While one man cranks the spinner, the one holding the "top" walks backwards as the rope is twisted. From Edwin Tunis, The Young United States, 1783 to 1830 (New Wishing you and your family a very happy York: World Publishing Co., 1969), 82. Used by permission of the estate of Edwin Tunis Thanksgiving.
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Table of Contents November Meeting ...... 1 a small turnout for our November meeting. After a short Business ...... 1 business session, we switched to making sails, using Notice ...... 1 both Model Expo sail cloth and silkspan. Good 2020 Presentation Planning ...... 1 discussion. That was followed by Mike Dowler Membership Dues...... 2 sharing his photos from the NRG Conference in New Presentation...... 2 Bedford R.I. With both subjects on the agenda, our Sails ...... 2 normal 2 to 2.5-hour monthly meeting was pushing 2020 NRG Conference ...... 4 towards 4 hours. Ships on Deck: ...... 5 America ...... 5 Business
Queen Anne Barge ...... 5 Notice U.S.S. Michigan ...... 5 The December meeting has been moved to Armed Virginia Sloop, 1768 ...... 5 the second Saturday, the 14th, of December. Jeff Odds and Ends ...... 6 Northup will present and lead the discussion on Speed Calculation ...... 6 “Casing Your Models”. Mark your calendars now. Nautical Terms ...... 6 2020 Presentation Planning Nautical Research Guild ...... 7 From the individual selection of 76 past Midwestern Model Ships & Boat Contest ...... 7 presentation topics we reduced the list to 27. Those Other Notes: “Stuff” - Tugs & Things ...... 7 attending the October meeting went through that list Esso Bay State ...... 7 and reduced it to 16. I in turn, combined some of the Charles W. Parker ...... 7 topics that were similar to get a list of 12. That list is: Wooden Steamers ...... 7 - Research – Internet: historical information 1843 ...... 7 - Scratching building w/ plans, but no instructions 1844 ...... 11 & Creating a framing plan “POF” Presentation Selection: ...... 16 - Lofting & reading plans - Raw materials and parts – sources Events & Dates to Note: ...... 16 - Bending wood - Road Trip - Fairing a hull & coopering a hull - Rope Walks - Rigging blocks/tackles & Strouping deadeyes - Wood finishing & painting/striping ROPEWALK, Newsletter of “The Shipwrights of Central Ohio
- Small boat making problem with sail material and scale. David Steele in - Soldering “Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging” After the November meeting many of the topics have devotes 60+ pages to sails for the Royal Navy and presenters/discussion leaders. We have four still merchant ships. He mentions that the main course open that need someone to lead the discussion. was a #1 canvas, top course a #6 canvas and the - Bending wood small boat jib a #8 canvas with the lower number = to - Rigging blocks/tackles & Strouping deadeyes the heavier canvas. Nowhere did I find that he - Wood finishing & painting/striping mentions the thickness of canvas in the 17th and 18th - Small boat making C. So, the unanswered question is how thick was sail Review the list and volunteer to lead a topic(s). canvas? I have a canvas awning and measured the Hopefully, we will complete the 2020 schedule with thickness. It is .031” or 1/32”. I am still confused. presenters and/or discussion leader assigned by our We continued with the names of sail parts, December meeting. There are copies of past boltropes. cringles, reef points and ended with some presentation that you can adapt. photos of models with sails.
Membership Dues. It is that time of year again - membership dues for 2020 are due by March 2020. Our club constitution states: “The annual dues for Regular members shall be $20.00, payable by January. Annual dues for Associate members . shall be $10.00 payable by January.” “Associate membership is designated for those members who cannot regularly attend meetings due to distance or other reasons. Associate members shall not have the right to vote or hold office. An associate member can attend all club activities when they are available and will receive our All of the above are made from Model Expo’s monthly newsletter.” sail cloth (MS0567). The steps I used were: We will continue to send out the newsletter • Stabilizing through March 2020. If the 2020 dues are not paid by Wash in hot water then you will be dropped from the active members Hang to dry list. Iron it flat with a steam iron Make your checks out to “Shipwrights of Store flat or roll up loosely Central Ohio” and bring to the December meeting or Spray with a sizing “fabric finishing spray” send to: Iron it flat with a steam iron – again. Lee Kimmins • Layout 1 Shipwrights of Central Ohio - Copy and cut out the sail shapes required 5298 Timberlake Circle - Layout your ironed fabric and align the Orient, OH 43146-9249 weave so that it is perpendicular to your
Presentation work surface and allows you to get the most sails from your fabric Sails - Fasten the fabric to your work board This presentation was focused on making - Determine the width of your panels sails for ship models, but first we had to cover - Mark the location of the panels at the top & different types of material for making sails and the bottom November 18, 2019 2
