional small craft Adirondack Chapter TSCA Mary Brown, 100 Cornelia St., Apt. 205, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, 518-561-1667, mabrown214@hotmail.com Annapolis Chapter TSCA Sigrid Trumpy, 12 German St., Annapolis, MD 21401, hollace@crosslink.net Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum TSCA Brent Creelman, 315 Front Street, Beaufort, NC 28516, 252-728-7317, maritime@ncmail.com John Gardner Chapter Russ Smith, Univ of Connecticut, Avery Point Campus, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Barnegat Bay TSCA Groton, CT 06340, 860-536-1113, Patricia H. Burke, Director, Toms River Seaport Society, PO Box 1111, Toms River, fruzzy@hotmail.com NJ 08754, 732-349-9209, Lone Star Chapter www.tomsriverseaport.com Howard Gmelch, The Scow Schooner Project, POBox 1509, Anahuac, TX 77514, Connecticut River 409-267-4402, scowschooner@earthlink.net Oar and Paddle Club Jon Persson, 17 Industrial Park Road Suite 5, Centerbrook, CT 06409, 860-767-3303, jon.persson@snet.net Delaware River TSCA Long Island TSCA Myron Young, PO Box 635, Laurel, NY 11948, 631-298-4512 Lost Coast Chapter - Mendocino Sacramento TSCA Ellen Barrett, 45 Worth Str, San Francisco, CA 94114-2737, 415-824-1480, platypuspelican@yahoo.com Scajaquada TSCA Charles H. Meyer, 5405 East River, Grand Island, NY 14072, 716-773-2515, chmsails@aol.com SE Michigan John Van Slembrouck, Stoney Creek Wooden Boat Shop, 1058 East Tienken Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48306, stoneycreek@stoneycreekboatshop.com South Jersey TSCA George Loos, 53 Beaver Dam Rd, Cape May Courthouse, NJ 08210, 609-861-0018, georgeloos@hotmail.com South Street Seaport Museum Tom Shephard, 482 Almond Rd, Pittsgrove, Stan Halvorsen, 31051 Gibney Lane, Fort Bragg, CA 95437, 707-964-8342, NJ 08318, tsshep41556@aol.com Krish@mcn.org John B. Putnam, 207 Front Street, New York, NY 10038, 212-748-8600, Ext. 663 days, www.southstseaport.org North Shore TSCA John Silverio, 105 Proctor Rd, Lincolnville, ME 04849, work 207-763-3885, home 207- Dave Morrow, 63 Lynnfield Str, Lynn, MA 01904, 781-598-6163 763-4652, camp: 207-763-4671, jsarch@midcoast.com Patuxent Small Craft Guild James R. Kowall, c/o Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N Madison Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, 920-743-4631 Down East Chapter Floating the Apple Mike Davis, 400 West 43rd St., 32R, New York, NY 10036, 212-564-5412, floapple@aol.com Florida Gulf Coast TSCA William Lake, 11740 Asbury Circle, Apt 1301, Solomons, MD 20688, 410-394-3382, wlake@comcast.net Pine Lake Small Craft Assoc. Sandy Bryson, Sec., 333 Whitehills Dr, East Roger B. Allen, Florida Maritime Museum, Lansing, MI 48823, 517-351-5976, PO Box 100, 4415 119th St W, Cortez, FL sbryson@msu.edu 34215, Puget Sound TSCA 941-708-4935 or Cell 941-704-8598, Al Gunther, President, 34718 Pilot Point Roger.Allen@ManateeClerk.com Road NE, Kingston, WA 98346, 360-638-1088, a_gunther@mac.com TSCA of Wisconsin Organizing Eastern Shore Chapter Mike Moore,5220 Wilson Road, Cambridge, MD 21613,estsca@mail.com Michigan Maritime Museum Chapter Cobie Ball, MMM, 260 Dyckman Ave, South Haven, MI 49090, 269-637-8078, cobie@michiganmaritimemuseum.org ReOrganizing Oregon TSCA 4 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 Of Skiffs, Skipjacks, and Dories: Leaving a Legacy for Traditional Small Craft Community foundations make good partners for your charitable plans By Ellen Pope Updating my will recently brought up a lot of issues I would just as soon not think about. Yet the process also served to remind my husband and me of what we care most about: family, community and the great state of Maine. In the end, we included a bequest to the Maine Community Foundation in order to encourage our daughter’s philanthropy and to support and advance work in our areas of interest. You, too, may be thinking about making plans and updating or establishing your Will. If you would like to set up a charitable fund or leave a legacy, a community foundation could be an excellent partner for you. A Cleveland banker introduced the concept of community foun- dations in 1914 when he recognized the need for a long-term steward for charitable bequests his bank was receiving through trusts. Fewer than 100 years later, community foundations across the country serve their cities and regions and, in a few cases, their entire states. Community foundations are tax-exempt public charities that share a common mission: to improve the quality of life in their areas. Individuals, families, businesses and organizations create charitable funds that help their region meet the challenges of changing times. Community foundations, which are overseen by volunteer board leadership, invest and administer these funds. Maine’s statewide community foundation partners with donors and community groups to build charitable resources, make effective grants and provide leadership to address community and state issues. In its relatively young life—23 years—the Maine Community Foundation has become the second largest foundation in that state. Capitalizing on the reputation of its founders and a deep interest in its mission and charitable services, the foundation now ranks in the top 10% among more than 700 community foundations nationwide for grantmaking, assets and contributions. “The Custom Benchmark consists of approximately 55% DJ Wilshire 500, 30% Lehman Brothers Aggregate and 15% a mixture of other financial indices.” Just what is it that sets community foundations apart? Asset stewardship, for one thing. Their commitment to permanency provides a long time horizon, which favors strong investment results. For example, Maine Community Foundation has consistently exceeded its custom benchmark and is known for its financial strength and investment strategies (see inset). Donors and nonprofit organizations benefit from pooling their dollars for growth, thereby maximizing the impact and reach of their philanthropy. “Maine Community Foundation is a major force for philanthropy in Maine. It acts as a catalyst, bringing together donors and issues.” Bill Kieffer, Board and Legacy Member of MCF The variety of interest areas and giving options for donors also distinguishes community foundations. Scholarships may be one person’s passion, the environment another’s—a community foundation can be a philanthropic partner no matter what the field of interest. Funds are crafted to reflect a donor’s particular interests and goals, whether through a donor-advised fund, scholarship fund, or a fund designated for a specific organization and purpose, such as the Traditional Small Craft Association—John Gardner Grant Fund. The Maine Community Foundation is honored to oversee the Traditional Small Craft Association—John Gardner Grant Fund, whose grants are designed to support projects that broaden our traditional small craft heritage. “For years I have poured over family albums, studying every detail of the older classic houseboats, in an effort to gain insight into my grandfather’s thoughts as a designer and artist,” wrote Sigrid Trumpy in a previAs previously reported, John Weiss has chosen to use part of a paid-up life insurance policy to benefit the Fund. Dan and Eileen Drath have provided for the Fund in their wills, and now Sid Whelan has done the same. We hope that many TSCA members will be encouraged to contribute to the Fund, both now and in the future. The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 5 ous issue of The Ash Breeze. Her interest in the traditional small craft that her grandfather, John Trumpy, designed and built grew into a passion. A Gardner grant awarded in 2004 enabled Trumpy to have the lines drawn for a Mathis skiff and sets of the plan are now available to interested parties at hollace@crosslink.net. If you would like to leave a legacy on behalf of traditional small craft heritage or other charitable purposes, your community foundation could help. To view a list of community foundations in your area, visit www.cof.org and click on “community foundation” to find the community foundations in your state. If you would like to contribute to the Traditional Small Craft Association—John Gardner Grant Fund at the Maine Community Foundation, either through a bequest, planned gift or outright contribution, please contact Karen Hartt at khartt@mainecf.org. About the Author Ellen Pope has been vice president of the Maine Community Foundation since 1998. She lives in Southwest