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- Position your sail shapes so that the Silkspan Source: weave aligns with the sail Brodak, Carmichaels, PA - Draw or take a picture of your temporary www.brodak.com lay-out. Med & Lite $5.99 2 sheets 24” x 36”
• Panel Seams Silkspan is also available from: - Sew or draw your panel seams BlueJacket Ship Crafters, Searsport, ME - I use thin Micron Pens (.05 mm) brown & www.bluejacketinc.com black – double line Silkspan fine, $2.75/sheet 15” x 35” - Draw the panel lines with the pens The following are the steps I used to make - Reverse the fabric & transfer the lines the three sails for this sloop: Silkspan has a grain. It black & brown over the lines on the other will tear easier one way then the other. At a corner, side. make a small tear to determine which way it tears • Layout 2 easiest. Mark the direction. Your sail will consist of - Return to your drawings/pictures of your three panels. The middle one has to have a grain sail layout and place them on your fabric pattern 90 degrees from the two outside panels. The - Draw the outline of the sails and where the pattern demonstrated is for a topsail on a sloop. reef point will be located Step one: - Add an extension to the sides of the sail – Cut out the pattern for your sail from plans for a hem. – Outline the pattern on heavy card board - Cut out your sails and fold the hem over – – Transfer the outline to the silkspan square to the back of the sail, gaff/jib/staysail to the port side. • Edge Seams - 2 choices ▪ Glue the edge seam over and then glue your bolt rope on the edge seam. Step two: ▪ Or glue the bolt rope to sail then - Cut out three patterns cover with the excess edge hem. - Bottom (Outside) pattern should also - Sew the edge seam have additional material on the outer Silkspan sails. edges
Step Three: - Middle layer should contain: Panel demarcation lines in pencil At the last two NRG conferences, BlueJacket Reef lines demo’d making sails using silkspan. Early this year, I Corner support lines re-rigged my model of the Victorine, a Hudson River sloop built from a kit by Marine Model in 1967. The model never had sails and only lately was put in a case, so during the process of rerigging I decided to add sails using silkspan. I sourced by silkspan from: November 18, 2019 3
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Step Four Left to right: Model plan pattern for sail; Cardboard - Prepare for Gluing: Mix a pattern; Glued up sail; Finished product. - 50-50 mixture Elmer’s white with water Start to finish – 45 minutes – including setup. - Add a little mildewcide - Wax paper 2020 NRG Conference Our second presentation was by Mike Dowler on the 2020 NRG Conference at New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, MA. Mike took advantage of the opportunity to not only take the tours offered but to extend his stay and visit Mystic Step Five Seaport. Some of his photos from that trip: - Lay out and tape down the wax paper on a Models from the Naval War College. hard, smooth surface. - Place the bottom sail panel on the wax paper - Glue up - Coat bottom panel within the lines - Lay on middle panel – work out any bubbles - Repeat with the upper panel Models and boats from the Herreshoff Museum. Step Six - Add boltrope, reef bands & supports Add boltrope – do leech edge last – join ends of boltrope in leech side Fold over edge as you work your way around. I use a tack at the clew, peak and throat corners to make the loop for rigging
Glue on support panels – both sides The Friday technical sessions included: Glue on reef band “Planking a Hull” by Toni Levine Add reef lines “Ships Pumps” by Bill Maxwell Let dry “Harbour Hoy Hayling” by David Antscherl Four Roundtable discussions: “Ratlines”, “Realistic Sails”, “Planking”, and “Mast and spars”.
Saturdays speakers were: “Herreshoff Digitizing project” by Evelyn Ansel “Development of the Whaleboat” by Walter Ansel “Lord sandwich/Endeavour” by Dr. Abbass “Ship Index” by Doug Tolbert
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The “Ship Index” is about a vessel research web site. Bob, explaining the problem with the dyed green, Search on www.shipindex.org. Enter a ships name wooden cooper strips on the hull and exploring what and the site will tell you which maritime resources color they should really be. such as newspaper articles, books, journals, mags, Queen Anne Barge websites, and online databases include references to Mike Dowler your search. Currently you need to be a member/subscriber of the site but the NRG is attempting to get some limited access for its members for no charge. On Sunday, Mike drove over to Mystic CT to visit the seaport and the whaler Charles W. Morgen.
Mike Dowler, on right) explaining to Brad Smith his progress in building the Queen Anne Barge.
U.S.S. Michigan Stan Ross
Stan and Jodi had driven up the Erie, PA to view the model of the iron hulled USS Michigan located at the Erie Maritime Museum. The photo below is his build of a waterline model of the vessel. For more information about the history of this ship see the writeup below 1844 in the Wooden Steamer section
of this newsletter Ships on Deck:
America Bob Mains
Armed Virginia Sloop, 1768 Bill Nyberg
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As L/l is the same as the scale expressed as a ratio, i.e. ¼ inch = 1 foot is 1/48, then the ratio 48, or whatever is appropriate for the model, can be substituted for L/l in the formula.