Harbor, Maine, where traditional small craft abound. June Council Meeting Minutes June 3, 2006 Mystic Seaport, CT Recorded by John Weiss Meeting was called to order at 1740 by President Elizabeth “Cricket” Evans. Members present: David Cockey, Bill Covert, Cricket Evans, Chuck Meyer, Chauncy Rucker, and John Weiss Roger Allen—by proxy granted to John Weiss Clifford Cain—by proxy granted to Cricket Evans Richard Geiger—by proxy granted to Cricket Evans Newly elected Council members Clifford Cain, David Cockey, and Chuck Meyer were introduced and recognized. Election of Officers President: Cricket Evans nominated by Chauncy Rucker, seconded by John Weiss. Elected by acclamation. Vice-President: Chauncy Rucker nominated by John Weiss, seconded by David Cockey. Bill Covert nominated by Chauncy Rucker, seconded by David Cockey. Nomination of Chauncy Rucker withdrawn by John Weiss without objection. Bill Covert elected by acclamation Secretary: Jim Lawson nominated by Cricket Evans, seconded by Chauncy Rucker. Elected by acclamation. Treasurer: Chuck Meyer nominated by John Weiss, seconded by Chauncy Rucker. Elected by acclamation. Gardner Grant Committee: David Cockey unanimously approved as permanent Chairman. Meeting suspended at 1800, to reconvene at 0730, June 4, 2006 Meeting was resumed and called to order at 0730, June 4, by President Elizabeth “Cricket” Evans. Appointment of “Mystic Mailman” Council appointed Andy Strode (John Gardner Chapter President, retired USPS employee) to pick up mail at Mystic Post Office, sort and forward to appropriate officers as follows: All mail with funds attached directly to Treasurer; do not separate funds from other correspondence. Other Membership correspondence to John Weiss. Ash Breeze correspondence to Dan Drath. Gardner Grant correspondence (less donations to GG Fund/MCF) to David Cockey. Wares fulfillment requests to Tom Shepard (Bill Covert to check with Tom that he will remain as waresmaster, and check on status of contract/agreement with Alex Bridge/NORS Gear). All remaining to Secretary Jim Lawson. Treasurer’s Report John Symons forwarded the report to Chauncy Rucker prior to meeting, but Chauncy inadvertently left it at home. Report is attached for the record, but was not discussed by Council at the meeting. Chuck Meyer will accept turnover from John Symons, and Council will discuss report and this year’s budget proposal via email when Chuck has enough information. New treasurer to open local bank ac- count in/near Grand Island, NY (probably Key Bank) to more efficiently deposit and disburse funds. Wares No detailed inventory of wares currently exist. Bill Covert to ask Tom Shephard for inventory of current stock; John Weiss to provide inventory of stock held at Puget Sound Chapter. Inventories to Treasurer. John Weiss holds inventory of pennants, which are property of Puget Sound Chapter and available to all members. John to send six pennants to Cricket for Sacramento Chapter. After inventory, Council to discuss whether to transfer/sell inventory to National. Gardner Grants—David Cockey MCF says $2480 available for distribution in 2006. Committee participation: Ben Fuller has completed his work with the Committee. John Muir has not actively participated due to email problem (unable to receive attachments) and work load. David is helping with the email problem, and schedule adjustment (to be proposed later) which should remedy work load problem. Zell Steever has offered to step down due to work load. Application/Decision Schedule. New schedule proposed by David Cockey: Application deadline January 31 each year. Committee Review February–March. Council Review and decision by March 15. Notify MCF of disbursements, checks in mail by April 1. If enough funds in TSCA treasury, send checks to winners prior to receiving funds from MCF. Alternative is to have MCF write individual checks (David to talk with Ellen Pope). New schedule approved by Council. It will take effect in upcoming cycle. Grant Applications: Ten applications received—more than in recent history. No real consensus within GG Committee, due to larger number of applications and differing views on priorities of history/documentation vs youth involvement. Summary of requests: Doug Brooks. Japanese/Canadian builders of large (40-50'), powered fishing boats in Vancouver post-WWII. Decision: Outside scope of GG. Hunter Bay Boat Project. Documenta- 6 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 tion of row to Alaska. Decision: Proposal determined by GG Committee insufficient. River Rights Boat Builders. Shop tools for youth outreach program. Decision: Program focus changing, now outside GG scope. Atlantic Challenge. After-school youth program. Decision: Insufficient portion of budget submitted in the proposal qualifies for a grant. Center for Wooden Boats/Rich Kolin. Documentation of Davis Boat. $1200 requested. Adirondack Museum. Build Guideboat. $2500 requested. Decision: Determined by Committee as low priority. Long Island Maritime Museum. Gil Smith Catboat. Need $2000 for spars, sails, etc. to finish boat. Decision: Determined by GG Committee to be low priority. North Pacific Historic Fishing Village, Prince Rupert, BC. Build 20' gillnetter. Decision: Not a lot of GG Committee enthusiasm. Michigan Maritime Museum. Build a Sable River Boat. $1300 requested for materials. Decision: GG Committee recommends something less than $1300. Lost Coast TSCA/HomePort Learning Center. Restore “Sea Bright Skiff” in a youth outreach program. $2000 requested for “materials, etc.” David Cockey recommendations (in priority order): Michigan Maritime Museum $900 Lost Coast/HomePort $900 CWB/Rich Kolin $680 North Pacific Historic 4th consideration Long Island Maritime 5th consideration Motion to accept top three recommendations by John Weiss, Chauncy Rucker seconded. Approved. David Cockey will call Ellen Pope, ask if MCF will write checks direct to recipients this time, due to Treasurer turnover. Proposal will be to mail checks to David, who will forward to recipients. Also will draft acceptance letter for recipients to sign, acknowledging their commitments to TSCA. David Cockey to continue evolution of procedures, etc., plus work on update for web site. Legislative Cricket: Ongoing legislative focus should be on local groups, proposals, etc. Theme should be “Let’s be educated.” David: Need to distinguish between legislative proposals that directly affect “Traditional Small Boats” from those that may elicit strong opinions from our members, but don’t directly affect us (e.g., 1970s USCG proposals that would have declared most traditional small boats unseaworthy, vs PFD legislation.) Discussion: Need to distinguish between “education” and “lobbying”; latter is prohibited by our 501.3(c) status. Ensure we don’t divide TSCA over a “hot-button issue.” Adjourned at 0910. Annual Meeting News Mystic Seaport, June 3, 2006 Submitted by Cricket Evans The bylaws were amended as follows: Article X, the John Gardner Fund amendment to the TSCA bylaws, was passed overwhelmingly on the June ballot. The fund is now articulated, its income protected, and general information about it is included in the Article for future use. David Cockey is the chairman of the Gardner Grant committee and is working to make the process more efficient for both the committee members and for the grant recipients. Our 2007 annual meeting will be at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park next year, the second weekend in June, 2007. It is timed to coincide with the beginning of the annual five day gunkholing trip sponsored by the SFNHP, starting, in 2007, at the Hyde Street Pier in SF, and following maybe sixty miles up into the Sacramento Delta. TSCA members are invited to join the expedition, with or without your own small boat. The TSCA website has more trip and contact information. If you want to go on the trip , not just to the TSCA meeting, you need to start moving now. The trip fills up, and sometimes sells out early. These web addresses have general information: www.nps.gov/safr/local/top.html www.nps.gov/safr/local/ calendar.html#shopboat The TSCA general meeting and the subsequent Council meeting will be before the trip, with no entry fee for the pier or park. We will probably have a made-by-us dinner, and possibly overnight arrangements without resorting to paid lodgings. Lots of boat related things to do in the neighborhood. Other plans for the coming year are to: (1) Secure written procedures