Alan wrote back today with the following: “I played
around with some algebra on the two formulas I have Slow progress. Still beveling and fitting frames. for model speed. It turns out both yield exactly the
same result. The trick is that the formula you found Odds and Ends defines scale “ratio” as the Length of the full size hull
Speed Calculation divided by the length of the scale boat hull in compatible units. The formula I found defines scale Alan Phelps wrote; “I have a question in “factor” which is just the inverse of the scale reference to the size of the motor required to push a ratio. Once you get past that, and the associated 42” boat through the water at scale speed equivalent square roots, the results are the same. to 60 MPH on the full-size boat. Motor prices go up In my formula the scale “factor” for a 1/12 scale is exponentially in these sizes. 1/12 or 0.0833. In the other formula the scale “ratio” Alan, had been searching for the formula that is the actual length/model length or 12 in this case. relates scale speed to full size speed in boats. The Anyway, that’s been nagging me and now I can rest only resource he could find is in the UK and they say easy!” the scale speed is equal to the square root of the Any one reading this with another answer scale (as a decimal) times the full-size speed. For and can provide the logic behind it? example, his boat is 1:12 which is .0833. He wants Nautical Terms to know what the speed of his model should be to Packet trade: Any regularly scheduled cargo, passenger approximate a full-size speed of 60 MPH. For this and mail trade conducted by ship. case, the sq. rt of .0833 is .2886, times the 60 MPH Painter: A rope attached to the bow of a boat, used to yields a scale speed of 17.3 MPH which seems make the boat fast to a dock or a larger vessel, including reasonable. when towed astern.[43] I did some research and then remembered Paravane: 1. Paravane (weapon) – A device stabilized by that I had two books on R/C ship modeling. Tom vanes that functions as an underwater glider and which is Gorman wrote “Scale Model Ship Propulsion”. Lots of streamed from (usually) the bow of a vessel and is towed good information, but could not find an answer. alongside the vessel so that the cable attaching it to the vessel cuts the moorings of submerged mines. Turned to John Bowen’s “A Ship Modelmakers 2. Paravane (water kite) – A towed underwater object with Manual”. There I found the following: hydrofoils, of use in commercial and sport fishing, water Speed, scale – If the service speed of the prototype sports, marine exploration, marine industry, and military ship is known, and its length, then the appropriate operations, sometimes equipped with sensors and also of speed for a scale model of that ship can be use in exerting a sideward holding force on a vessel. Also calculated by means of the following formula: called a water kite. Parbuckle: A method of lifting a roughly cylindrical object V [the speed of the prototype] divided by v such as a spar. One end of a rope is made fast above the [the speed of the model] equals the square object, a loop of rope is lowered and passed around the root of (L [The length of the prototype] object, which can be raised by hauling on the free end of divided by l [the corresponding length of the rope. model]). Both lengths have to be in the same Parrels: A movable loop or collar, used to fasten a yard or units as do both speeds. gaff to its respective mast. Parrels still allows the spar to be raised or lowered and swivel around the mast. Can be
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made of wire or rope and fitted with beads to reduce . Built in 1970 by Halter Marine, New Orleans. friction. Halter, one of the largest builders of tugs in the U.S. in Passageway: Hallway of a ship. 1970, offered a number of standard tug designs, which Pawls: Small bars that stopped the barrel of a winch or could be built or modified. The Esso Bay State, is a capstan moving backward under increased load or if the modified 100-foot design with a raised head and flying turning power reduces. In early capstans, the pawls had to be manually moved in and out of the notches in which they pilothouse. She was built with twin engines and worked. Later capstans had automatic pawls that dropped screws, rated at 2900 horsepower. She was designed into notches as the barrel turned. In breaking out an anchor to work with the Esso #5 oil barge, which had a 60,000- a crew would "heave and pawl" if the bow was rising and barrel capacity. She could push in the barge’s notch or falling with the waves, so giving a varying load on the tow the barge astern. When built, the tug and barge cable.[1]:260-261, 276 together cost $3 million, The Esso Bay works from Payoff: To let a vessel's head fall off from the wind (to New York to Maine and was based in Boston, Mass. [2] leeward.) (Original Source: "On the Hawser" by Steven Lang and Peter H. Spectre, 1980) Peak: 1. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; used in many combinations, such as peak-halyards, peak- Charles W. Parker brails, etc. 2. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. 3. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. Peaks: The uppermost brails on the mainsail. Upper and lower peaks are normal, but a barge may carry a third set too. Pendant: 1. A length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end. 2. A length of wire or rope hooked to a tackle on leeboards. 3. An alternate spelling of Pennant. Pennant: A long, thin triangular flag flown from the The photo is of the steam tug Charles W. masthead of a military ship (as opposed to a burgee, the Parker Jr., in her home port of Boston not long after flags thus flown on yachts). her launching and outfitting in Maine. Built in 1909 at Glossary of Nautical Terms Wikipedia; Bath, ME, for the New England Coal Coke Co., she
was 125.2’ x 26.8’ x 15.5’ and generate 700 Nautical Research Guild horsepower.
Midwestern Model Ships & Boat Contest Few engine powered ships were built in Maine. Ships were built closer to where engines and th The 44 Annual Midwestern Model Ships & other machinery were built. In the early 1900’s Boat Contest and Display will be held May 15-17, 2020 transportation economics did not support the at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI. shipment of large engines long distances. At the turn Mark your calendars. of the century, the centers of East Coast tug building were the industrial centers of New York, Philadelphia, Other Notes: “Stuff” - Tugs & Things Baltimore, and Newport News. (Original Source: "On the Hawser" by Steven Lang and Peter H. Spectre, 1980
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1843 Emigrant: George Washington Jones of Cleveland, Ohio built a wooden passenger, packet freight propeller early in 1843 for Sheldon Pease, William F. Allen, and Abner Stone of Cleveland, OH. Her measures were: 117.83’ x 25.5’ x 9.1’ with a tonnage (Old Style) of 249 94/95. Her engine was 2-clyinders: 16”, 16” bore x 28” stroke, 70 horsepower, built by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co. her cost was $15,000 November 18, 2019 7
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and she was rigged as a hermaphrodite brig. First August 1852, the sidewheel steamer Meteor enrollment was issued at Cleveland Ohio, May 17, and the propeller Adventure collided in Kingston Bay. 1843. Master of the vessel in 1843 was Captain Damage was slight for either vessel. In 1855 the Abner Stone. Adventure was rebuilt as a barge. She worked under For the 1844 season her master was Captain tow on the Rideau Canal. In 1862 the barge Munson. In September of that year, the propeller Adventure was scraped at Dog Lake off the Rideau Emigrant, laden with wheat for Buffalo, broke her Canal. Her final enrollment was surrendered wheel (propeller) in the St. Clair River. She was February 15, 1866 and endorsed “broken up”. repaired at Detroit, MI. On October 18, 1844, while bound down from Chicago for Buffalo, laden with 9,000 bushels of wheat, went aground during a gale on Lake Huron near Goderich, Ont. Her cargo was half destroyed by water and her hull and machinery was damaged. Loss was set at $5,000. During the winter 1844-45 layup, the propeller Emigrant had her machinery removed and was converted to a brig. In May 1845, the brig was dismasted at Point au Sable, MI. In October of that year, laden with iron ore, she went ashore during a storm near Avon Point, OH, Lake Erie. The brig was Hercules; J. W. Banta, master carpenter for Bidwell declared a total loss. & Carrick, Buffalo, NY, built a wooden propeller with
Adventure: During the winter of 1842-43, Niagara measures: 136.3 x 24.8 x 8.1 at 256 39/95 tonnage Harbour & Dock Co., Niagara, Ontario, built a (Old Style). Enrolled at Buffalo, NY, May 19, 1843, wooden hulled, propeller for James A. Glassford et listing her owner as Robert Hollister of Buffalo, NY. al, Montreal, P.Q. She had a steam engine of 25 HP Her engine was a high pressure, Ericsson patient, and an Ericsson Wheel. Her measures were; 90.1’x built at the Auburn prison, NY. The engine had two 17.4’ x 6.2’, with tonnage (Old Style) of 111.9. Her cylinders of 14”, 14” bore x 28” stroke of 45-50 first enrollment was issued May 1843 and she was horsepower. She was built for the passenger, packet listed for the packet freight trade. She was an early freight trade on the Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL run, screw steamer (called a “steam schooner”) with her and her master, for 1843, was Captain George W. master for 1843 season as Captain William Taylor. Floyd. In September 1843, the Adventure arrived at The propeller had her Loper propeller Quebec, P.Q. from Toronto, Ont., becoming the first replaced in July 1844 with an Ericsson propeller to vessel making this trip and thereby opening reduce the jarring. Her master in 1846 was Captain navigation from the ocean to Chicago, IL via the Saint F. Wheeler. Lawrence River. Ownership of the Hercules was transferred to John Hollister, Buffalo, NY, William Hollister, and Ownership of the propeller Adventure was Robert Hollister July 02, 1847 and her master was changed to the Toronto & St. Lawrence Steam Captain Amos H. Gardener. Navigation Co. in 1844. Her master for the 1847 On the death of William Hollister, his estate sold season was Captain Duffee. December 1847, while ownership of the Hercules to Lucian M. Smith, docking at Youngstown (St. Catharines,) Ont., on the Buffalo, NY, September 27, 1849. Her master in 1849 Niagara River, the Adventure hit the pier with was S. Alexander. In October of that year, the considerable force, causing Captain Duffee to fall Hercules damaged her wheel off Fairport, OH, Lake from the upper deck between the vessel and pier, Erie. crushing him to death. In August 1850, ownership of the propeller The propeller Adventure went through a Hercules was changed to Charles Bissell, Detroit, MI. series of ownership changes. In 1848 to Colcleugh & Her master for the 1849-53 seasons was Captain N. Greer, 1849 to Glassford & Jones, Montreal, P.Q., Woodworth. In November 1851, she sprang a leak on and in 1851 to W. Anglin, Kingston, Ont. November 18, 2019 8