for each Council or organization job, (2) Re-establish the legislative watch of the early years of the TSCA. You could volunteer for this, (3) Increase membership in the national TSCA. You could request an extra Ash Breeze before the next publication date, and when it comes, you can leave it in a likely public place (library, shop, school), (4) Increase the Gardner Fund endowment, (5) Consider locating our subsequent annual meetings in other interesting boat-oriented places, preferably connected with a sponsoring museum. Send the Council your thoughts. National Council Members 2004-2007 Roger Allen, Florida, Gulf Coast Chapter Cricket Evans, Sacramento Chapter John Weiss, Puget Sound Chapter 2005-2008 Bill Covert, Delaware River Chapter Richard Geiger, Sacramento Chapter Chauncy Rucker, John Gardner Chapter 2006-2009 Clifford Cain, Sacramento Chapter David Cockey, Southeast Michigan Chapter Chuck Meyer, Scajaquada Chapter The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 7 Membership, Chapters, and Web Site Report By John Weiss Membership Current membership is down somewhat from a year ago. Also, after a significant boost in 2004, it appears our overall membership trend is downward again. The big difference may be the way in which we account for “expired” members and our continuing efforts to purge long-time delinquent members from the active roster. (More detail and a chart showing trends are available on the TSCA web site, www.tsca.net. Ed.) The current membership numbers and comparisons with last year are: 717 domestic and 25 foreign (from 740 and 21) 111 Sponsor members (up from 94) 41 complimentary/life (up from 35) 108 expired (July–December 2004; up from 52) Membership renewal fulfillment continues on a bimonthly basis, and is a combined effort of John Symons, Cricket Evans, Roger Allen, and John Weiss. Roger recently joined the membership team and has taken responsibility for all members with Florida addresses. Every two months, renewal reminders are sent by the Membership Coordinators to all active members—post cards to US and Canada addresses, and first class to other foreign addresses. Total mailings from June 2005 through May 2006 were 536 (up from 528 last year). We are current through June 2005 expirations. Additional “Final Notice” mailings were sent in October 2005 and February 2006 to a total of 175 expired members, for a total of 711 notices sent (up from 615). Delinquent members from June 2005 and prior have been removed from the active roster. Several chapters, notably the Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, collect dues from some or all of their members and forward them to us without our having to send individual notices. Several Sponsor Members sent dues directly to Dan Drath along with ad copy for the Ash Breeze. Responses are collected in Mystic by John Symons, and updates sent approximately monthly to John Weiss. New membership cards (again, post cards to US and Canada, first class otherwise) are sent from Seattle after each update. With responses from reminders, plus new membership applications, a total of 557 cards were sent between June 2004 and May 2005 (down from 601). The updated mailing list is also used for The Ash Breeze mailing. We have collected a total of 410 email addresses (up from 319 last year) via renewal cards, but we have not yet instituted a process for email renewal notices. This is on my “to do” list... Reminders sent: 522 Ballots sent: 523 “Final Notice” reminders sent: 175 Membership cards sent: 557 Chapters We currently have 24 active chapters and three inactive chapters (Maury River, Potomac and Upper Chesapeake). In the past year we approved three new chapters: Down East (Maine), Lost Coast (Mendocino, CA) and SE Michigan. The Gulf Coast Heritage and West Michigan chapters have disbanded. There is currently one chapter organizing at the Michigan Maritime Museum in South Haven. Previous efforts to organize chapters in St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Dallas-Fort Worth have been abandoned by the organizers. I have been working for several months with Chapter Reps to get chapter rosters with which we can compare the national roster. We are about one third complete, and have discovered that overall less than half the chapter members also belong to the national TSCA. I have been working individually with the Chapter Reps to help them bring national TSCA members into their chapters, and vice versa. Website and Internet The web site at www.tsca.net remains a very visible means of information exchange and recruiting of new members and chapters. The site is hosted by By-theSea.com, and a current backup copy of the entire site is maintained by John Weiss. Domain registration is paid through March 2009. The hosting fee to By-theSea.com is $107 per year, and is the only current expense. I installed “hit counters” on the National and Puget Sound Chapter home pages on September 14, 2004. The National site has recorded over 19,500 discrete hits in the past 20 months (multiple hits from the same computer in a single day are filtered), and the Puget Sound site has over 4,900. The web site has become the repository of many TSCA archives, including the Constitution and Bylaws, official meeting Minutes, and back copies of The Ash Breeze, an international events calendar, and space for members’ writings and photo essays. The site is updated regularly, as information is received, so send input to Webmaster John Weiss via email to jrweiss@attglobal.net at any time. Five chapters now maintain their own web sites within the tsca.net domain: CROPC, Delaware River, John Gardner, Puget Sound, and Sacramento. SE Michigan is in the planning process. The Floating the Apple, Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum, Lone Star, and South Street Seaport Museum chapters maintain their own web site in other domains. TSCA also hosts five email forums or discussion groups on Yahoo Groups, with total of 325 participants. One is a general, national forum; one each is dedicated to the Delaware River, Puget Sound, and SE Michigan Chapters; and one is dedicated to the national Council and Officers for TSCA business, discussions, and voting. All five forums are currently active. All that is required to participate is a web browser and email address. Information on joining these forums is available on the web site—see the link to “Email discussion forum” on the home page. Any chapter that wants assistance in building a web presence needs only to contact John Weiss. Also, he can set up an email discussion group on request for any chapter, special event, or other sub-group. Gardner Grant Contact David Cockey 6250 Winkler Mill Road Rochester, MI 48306 dcockey@comcast.net 248-651-2744 8 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 Member’s Report The Small Craft Workshop at Mystic Seaport By Mike Wick This weekend workshop at Mystic Seaport has always been a “must’ for our chapter of the TSCA. It doesn’t have the same turnout of our own local autumnal gathering at St. Michael’s, but, having the National annual meeting and being a fine collection of good boats and people, we have always had a fine turnout. This year was no exception. Some perennial favorite people were missing this year. Tom Shephard and John Guidera, Ned Asplundh, and Dan Noble had other obligations and were unable to show up, but the stalwarts gathered at the Seaman’s Inn on Friday night. Round table were Frank and Mary Stauss, Greg DeCowsky, Doug Oeller, Bill Covert, Pete Peters, Ron Gibbs, Mike Wick. After a fine supper most of us turned into our own bunks on the Joseph Conrad for a fine dry night. That was about the last dry there was. Lots of rain and no wind. That was Saturday. Andy Anderson had a new John Michilak rowboat and lots of family to help show it off. Doug Oeller’s Marsh Cat Comfort showed herself off as about my favorite boat. Ron had his canoe, which kept us in mind of the theme of the regatta, double-paddle minimal canoes modeled after Pete Culler’s Butternut. Another theme of the weekend was alternate methods of propulsion. Ken Tweed had brought up Tom Shephard’s trusty railbird skiff. Peter Vermilya wanted to have a workshop on poling. Tom was too busy to come but Pete and Ron did their best to show off the arcane skill that usually depends on more shallow water than is available at Mystic. They did their best but were not quite the experts that Tom is: Tom had planted a shill without telling