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Lake Erie. Running into Cleveland, OH, she was unloaded and repaired. Property loss $800. In April 1852, her ownership was changed to Howard, Stewart & Co. Major investors were Charles Howard, 1/3, Detroit, MI; Nelson P. Stewart, 1/3, Detroit, MI; Samuel G. Watson, 1/3, Detroit, MI. In November of that year, the propeller Hercules collided with the brig Buffalo near Long Point, ONT, Lake Erie. One crew member from the brig was lost. Damage to the brig was $1,000. The Hercules was Commerce: In 1843, the Niagara Harbour & Dock rebuilt during winter lay-up at Detroit, MI and her registration updated: 136.5 x 25 x 8; 255.8 grt. Her Co., Niagara, Ont. built a wooden sidewheel steamer ownership was changed to Charles Howard, 1/2, for the packet freight trade between Toronto and Detroit, MI; Samuel G. Watson, 1/2, Detroit, MI. in Hamilton, Ont. Her measures were 140’ x 21.8’ x 7.8’ June 1853. Under way in October 1853, the propeller with tonnage of 199. Her engine was a vertical beam, met with an accident, which started a leak near her low pressure, 54” bore x 132” stroke, at 55 shaft. She went into Amherstburg, ONT for repairs horsepower and built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and then to Detroit to go into dry dock. Her ownership was transferred to Charles Her owner was Donald Bethune, Cobourg, Ont. She Howard, 1/4, Detroit, MI; Samuel G. Watson, 1/4, was launched June 03, 1843 and her master for the Detroit, MI; Josiah Woodworth, ½, in June 1853. For 1843-47 seasons was Captain Gordon. She made the 1854 season, her master was Captain Josiah her trial trip from Niagara to Lewiston and back July Woodworth. 29, 1843. Challenged by the United States steamer Ownership shares for the propeller Hercules was Lady of the Lake to race between Niagara and changed in May 1855 to Charles Howard, 1/4, Toronto, the Commerce outran the former by four Detroit, MI; Nathan Underhill, ¼, Detroit, MI; J.D. Sullivan, ¼, Detroit, MI; Charles L. Beardsly, ¼, and one-half minutes. Lady of the Lake was Cleveland, OH. Her master for the 1855-58 seasons considered the fastest steamer on the lakes prior to was Captain John D. Sullivan. this race held July 1843. In August of that year she Her ownership was again changed in July 1860 was renamed Eclipse because she eclipses the to Samuel L. Smith, ½, Algonac, MI; Hiram Smith, ½, fastest steamer on the lakes. Her master for the 1848 Algonac, MI. Sale price $915. Her masters for the season was Captain Barry and in the latter part of next three years were Captain Duncan McGregor that year and 1849 Captain Harrison. In November (1860), Captain John Anderson (1861), Captain Martin A. Gunderson (1862) with John Westaway 1850, her machinery was removed and installed in (1860-61) as chief engineer. the steamer St. Lawrence. In 1867 she was converted into a schooner Ownership of the Eclipse was changed, in 1851, barge, and assigned a hull number, US 42217; with to Cook, Calvin and Co. and she was converted into measures: 139 x 25 x 8; 195.09 grt. She was rebuilt a three-masted schooner (300 tons) and home port be Francis Martin, Algonac, MI and enrolled at Port changed to Garden Island, Ont. Master of the Huron, MI. Her master was Captain Scott Pratt. In schooner Eclipse in 1854 was Captain Jones. She June 1883, up bound on the Saint Clair River, the was rebuilt by James Ewing, Niagara, Ont, and barge Hercules was overtaken by the iron propeller rigged as a bark, renamed Laura E. Calvin (311 Clarion (U125937), who collided with the barge in tons). broad daylight. The Hercules drifted to the bank, Ownership was changed in 1863 to Calvin & capsized and sank. Breck, Garden Island, Ont. Her master of the bark Laura E. Calvin was Captain James Sutherland. In August 1867, bound for Chicago, IL, the bark Laura E. Calvin sprang a leak. Her crew took to the pumps, but the vessel sank off Braddock’s Point, sixty miles from Niagara, Lake Ontario. No lives lost.
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Samson: In 1843, Captain Amos Pratt, Perrysburg, pressure, 31” bore x 96” stroke, locomotive engine, OH built a wooden, propeller of measures: 134’ x 25’ built by Novelty Works, NY in 1843. Her boiler was 8’ x 8’ with tonnage (Old Style) of 250 47/95. She was x 20’. She was launched July 4, 1843 and enrolled at equipped with an engine built by Dennis, Wood & Detroit, MI August 14, 1843. She was built for the Russell, Auburn, MI. Enrolled at Sackets Harbor, NY, passenger, packet freight trade and ran between July 11, 1843, with her original owner listed as Amos Buffalo, NY and Detroit, MI. Her master for the 1843- Pratt et al she was designated for the passenger, 44 season was Captain Eber B. Ward. September packet freight trade. Her master in 1843 was Captain 19, and October 09, 1843 she broke her crank and Amos Pratt, her owner and builder. had to be repaired. For the 1844 season she ran St. Ownership of the propeller was changed in Joseph to Chicago, IL. August 1844, to Robert & William Hollister, Buffalo, May 1847, while down bound, the steamer NY. Her master for the 1845 season was Captain Champion ran on a reef at Thunder Bay Islands, MI, Robertson. Lake Huron. She was subsequently released. The ship had multiple owners over the next few During the 1849 season she ran Grand Haven to years with Captain Robertson in 1846, Locian Smith, Milwaukee, WI. Her enrollment tonnage at Detroit Buffalo, NY in 1849, John Hollister, Buffalo, NY in was updated to 267.68. For the 1851 season she ran 1850, H. C. Hand, Sandusky, NY in 1851, Henderson weekly between Detroit, MI and Saginaw, MI. & Pettibone, Sandusky, OH in 1852, and finally to Her final disposition is unknown. Elias & William Weed, Buffalo, NY in Oct. 1852. Elias and Weed kept the propeller Samson Independence: Enrolled at Detroit, MI, September sailing late into the season and she sprang a leak 04, 1843, the wooden propeller Independence, built during a gale on Lake Erie in November 1852 and by James M. Avenill, Chicago, IL for Messrs. R. C. had to jettisoned 600 barrels of flour. She was Bristol, of