anyone. Tim Rominik piped up out of the audience and said: “Could I have a try?” What he didn’t know about poling wasn’t worth knowing, and he made that railbird skiff dance. He even explained the fundamental principle of poling; “If the choice between pole and boat become inevitable, choose the boat.” Saturday afternoon, right before the real rain, Peter Vermilya had scheduled a three legged race; First, a Le Mans start to your boat, one leg sailing, one leg rowing, and one leg either or both, upwind. We had lots of members in the running but few ended up in the money, but it was a good innovation. As the rain settled in we held the members’ meeting of the TSCA. I was replaced as Secretary as I rotated off the board, and Bill Covert was promoted to Vice President. Many of the new council members are from the West Coast, and the annual Meeting will take place in San Francisco next June rather than at Mystic. Saturday night was a new catered chicken dinner in the tent by the boathouse. Pete had brought some beer to keep our members in our best singing voice, and the entertainment was a slide presentation by John Tichenor. John had built a Wineglass wherry, outfitted it for canoe camping, and in a series of two week vacations spaced over five years and one heart attack, sailed, rowed, and outboarded his boat from Jersey City to Key West. The gist of his presentation was the important lesson that while super athletes can strive to achieve something that nobody else has ever been able to accomplish, John is an advocate for “Striving to be Second.” He isn’t the kind who lets his job and his family suffer for his ambition, he modifies his achievement so that it can be accomplished by an ordinary stiff. Of such stuff at least my heroes are made. On Sunday mornings in the past I had always been busy with TSCA business, but this time I was able to tour the Museum’s small craft exhibits of the boats that were seldom on display. This is an extraordinary place filled three and four boats deep with the most extraordinary collection of small boats from the last hundred years or so assembled in a cavernous warehouse. The focus of my quest was the 18 foot canoe yawl Half Moon I had read about in Ben Fuller’s book of plans. In truth she is a little large and heavy to be of much use on Union Lake, but a fellow can dream. Just seeing her really made my day. It was a good thing, because it was time for me to load Blue Stocking back on her trailer, meet my wife, Jean, at the train station, and head for home. There was wind and no rain finally on Sunday morning so I got some sailing in around the harbor even though I missed the rowing trip down to Mason’s Island. Mystic isn’t St. Michael’s, but it is a wonderful bean feast: completely non-commercial. I want to put out a plea to all our members to keep up our memberships, and come back to Mystic to support the Seaport people who have been doing so much for the National for so many years. The Delaware Chapter will keep returning. Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: I found your website in Ash Breeze. I am a “senior” enthusiast for traditional type small craft, born 1923 in Sidney, BC, Canada, where my California born physician was medical director of Rest Haven Sanitarium on the present day “Hospital Island” north Sidney. He was Mr. Butchart’s doctor and made “boat calls” around Sanitch to Butchart’s dock and carried his black bag to Mr. Butchart at his home. I have been a hobbyist small boat builder for two thirds of a century and in recent year switched from wood to composite construction, (foam, aircraft glass and kevlar/carbon fiber in epoxy). As an octogenarian I need really light boats and in 1987 built an Adirondack 17' composite hull, 67 pounds, caned seats and mahogany decks and rail, (offsets from John Gardner). In 1988 portaged and rowed around 70 mile Bowron Lakes in four days with wife and granddaughter, beautiful! I now have a “Wooden Boat” from plans but made composite planks instead of plywood and empty hull weighs 60 pounds and I have cartopped it to British Columbia, Florida, and California. Your boats are beauties but probably too heavy for a senior citizen like me. Thanks for the nice website. Vernon M. Parrett, MD The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 9 My New Boat Project isfy the boating fantasies of the Morgans and the Vanderbilts. Coquina has recently been pictured and described in an article by Maynard Bray in WoodenBoat magazine for Nov/Dec By Bill Krase 2005. My replica of her is built using epCoquina is a 17 foot cat-ketch, sailing oxy-glued plywood lapstrake planking, and rowing boat. She was designed in rather than the thin cedar lapstrake of the 1889 by Nathaniel Herreshoff, the great- original. Herreshoff had available the best est yacht designer of all time. It is espe- materials of his day, an in-house foundry, cially interesting to me because it shows highly skilled workman, and the very best that he knew that you can have as much maintenance, as well as inside storage. fun with a small boat as a large one. He (Coquina was lifted out of the water by could, and did, own a series of larger davits in her boathouse.) Without these, it is doubtful that the boat would have survived as long as it did. Of the tens of thousands of lapstrake boats that once were common on the waterfront, only a handful now survive in museums. My replica will not be pampered like Coquina, yet I expect it to last longer, if reasonably maintained and used. She will, as an economy, live outside under a cover on a trailer when not in use, and be easily launched and recovered. She will require painting periodically to protect the epoxy from ultraviolet. The original had 12 strakes per side— twice what I have used in recent boats. My replica will have all those strakes, to Bill studies a detail in Coquina’s construction. duplicate the appearyachts, both sail and power, but Coquina ance. So many strakes probably were used is the one he kept for almost 50 years, until in Coquina to permit use of vertical-grain it was destroyed along with her boat house (rift-sawn) planking, which is desirable to in the New England hurricane of 1938. minimize wood movement and internal Herreshoff’s business was building the stresses, but it limits the size of planing mega-yachts and America’s Cup defend- available. ers of his day, so he was never known to After a total of 224 planking strakes and express my point about small boats being 48 scarf joints, I am happy to be done with fun. He was famously taciturn (some said the planking. I look forward to more varsecretive) and managed to profitably sat- ied finishing. Coquina: Beating the Winter Blues By Al Holston Bill shares another well known boatbuilders’ attitude about small boats, that of John Gardner: “...the way to preserve small craft is not to embalm them for static exhibits or tuck them away in mothballs, but to get their reproductions out on the water, use them, wear them out and replace them anew.” That’s just what Bill has been doing for the past 40 or so years. He took the Whitehall and came up with a modified light pulling boat, of which Melissa is the most recent craft made from his 20-yearold molds. The December issue of WoodenBoat featured just the right boat on its cover to take your mind off the bad weather—Coquina, N.G. Herreshoff’s cat-ketch daysailer. After all, building small boats is an indoor activity, isn’t it? Maynard Bray’s article on Coquina detailed the boat’s fine lines and excellent sailing qualities. This is a small daysailer that you can also row. A set of plans was developed to build the boat with plywood and glued seams, Bill’s favorite building method. He wasted no time is sending off for the plans. After a month of planning, and obtaining the required materials, he made the molds, built and set up the backbone (consisting of the stem, keel and tansom), and was now ready to start planking. By April he was planking the hull up, and his version of Coquina was well underway. “Building the hull is only half of the job,” said Bill when I asked how long until the boat would be done. “After the planking, the hull will need to be sanded, sealed, painted and then turned over to fit out the floors, rails, decks and interior fitted out.” Coquina isn’t just another daysailer, according to Bray, “she is a class by herself.” At just under 17 feet, the boat is larger than most rowing/sailing daysailers which average about 14 feet. The extra length makes her slightly faster and more stable and allows an enclosed compart- 10 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 ment aft under the deck, as Bray pointed out in his article. Stripped down, the boat will weigh in at under 300 pounds, and is easily trailered. Other features include internal removable ballast in the way of sandbags under the floor, and rope steering from anywhere in the boat. There is ease of getting underway and securing with the two smaller sails, rather than one larger main sail and jib. The main and mizzen can be set when tacking to weather and be self-tending, leaving the crew free to steer and enjoy the view as it slips by. With the high set booms, Coquina has good visibility while sailing, and you can view both the sea floor in clear water and the coastline above the water. This makes seeing to leeward very easy—which is important while sailing in restricted areas like our rivers. If you want to check out Bill’s latest boat, Coquina, he is at work most days, from 3 to 5 PM. Give him a call. First Launch from Northbay Boatworks Courtesy Delta & Bay Yachtsman The workers at Northbay Boatworks, Sausalito, CA, graduates of the Arques School of Traditional Boat Building, launched their first wooden boat, the Katie, on Saturday, February 4, 2006. Katie, built by Jody Boyle, is a lovely 7foot pram designed by Bill Gartside of British Columbia and built entirely of local woods with Douglas Fir planking, Oak transom, Acacia keel plank and garboards. This boat was commissioned by fabled Sausalito shipwright Dan Jones as a yacht European Certification Approved for Whitehall It was a cold and bright morning when four volunteer Navy divers and our own in-house diver Robin Johnson entered the waters of Victoria Harbour and tested Whitehall’s complete line of boats in order to comply with European certification requirements. In fact the divers seemed to enjoy themselves as they capsized boats to fill them and then climbed aboard to tender for his self-built sleek and sturdy English Channel cutter, the Apster. Dan, also a classical guitarist, built a guitar from the same Acacia tree used for the Katie keel. News from Pine Lake Chapter By Tom Jarosch and Sandy Bryson The annual Quiet Water Symposium (QWS) was held on the Michigan State University campus on March 4, 2006 as part of Agriculture and Natural Resources Week. Over the last eleven years, it has been a real refuge for those of us who are interested in non-motorized alternatives for on-the-water recreation. Canoe canvassing demonstrations, exhibits of participant-made canoes, paddles and kayaks, along with outfitter and environmental group displays were part of this year’s enable measuring the remaining freeboard when full of freezing water and wet crew. Other tests involved capsizing and righting the boats with the sail rig up, which was surprisingly easy. The tests were conducted under the watchful eyes of Micheal Volmer, an inspector from the International Marine Certification Institute, based in Belgium. All qualifications were met and now our European customers can import Whitehall boats without risk of any legal hassles. Submitted by Whitehall Spirit, Whitehall Reproductions, Canada, Ltd, a TSCA Sponsor member. event. Speakers were also featured on such topics as: Exploring the Wild Coastline of the Upper Great Lakes, Wilderness First Aid and Paddling on Lake Superior. Our Pine Lake Chapter shared a booth with the Michigan Maritime Museum (www.maritimemuseum.org). Visitors stopped to inquire about our local TSCA small craft activities and the museum’s programs, which include a Small Craft Care Club dedicated to the preservation and restoration of its collection. Our chapter has been of assistance in that effort. QWS was a great occasion to spread the word about TSCA activities in mid Michigan. In case you want to start a similar event in your neck of the woods, further information on QWS can be found at www.quietwatersymposium.org. Please note that the name “Quiet Water Symposium” is copyrighted. Tom Jarosh is president of the Pine Lake TSCA chapter in mid Michigan. Sandy Bryson is the secretary/treasurer. They can be reached via Sandy’s email address: sbryson@msu.edu or by calling 517-353-0680. The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 11 How to Build a Couple of Boats— 25 Easy Steps By Jim Swallow and Steve Mason of the S&M Boatworks Materials: 6mm okume marine plywood, 12mm okume plywood, ¾" shop plywood, ¾" fir strips, mahogany or oak strips, ¾" pine strips, ¾" pine/oak/or mahogany planks. West System epoxy, both fast and slow drying, plain and with various of their fillers. Supplies: Several cases of beer. Piles of sandwiches, chips, finger foods. Lots of rags. Various solvents. A few deck screws and maybe a small nail or two. Your favorite wood filler (we used West System epoxy with their fillers). Lots of sandpaper. Tools: Worm drive circular saw, saber saw, hand saws of various types, planes of various types, power plane, hand and power screwdrivers of various types, power disk sander, random orbit sander, sanding blocks of various types, chisels, small hammer, mallet, tape measures, compass, plumb bob, levels of various types, squares, hand and power drills, band saw. Directions: Very important: Forget trying to hurry. Slow down, do a good job, and enjoy the process. Make two of everything. Remember to transfer any modifications made on the first set during the fitting process to the second set. 1. Pre-cut station molds, stem and transom. 2. Get your wood. 3. Line up and construct forms. Use string and level to line everything up. 4. Connect transom, chines, and stem and align on forms. Getting the right transom angle is a bit of a trick, but up to the capabilities of most. 5. Apply the bottom. Use plenty of clamps. 12 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 9. Do a little clean-up using block plane, rabbet plane, chisel, and various scrapers. Stop and admire your work. 6. Measure and cut duplicate first strakes. 10. Measure and cut duplicate third and fourth strakes. Apply to each side. Clean up a bit, apply the keel and laminate on false stem piece, clean up a bit more and admire some more. Your offspring needs lots of admiration from this point on. 11. Remove shell from forms, flip over, check alignments. Slather on a liberal coat or two of penetrating epoxy. (Not everyone agrees that this is necessary.) 7. Apply one to each side. You cannot use too many clamps. Shoot a strategically placed deck screw only where absolutely required, later to remove it when everything dries. 8. Measure and cut duplicate second strakes. Apply to each side. 12. Enjoy your work along the way. The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 13 13. Repeat steps 4–11. It will take you a fraction of the time on this one, as everything has already been proven to fit. By the way, be sure and transfer any revisions from your first set to the second. In the left hand picture, Jim Swallow is on the left and Steve Mason is on the right. 16. Install inside gunnels, breasthook, and seat rails. Again, just simple bending with fastening with all your clamps makes this easy to do. Clean up often and aggressively, as this is where running your hands over your boat can give you similar feelings as when you run your hands over the only other object in creation more beautiful... 14. Install outside gunnels. Just clamp them on with most of those thousand clamps you have. A long, thin, piece of hardwood bends easily over the length of the boat and gives it incredible longitudinal rigidity. Marvel at the relationship between form and function. 17. Clean up more. Sand. Feel... 15. Measure, cut, and install ribs. We did these on a band saw, which made them fit perfectly. 18. Mask the gunnels and do a final scraping and sanding. 14 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 19. Paint on the primer, sand as much of it off as you can, repaint, and repeat until either you are tired of it or are satisfied with the finish and feel. 23. Ready your trailers, oars, rowing gear. Others finally see what you were doing all this time. Frequent displays are advised. 20. Paint topcoat, sand as much of it off as you can, repaint, and repeat until either your are tired of it or are satisfied with the finish. 21. Varnish gunnels, sand until smooth, revarnish, and revarnish until either you are tired of it or are satisfied with the finish. 24. Put them in the water. 