Bristol & Porter, with C. Walker & Co. and repaired at Erie, PA but had an insurance loss of J.M. Turner all from Chicago, IL. She had measures $10,000. Putting back to sea in November 1852, the of: 118’ 4.5” x 25’ 3.5” x 9’ 6.5” and tonnage (Old propeller Samson went ashore opposite Bidwell & Style) of 262 2/95. She was equipped with two rotary Banta’s shipyard, Buffalo, NY, during a gale on Lake engine, builder unknown. She was built for the Erie and wrecked. Declared a total loss. passenger, packet freight trade and was the first propeller built on Lake Michigan. Her master for the New York: Porter Barton & Co., Black Rock NY, in 1843 season was Captain J. M. Turner. In October of 1843, built a wooden propeller with measures: 96’ x that year, bound down with a full cargo of wheat, the 23’ 3” x 8’ 6” with tonnage (Old Style) of 152 18/95. Independence and the sidewheel steamer Bunker Hill Equipped with Ericsson machinery she was (US-1837) collided about 20 miles south of registered at Oswego, NY April 11. 1847, and titled Milwaukee, WI. The Independence was badly injured to: Sylvester Doolittle, Alvin Bronson, and Lucius and was towed to Chicago by the Bunker Hill. Crocker, Oswego, NY. Intended for the passenger, For the 1844 season her master was Captain packet freight trade between Oswego, NY and Stephen Clement. April of that year she went Chicago, IL. August 1843, the New York, as part of aground off Fort Gratiot, MI, Lake Huron. Under the Oswego and Chicago line, arrived at Chicago engine, the Independence relied on sails for speed. with a full freight and about 40 emigrants. She made Her initial engine speed was 4 knots in calm weather. the trip in 10 ½ days of which 3 days were consumed She was re-engine to improve speed in 1844. Prior to in passing through the Welland Canal. Her master for the 1845 season the Independence was refurbished the 1844 season was Captain Tracy Cornwall. Little with better passenger accommodations, a new upper is known of this vessels voyage and repair history, deck, saloon, and staterooms as well as space for but she was abandoned in 1850. steerage passengers. The Independence was not only the first propeller built on Lake Michigan, she Champion: Samuel & Eber B. Ward, Newport, MI was also the first steam vessel to operate on Lake had Joseph M. Keating of Newport, MI, for a cost to Superior. She was taken across the portage at Sault construct of $25,000, build a wooden sidewheel Ste. Marie, MI on rollers in the summer of 1845. steamer with measures: 145.5’ x 20.0’ x 9.5’ at 266.7 May 1849, ownership of the Independence was tons (Old Style). She was equipped with a low changed to John R. Livingstone, Sault Ste. Marie. November 18, 2019 10
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Her enrollment was transferred to Sault Ste Marie, October 1845, she went aground on the May 01, 1849. Her master for the 1849 season was Detroit River near Malden, Ont. May 1846 she again Captain Redman Rider. went aground at Malden, Ont. July of the same year The Independence was chartered to Sheldon she broke her shaft, 9 miles out of Chicago, IL, on McKnight in 1850 and ran between Sault Ste Marie Lake Michigan. Then August 1847, about forty miles and Ontonagon, MI, Lake Superior. December of from the mouth of the St. Clair River, the up bound 1850, she went aground at Eagle Harbor, MI, Lake Nile collided with the down bound Wisconsin (US – Superior. Released. Her enrollment was transferred 1837) damaging her wheel house and part of her to Mackinaw, MI and she ran in S. McKnight’s wheel. The Nile with a large hole stove in her bow, Superior Line. In April 1852 she received a new boiler towed the Wisconsin into port for repairs. During and engine. In October of that year, during a gale on winter 1848 layup, the Nile was rebuilt and altered. Lake Superior, the Independence went aground at Master of the steamer Nile for the 1849 season Bad River, WI, Lake Superior, about five miles out of was Captain Pierce. The Nile, while anchored Ashland, WI. She was not dredged out and released overnight off Milwaukee, riding out a storm on Lake until October 1853. Her master for what remained of Michigan and with the plan to enter port in the 1853 was Captain John McKay with George Sisson morning had her anchors dragged during the night, as first engineer. November 1853, bound for La and was cast broadside to the land and stranded in Point, WI and Ontonagon, MI with a cargo of heavy three feet of water. Salvage operations to raise and freight of winter supplies and a number of release the steamer Nile began on May 5, 1850 and passengers, the Independence, boiler exploded just she was not released until June 1850. Her damage above Sault Ste. Marie, MI in St. Mary's River. The loss was $13,000. When released, she was towed to vessel was destroyed. And four lives were lost, a Sweet’s warehouse dock near Jones’ shipyard. In passenger, two firemen, and the first engineer. The September, she caught fire and burned to the water’s cargo and vessel were a total loss. edge and sank. The remains of Niles’ hull were auctioned to Caleb Harrison for $5,000 October 11, Nile: Burton S. Goodsell, Detroit, MI built in 1843, at 1852. The remains of the vessel were raised by that time, the largest steam driven vessel on the Caleb Harrison in 1860, after ten years imbedded in Great Lakes. A wooden sidewheel steamer, she had water and mud. She was taken to Wolf & Lawrence measures of: 183’ x 26’ 9” x 13’ 8” with a tonnage dry dock to be rebuilt either as a propeller or sail vessel. (Old Style) of 642 4/95. Her original owner was Oliver Final disposition unknown. Newberry, Detroit, MI and she was enrolled at Detroit, April 22, 1844. She was equipped with a 1844 vertical beam, low-pressure engine with a 44" bore x Change, sometimes comes quietly. 