22. Install hardware. You are now in a bit of a hurry. That is fine, but be doubly careful. The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 15 Treasurer’s Report 2006 John E. Symons, Treasurer 25. Get in and row! About the Author Jim Swallow moved to the Northern California Coast with his wife and young daughter in 1975. He didn’t start rowing the local rivers and estuaries until 1999. He wonders why he didn’t start doing this earlier. Jim is a physician who, after semi-retiring in 1998, found rowing through building his first rowboat. This was a lapstrake dory-skiff that he planned to get an electric motor for to cruise up and down the local estuaries and picnic with his wife. He put the boat in the water before he got the motor, rowed up the river, and has never been the same since (and never got the motor). His wife paddles her kayak and they meet up-river for the picnic. Subsequently, Jim built the 16' Gloucester light dory, the 18' Firefly designed by Ken Bassett and fitted with a Piantedosi row frame and spruce Piantedosi oars, then most recently, assisted by a friend, completed two copies of the Nahant dory from the Gardener Dory Book. Although Jim can occasionally be seen behind the scenes in the local hospital, kicking around in the cardiopulmonary lab, tweaking someone’s pacemaker settings, or writing an occasional prescription, he is usually found either rowing by himself or with a friend, proudly entertaining his one-year-old grandaughter, or working on his next rowboat. He has taken two of his boats down Labyrinth Canyon on the Green River in Utah, and last year went on a five day cruising and rowing expedition on Prince William Sound in Alaska. Chapters Use Email Forums Three Chapters are presently using email forums for group communication. The Delaware River, Puget Sound and South East Michigan Chapters are using the service provided by Yahoo Groups. To see what these chapters are doing, surf over to: Opening Balance Income Receipts: June–July 2005 $ 1,768.23 August $ 6,219.00 September $ 785.00 October $ 1,638.00 November $ 2,690.00 December–January $ 2,784.89 February–April $ 2,661.38 May 2006 $ 1,095.00 Total Income Expenses Merchandise NORS—Hats $ 600.00 Ash Breeze $ 12,225.53 Grants and Donations: Mystic Seaport Livery $ 800.00 Gardner Grants Moore $ 1,250.00 CWB $ 1,000.00 Pine Lake $ 1,000.00 Independence Seaport Museum $ 1,000.00 Sunshine Coast $ 800.00 EBSCO $ 112.00 Mystic PO Box $ 48.00 Weiss— Postage $ 152.80 Evans—Postage $ 168.00 Shepard—March 2005 Mtg. $ 230.56 Certificate of Deposit $ 10,000.00 Swentzel—Reinbursment $ 500.00 Evans—Ballot Mailing $ 303.63 Gardner Fund receipt. $ 100.00 Maine—Non-Profit Fee $ 45.00 By-The-Sea—Host Fee $ 95.00 Total Expenses Closing Balance Total Assets (+value of $10,000 CD) $ 28,958.65 $ 19,641.50 $ 30,430.52 $ 18,169.63 $ 29,104.63 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TSCA-DelRiver/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tsca-puget/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/se-mich-tsca/ Incidently, the TSCA Council has been using a Yahoo Group forum for conducting its business for several years. For more information, visit: http://groups.yahoo.com and/or contact JohnWeiss at jrweiss@attglobal.net. 16 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 SSS Dragon Rows at Mystic By Marshall Parsons The SSS Dragon, Ship 584 from South Eastern CT Region participated in the 37th Annual John Gardner Small Craft Workshop June 3 and 4, 2006 at Mystic Seaport. We had in attendance ten adults and eight crew. One note on a rainy Saturday through Sunday morning is that this crew does not give up. They rowed in the mist and rain. They rowed against the wind and current. They rowed from the Seaport all the way to Mason Island and back! Perseverance. We met up with two other Sea Scout Ships, who were also attending the Mystic Seaport event. Information on the two youth groups are as follows: 1) New York City - Floating the Apple www.floatingtheapple.org 2) Cape Cod MA - Atlantic Challenge. www.atlanticchallenge.org The Dragon with the other Sea Scouts after a long day Saturday spent the night on the old sailing ship, Joseph Conrad, at Mystic Seaport. We all acquired a deep appreciation of the hand crafted small wooden craft as well as the 38-foot rowing boat ( with a propulsion consisting of ten oars 20 feet long each) provided by the Atlantic Challenge. This was not your parents’ day camp. The Sea Scouts enjoyed an adventure at Mystic Seaport as they learned how to sail on the Mystic River, and stayed overnight on the tall ship Joseph Conrad! We demonstrated the use of a small craft to Sea Port Visitors. We shared the experience of using traditionally based small boats. We saw many peapods, white-halls, sharpie skiffs, wood and canvas canoes, kayaks, performance rowing craft, dories, dinghies, tenders and other boats of traditional design and/or construction with other enthusiasts. We used this opportunity to get on the water in sailboats, as well as rowing and paddling craft. The Dragon crew gained experience in small boat skills and their sea legs! Besides, it was just fun! Picture by John P. Stratton, jpstratton@snet.net, of The Connecticut River Oar and Paddle Club. SSS Dragon Crew Members : Amanda Ballassi, Waterford, CT, Waterford High School Rosalina Iott, Groton, CT, Fitche High School Samantha Trahan, Groton, CT, Fitche High School Rouke Kennedy, Oakdale CT, Montville High School AJ Wojtcuk, Norwich, CT, Norwich Free Academy Marco Buccy, Wethersfield, CT Steph Buccy, Wethersfield, CT Travis Fitzgerald, North Stongington, CT, Ledyard High School For more information about Sea Scout activites, contact: Marshall Parsons CDR USNR BSA, Sea Scout Ship Dragon Skipper twinpars@earthlink.net SSS Dragon scouts rowing at the Small Craft Weekend at Mystic Seaport. Springback By Dan Drath Making glue laminated curved deck beams is a common boatbuilding task. The deck beam on many designs is a section of a circle, and may be represented in the picture below. The beam is of width d, x is the deflection. The radius of the beam is the distance r. Distances d and x are often measured on the plans. The radius of the bend r, may be computed from the formula: r = [(d/2)^2+x^2]/2x (1)* If one builds a jig cut to this radius and glue laminates a number of battens over the jig, one discovers as he takes the clamps off that the frame “springs back” to a slightly larger radius. Sometimes that okay. Sometimes it is not. Fortunately, the amount of spring back can be calculated approximately from the equation**: sb=x/n^2 (2) Where: sb is the amount of springback, n is the number of laminations in the beam, and x is the mid point deflection. Any consistent set of units may be used. A fairly exact method of bending is accomplished as follows. First compute the spring back expected from equation (2). Then use equation (1) adding the springback to the x dimension. The equation for the radius then becomes: r = [(d/2)^2+(x+sb)^2]/2(x+sb) (3) Bend the deck beam to the radius of equation (3). It will spring back to just the right shape. * x^2 read “x squared” ** Gougeon Bros Epoxyworks, Number 13, Spring 1999, page 17 The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 17 What’s a “Raid?” Among other things, a commentary on Gary Powell’s recent article “Shipyard RAID 2005” in The Ash Breeze, Vol 27, No 2 By Frank Durham Gary Powell’s article lit my personal fuse, because I had been in the very track of part of the “raid” he describes, in the USS Charles Berry (DE 1035). Just to summarize my experience then (this was, I regret to say, in 1961): the scenery was wonderful, the weather between benign and wonderful, and the currents very impressive—to the point of scary, even in a ship with 6,000 shaft horsepower theoretically available. (The Charles Berry was at that time one of the newest ships in the Navy, and had been designed on the time-honored British principle of “preparing for the last war but one.” In WWII it would have been a star, having long endurance, sea-worthiness, and the ability to turn at speed inside the turning circle of a U-boat. It was however completed in 1959, and exercises with early nuclear boats (e.g., Sargo) suggested that it would not do so well against them as it might have against WWII Uboats.) One way to find out is to look it up in a dictionary. The word “raid” occurs both in English and in French, with essentially the same meaning in both languages (but see below for a contrary opinion). The OED defines “raid” as “A military expedition on horseback; a hostile and predatory incursion, properly of mounted men; a foray, inroad.” The Larousse Dictionnaire du Français Contemporain has “n.m 1 Incursion rapide en territoire ennemi, exécutée par une troupe ou un groupe peu nombreux, par des blindés, des parachutistes, etc . . .” From the references available to the author, “raid” started as an English word, and slid over into France at some point before 1966 AD. The relevance of “on horseback” in the context of TSCA’s kind of boating is not immediately obvious, and I propose that we be deliberately improper and ignore it—in spite of my gunning dory’s wonderful stability, I’m not willing to have an ungulate as part of the crew, nor to clean up after it. Let’s be a little more modern, and accept that the meaning of “raid” has been expanded somewhat, to include activities on the floor of the NY stock exchange, abrupt visits by the police, and even exploring the freezers of congresscritters. I’ve been running into the term “raid” for some years now, often in the UK publication Water Craft (on the web: www.watercraft.co.uk/), and even in The Ash Breeze. I hadn’t a clue where it comes from or just what it means. I could either whine or try to help provide a definition. Perhaps an example would help. Here Mr. Powell’s report on the Shipyard RAID 2005 shines, even if it didn’t include a specific definition of the term “raid” as used in the context of adventuring in proper boats. It was not only enthralling in and of itself, but it had what I think are all the elements needed. These include: Duration—seven days Distance—100 miles Overnight stays in less than luxury Discomfort (included in above) Adventure (which includes some anxiety) I don’t think it’s crucial to involve more than one country—I don’t know that I would have had the temerity to go through Customs as part of the Shipyard RAID, but these guys were clearly made of sterner stuff. On the other hand, I wouldn’t have had the experience that Mr. Powell relates in re the drain plug—when the gunning dory was on the stocks, the question of fitting a drain plug came up, and I (having seen far more experienced rowers than I embarrassed by the absence of a removable drain plug) decided that the only way I could be sure of not forgetting to put in such a thing was not to have one at all. This makes it harder to clean up the boat, of course, but even a well-meaning helper can’t launch it without the plug. Gary, don’t take that as any criticism—it’s actually a confession, that I don’t think I’d remember to put in the drain plug, even if I had a check list. In fact, my admiration of anyone who would single-hand that course is unbounded. Yet another way is by reference to Authority. Water Craft might be said to be the British equivalent of WoodenBoat, but the match is not exact. It spends no time or ink on hugely expensive stinkpots, and while clearly sympathetic to wooden boats it is not so fixated on them that it cannot review a proper boat (e.g. a Beetle whaleboat) if it chanced to be made of GRP. I pick this example because the lead article in issue no. 51 (May/June 2005, p. 33 et seq) was about such a boat—whose hull had been made by Edie & Duff of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, and shipped over to the “olde country” for finishing. I get the feeling that this boat (Molly) may have been commissioned with ‘raids’ in mind. The good news is that a Bedford whaleboat is ferocious in this context, especially if it has a crew 6 or 7; the bad, that it needs a crew of 6 or 7. Anyway, I have been lucky enough to have a subscription to Water Craft, through the very great kindness of my friend J. R. M. (“Mike”) Hinsley, CDR RN (ret), Commodore of the OFRC. Thus it was that Water Craft came to my rescue in No. 56, March/April 2006: on page 40, there was an article with two head lines, the first in 84 pt type reading “A Raid?” and the second in 42 pt type reading “What’s a Raid?.” The very questions that had come to my feeble mind, in the same order. “And how did they all come about? We invited the man who started them all, Charles-Henri le Moing of Albacore, to tell his story.” An end note explains a little about ‘Albacore’ (I had thought it was the name of a submarine): “Albacore/Dacmar events, a French non profit-making organisation dedicated to developing fresh ways of sailing for new generations of sailors and promotion of countries through well-organised sailing events which provide a taste for adventure…” M. le Moing is quoted as saying that he and a colleague, Gérard d’Aboville, were kicking things around after work in Paris 18 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 (circa December 1987). Having come up with a concept, they needed a name to hang on it, and some one (the credit/blame was not more specific) came up with “le raid Mer de Chine” (China Sea Raid). It was announced at the 1988 Paris Boat Show, caught on, and the template was used again in subsequent catamaran events. In 1997 (14 September) they put on a “Raid Fluvial do Douro” in northern Portugal, which became the first appearance of traditional small craft in such events. “So raids began…Perhaps the name is strange for a sailing race—though it’s more acceptable in the French language where it implies less aggression than in English—but the word caught the imagination of sailors.” Now it appears that (at least in the UK and France) there are variants on traditional small craft being built specifically to play in “raids.” The variations take the form of lighter weight, better windward ability, and simpler gear. I never met Pete Culler, but his name came to mind, immediately after John Gardner’s, when I saw this list. Finally, a definition So we add to the definition of “raid”: A rowing or sailing event, usually involving a race, which requires more than one day to complete and which extends physically over more than 20 nautical miles. I can’t help wondering. . . One of the problems that has arisen lately in rowing races has been a form of terrorism practiced by insurance companies when an insured (whether directly or no) organizes a rowing race. Is it possible that calling it a “raid” alters the equation? Might it take them a generation to catch on? About the Author Frank Durham, d.o.b. 20 December 1935 (a dumb time to get born, as it begs to be combined with Christmas and thus cuts down on total presents). Sailed in Snipes in high school days, went to Yale on an NROTC scholarship and was involved in the Yale Corinthian Yacht Club (at the time, four MIT dinghies), was commissioned into the Navy in 1958, serving in Escort Vessels. After being released from active duty, went into software and other unspeakable acts (including 23 years as a Special Officer, Hollis Police); joined TSCA in late 1980s; served as Treasurer for about 10 years, and one term as President. Personal fleet: gunning dory (right out of The Dory Book (see The Ash Breeze vol. 13 no.4), recreational shell, touring kayak. Dreams: John DeLapp’s “Natoma Skiff,” a replica of Bushnell’s “Turtle” (needs some work on fire control issues), and maybe a “Missile Dory.” Zygowski of Caledonia, Ontario, Canada and Michael Norgang of Damariscotta, Maine. The Whitehall was built by apprentices Phineas Ramsey of Sacramento, California; Martin Feracci of Gif Sur Yvette, France; and David Parham of the Woodlands, Texas. The completion of both small boats was met with cheers from a large crowd of family, friends, Atlantic Challenge volunteers, staff, and trustees. The community also celebrated the progress of a “Shop-built 18” Joseph Liener Catboat which is scheduled for a late August launch, and the restoration of a Friendship Sloop. Also on hand was a Dark Harbor 17 which was restored at the Apprenticeshop during the winter of 2005 Submitted by Trisha Badger and will be launched later this summer. The Apprenticeshop, one of the oldest The 2006 spring building season came to a close as two small boats built at The and finest traditional wooden boat buildApprenticeshop of Rockland were ing schools in the country, has been teachlaunched on Saturday, June 17—a 13 ½' ing boatbuilding, seamanship, and Vinalhaven Hawkins Peapod Replica and traditional skills to people of all ages since a 16' John Gardner Sailing Whitehall. The 1971. The Apprenticeshop has moved Peapod was built by apprentices Lisa from various locations within Maine, beginning in