1843 & 120" stroke, rated at 112 horse power and had been 1844 ushered in what some could call the demise of originally built by West Point Foundry Co, New York, the wooden steamer which would not happen until NY for the steamer Milwaukee launched in 1837. She the early 1920’s. In 1843, the HMS Mohawk was was built for the passenger, packet freight trade and launched at Kingston, Ont. Built in England and had passenger accommodation for 200 and freight shipped to Canada for assembly, the Mohawk was capacity for 1,600 to 1,800 barrels (bbl.) of freight. the first iron warship in the world. Her measures were Her master for the 1844 season was Captain 99’ x 19’ 6” x 9’ 10”. She was a Royal Canadian Archibald Allen and she was placed on the Detroit, MI gunboat, revenue cutter and mounted two 18-pound to Buffalo, NY route. In June of 1844, she went guns. She was abandoned at Kingston in the 1870’s aground in the Detroit River in fog and later broke her and blown up in 1884 celebration of Dominion day. shaft on Lake Erie. In July the propeller Oswego The U.S. Army contracted with the Buffalo Steam collided with the steamer Nile on Lake Erie near the Engine Works, Buffalo, NY to build an iron hulled, entrance to the Detroit River. During winter layup, Hunter submerged propeller to be used by the U.S. 1844-45, she was rebuilt and altered at Detroit, MI Army Topographical Service. Called the Colonel with her main deck strengthened and the cabins Abert her measures were 97’ x 18.25’ x 8’. Her plates repainted and refitted. were rolled at the Cold springs Iron Works, Cold November 18, 2019 11
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Spring, NY, and the plates were shipped to Buffalo, dense fog, five miles below the entrance to Niagara NY, where the vessel was assembled at the foot of River, Lake Erie. In May of the same year, while Ohio Street. Launched December 21, 1843, she was endeavoring to make a landing at Schlosser, NY rebuilt as a sidewheel steamer in 1845. Sold out of (Fort Schlosser), Niagara River, she went hard the US Government in 1878, she operated as a aground. In October of 44, she went aground on Bird passenger steamer on the St. Clair River before Island Reef (entrance to Niagara River, Lake Erie). becoming a rafting tug out of Sheboygan, WI. She One life was lost. was abandoned in 1888 and sunk in the Sheboygan Her master during the 1849 season was Captain outer harbor. Young. The steamer Emerald was seized by the The third iron hulled vessel was the U.S.S. Buffalo Collector of Customs for smuggling Tuesday, November 20, 1849. The employee of the lessee of Michigan. Originally built for defense of the U.S. the on-board saloon had 2 small pieces of cloth portion of the Great Lakes after the Canadian valued between $6 and $8. A court verdict was Rebellion of 1837-40 because of armed British ships rendered in May 1850 against the U.S. government on the Great Lakes. She was launched by that the captain and owners of the boat had no Stackhouse & Tomlinson, Erie, PA in 1844. her knowledge of the act of the barkeep. With the measures were: 165.2’ x 27’ x 12’ with a gross building of the railroad between Chippewa and tonnage of 582. She was renamed Wolverine in Niagara and the requirement of a faster vessel to connect with Buffalo, NY, the steamer Emerald was 1905. Decommissioned in 1912 and turned over to placed up for sale in October 1853. the Pennsylvania Naval Militia for reserve training. Ownership of the steamer Emerald was changed Needing repairs in 1926, which the Navy vetoed, the to McCloud, Amherstburg, Ont. in 1854 and she was Wolverine was returned to Erie, PA and beached at scheduled to operate as a towboat on Lake St. Clair. Misery Bay. The vessel was scrapped in 1948. April 1855, the Emerald struck a sunken anchor in Change? Only 81 iron hulled ships were built on the St. Clair Flats and sank in five feet of water. She the Great Lakes but they laid the foundation for the was raised and repaired at Ive’s Dry Dock, Detroit, MI. steel hulled ships of the future. Master of the steamer Emerald was Captain Poole for the 1858 season. December of that year, the steamer Emerald sank opposite Algonac, MI, in Bear Creek, Ont., St. Clair River. She suffered a property loss of $3,000. It was not until March of 1859 that the Emerald was raised and towed to Algonac, MI for repairs. In May 1861, the steamer Emerald assisted the propeller M.B. Spaulding, bound down laden with lumber, when she ran on the head of an island opposite Algonac, MI. In June 1862, she was replaced by a new sidewheel tug Emerald: Niagara Harbour & Dock Co., Chippewa, called Emerald who was placed into service on the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers. There were no further Ont. in 1844, built for D. Bethune, Toronto, Ont. a records on the 1844 Emerald and her final disposition wooden sidewheel steamer with measures: 132’ x 20’ is unknown. x 9’, at 200 tons (Old Style). She was equipped with a vertical beam, low pressure engine of 50 horsepower built by J. Macklem, Chippewa, Ont. The Emerald was built for the passenger, packet freight trade between Port Robinson, Ont, Chippewa, Ont. and Buffalo, NY on the Niagara River. Her masters in 1844 were Captain Robert Hamilton and Captain Van Allen. In April 1844, the Emerald went ashore in