Bath and settling in Rockland in 1991. Thousands of apprentices, interns, volunteers, and visitors have passed through the ‘Shop doors since 1971, and hundreds of examples of the builders’ excellent craftsmanship have left the shop floor for new lives on the water. For further information about the Apprenticeshop The builders preparing to row the Peapod after launch or other programs of Atlantic Challenge, call 207594-1800 or visit atlanticchallenge.com. Apprenticeshop Launches New Chapter Organizing Builders Phineas Ramsey (stern), David Parham, and Martin Feracci (bow) take the Whitehall out for her shakedown cruise. Eastern Shore Chapter Contact: Mike Moore 5220 Wilson Road Cambridge, MD 21613 estsca@mail.com The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 19 Floating the Apple Chapter of TSCA is responsible for the building of 22 Whitehall gigs of the McEvoy design since 1993. Most of these gigs were built by groups of teenagers all dedicated to community boating. Gigs can be found rowing in the Haverstraw Bay, North River, Bronx River, Harlem River, East River, Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. Floating the Apple is dedicated to Restoring Access onto Urban Waterways. Ed. Floating the Apple News By Robert Skibar As a Naval Science Instructor for the Navy Junior ROTC Unit at the High School of Graphic Arts in mid-town New York City, I found myself in a position to offer my students the unique opportunity to spend time on the water. This opportunity came through my affiliation with a community youth rowing program called Floating the Apple. With the community boat house located only a few blocks from the school, interest and involvement in the program was high. At least twice a week a steady stream of high school students would walk to the pier and spend a few hours in the Whitehall gigs that they built. Unfortunately, three years ago the pier was closed and the boat house facilities moved to lower Manhattan. Instead of being in walking distance, the boat house now required a subway ride as well as several block walk. The result has been a significant drop-off in the number of students taking advantage of the opportunity to get on the river and row. I don’t believe ROTC Regatta, October 2001 up to Palisades from the that it is simply a case of Pier 84 Community Boathouse. inconvenience that keeps the students from rowing th but rather a loss of ownership. When the boathouse was nearby, they saw it as theirs. They were the hosts, now they are guests. For adolescents the distinction between the two positions can be quite dramatic. I look forward to the restoration of a Ghost, goblins, and ghouls will invade boathouse in our neighborhood. I have the Long Island Maritime Museum in little doubt that once my students find a West Sayville for the annual Halloween place that they can actually feel a part of, Boat Burning October 27, 2006. Clearly numbers and degree of participation will one of the most unique and eagerly anonce again increase. Having young people ticipated autumn events on the South experience the joys of boating is a win- Shore. Last year’s event saw over 3,000 ning proposition for all. people visit the museum grounds. For more information contact: Each year, an old wooden vessel whose Floating the Apple “time has come” is burned on the 400 West 43rd Street, No 32R museum’s south lawn. The West Sayville New York, NY 10036 Fire Department has the honor of light212-564-5412 ing the torch and supervising. Chowder, fish n’chips and soft drinks will be available. The local sea chantey group Strike the Bell will perform at 6:30PM. This year’s raffle boat is a 14 foot Long Island Maritime Museum designed rowing and sailing skiff built by boatshop volunteers. For more information surf over to www.limaritime.org. 17 Annual Halloween Boat Burning Pete Culler Plans This photo taken nearly a decade ago is of Floating the Apples’s first gig, John Gardner, being rowed by a Wehawken, NJ crew. Wehawken, directly across the Hudson River from W44th Street, Manhattan, now has the promise of their mayor, Richard Turner, to build a community boathouse for rowing gigs. Plans for Culler’s boats are available through Mystic Seaport. Contact Maria Bernier at the Ship’s Plans Department, email: maria.bernier@ mysticseaport.org 20 _________________________________________________________ The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006 Small Craft Events Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival St. Michaels, MD October 6–8: Held on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The MASCF is frequently called the best small boat festival in North America. There will be over two hundred small craft, workshops, races, music and lots of general messing about. Camping on-site and child care are available for participants (registration required). Saturday, October 7, is the day for those who just want to visit the festival. For more information contact John Ford or Kerry Wargo Clough at the museum, www.cbmm.org. Victoria Classic Boat Festival Victoria, BC Canada Friday, September 1: The Festival Begins Saturday, September 2, 2 PM: Steam Boat Parade, Inner Harbour Sunday, September 3, 10:30 AM: All vessels leave the Inner Harbour to take the Salute from the Honorary Commodore aboard the Salute Vessel. Sunday, 1–4 PM: Annual Schooner Cup and Classic Open Sail Races. There is great viewing for both the Sunday sailpast and the Sunday afternoon races along the walkway from the Inner Harbour to the breakwater. 30th Annual Wooden Boat Festival Port Townsend, WA September 8–10: Sponsored jointly by the Wooden Boat Foundation and the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Puget Sound Chapter September 23: Curry & Oars, Lake Forest Park Civic Club—John Weiss, 206-368-7354. Lake Washington will be several feet lower than in summer, so handlaunched boats are preferred. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Small Craft Department Classes WoodenBoat Magazine Classes at SFMNHP Boatbuilding with Greg Rössel October 23–28: Introduction to Boatbuilding with Bill Thomas To register contact: Rich Hilsinger at 207-359-4651 or: WoodenBoat School PO Box 78, Naskeag Road Brooklin, ME 04616 Delaware River Chapter August: Inboard Motor, Phil Maynard August: Marion Day September: Racing Rules for Sailboats Check the Mainsheet our monthly newsletter available at www.tsca.net 2007 Annual Meeting and Messabout—June 9–10 and Sacramento River Delta Gunkhole—June 11–15, 2007, San Francisco, CA The 2007 annual TSCA meeting is going to be in San Francisco. No registration needed. Daytime meeting, opportunities to play in boats on the Bay. Specific activities to be hosted by the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. The annual meeting is scheduled to connect with the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park’s annual five day gunkholing trip starting immediately afterward. The gunkhole trip is a trip for small craft, accompanied by the scow schooner Alma. You camp on your own little boat or on the deck of the Alma, or sometimes on the shore. Breakfast and dinner are on the Alma. There is a trip fee. The first day you can register is August 1, 2006. For more information contact Bill Doll, email: bill_doll@nps.gov, or call him at 415-859-6779, or surf over to www.nps.gov/safr/local/Alma.html to see more about the Alma. JGTSCA Chapter November 26: Mystic River Boat Parade Sacramento Chapter September 9–10: Marshall Beach Campout and Annual Meeting, Don Rich September 30: Collinsville Cruise and Campout/Mini-Gunk, Bill Doll and Amy Hosa October 14: Tomales Bay Row-HikeSail-Eat (Camp?), Pete Evans and Don Rich For more information: dlagios@smace.org www.tsca.net/Sacramento Australian Wooden Boat Festival February 9–12, 2007 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia This biennial four day event is expected to attract over 400 wooden boat entrants and 50,000 visitors. For up-to-the-minute Chapter schedules, visit TSCA on the web at www.tsca.net The Ash Breeze – Fall 2006__________________________________________________________ 21 S P O N S O R drathmarine http://drathmarine.com 1557 Cattle Point Road Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Mole got it right... 22 • Double ended lapstrake • Marine ply potted in Epoxy • Rowboats – 15' & fast 17' • Electric Launches – 15' & 18' A. Eatock, RR #2, 211 Bonnell Rd. Bracebridge, ONT. 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