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MI during the market panic of 1857. In 1859, she was chartered by Captain Rarey for trips to the Sault for ice. Her ownership was changed to John S. Noyes & Henry W. Burt, Buffalo, NY in 1862. She was rebuilt at Clarks Dry Dock as a barge for the lumber trade with a capacity 850,000’ lumber. Her enrollment measures, August 1862 were: 1 deck, 1 mast, 251 x 33.6 x 12.7; 1031 34/95 tons. June 1865, loaded with lumber, the schooner barge Empire in tow of the tug Empire: George W. Jones, Cleveland, OH, built for Dispatch (U61555), bound down from Detroit, MI to D.N. Barney & Co., & J. Smith, Cleveland, OH a Buffalo, NY, was caught in a storm and badly wooden sidewheel steamer with measures of 253.5’ x damaged off Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. In September 32.7’ x 14.2’ with a rated tonnage of 1140 72/95 (Old 1865 the schooner barge Empire was rebuilt to carry Style). She was powered by two inclined compound, 1,000,000’ lumber. October 1866, the Empire, bound low pressure steam engines, with 35” bore X 120” down from Saginaw, MI to Buffalo, NY went ashore stroke and rated at 600 horsepower. The engines on Lake Huron in a gale. She had hull damage of were built by Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co., $1,300 and cargo damage of $795. Cleveland, OH. She had 30’ paddlewheels and an Ownership of the Empire was changed to iron locomotive boiler, 26.5’ x 4.5’, built by Spang & Thomas & John McGregor and D.G. McAlpine, Co., Pittsburgh, PA. She was built as a passenger Detroit, MI in July 1867. She was rebuilt as a steam steamer and when launched, the Empire, was the barge and enrolled at the Detroit District with official largest steamer in the world and the first steamer number US8559 and tonnage of 253.5, April 1870. built in the United States to exceed 1,000 tons. She Her master for the 1870 season was Captain C.W. was placed on the Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI run. Her Gray. November 1870, bound down from Port Huron, master for the 1844-45 season was Captain D. MI to Buffalo, NY with a cargo of lumber, the Howe. steambarge Empire sprang a leak near Port Rowan, In May 1847, ownership of the steamer near Long Point, Ont., Lake Erie. She went aground and her hull broke in two (split lengthwise) and was a Empire was changed to Captain Henry Randall, total loss. Buffalo, NY. In September 1847, the Empire hauled the stranded sidewheel steamer Niagara (U-1845) off Racine: Sylvester Doolittle, Oswego, NY, as builder the rock reef on the north side of Bois Blanc Island. and owner, built a wooden propeller with measures: July 1848, her ownership was changed to Henry 95’ x 20’ x 10’ and a tonnage (Old Style) of 174.7. Dwight, New York, NY. The steamer Empire’s Built for the packet freight trade, she was enrolled at machinery became disabled in May 1849 and she Oswego, NY, May 22, 1844. September 1847, the anchored off the Peninsula at Erie, PA, Lake Erie Racine collided with the propeller Pocahontas (US- requiring a tow. Her repaired cost came to $1,500. July of that year, on the Buffalo and Lake Michigan 1846) at night, 30 miles above the mouth of the run, the Empire beached on Grosse Point, Lake Welland Canal near Grand River, Ont., Lake Erie. Michigan in heavy fog with a loss of $9,000. Later The Pocahontas received much damage to her upper that month, the Empire struck a submerged rock off work. Both vessels had been running at night without Point Pelee, ONT, Lake Erie stowing a hole in her lights. October 1848, while down bound from side. Damages came to $1,500. Chicago, IL for Kingston, Ont., laden with a beef, The steamer Empire’s ownership was changed in tallow and hides, the Racine was caught in a gale on October 1852, to Elisha Litchfield, president of Michigan Southern Railroad Co., Munroe, MI. In Lake Huron where she lost her sails and was out of November 1853, the steamer Empire beached near wood for her boilers. She drifted to the west shore of Munroe, MI., Lake Erie. She was lightered off with the Bruce Peninsula, Tobermory, Ont. and sought slight damage. In June 1854, she went ashore four refuge and assistance from the vessels lying in miles from Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. Later released. Whitefish Harbor. During winter layup of 1849, the The sidewheel steamer Empire was laid up at Detroit, Racine was converted to a two-masted schooner rig. November 18, 2019 13
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She was considered top heavy as a propeller and as her way into Black Rock (Buffalo), NY for repairs. In a “tender” boat as a schooner. Late in the 1849 June 1845, her machinery disabled off Thunder Bay, season, the schooner Racine, was caught in a gale MI, Lake Huron. She was towed into Presque Isle, MI for repairs. March 1846, while laid up at Buffalo, NY, on Lake Erie, capsized and was lost near Rondeau, she incurred damage when a freshet on Buffalo Ont. Creek broke loose. May 1847 the steamer St. Louis broke her shaft on Lake Erie and came in disabled at Indian Queen: Bidwell & Banta, Buffalo, NY built for Cleveland, OH. Sylvester Staring & Richard Liddle, Buffalo, NY a Master of the steamer St. Louis was Frederick S. wooden sidewheel steamer with measures: 109’ x 15’ Wheeler for the 1848-49 season with Gilbert as chief 11” x 7’ 4” and old-style tonnage of 112 5/95. Her first engineer in 1849. The sidewheel steamer St. Louis enrollment was issued at Buffalo, NY, May 24, 1844. went aground on the St. Clair Flats in May 1848. In She was equipped with a 45-horsepower engine & November of that year, the St. Louis broke her boilers built by Fulton Foundry and was used in the machinery at Mackinac, MI during a gale on Lake passenger, packet freight trade. Her master for the Huron and drifted until taken in tow by the sidewheel 1844-46 seasons was Captain S. Staring and she ran steamer Baltic (US-1847). The tow broke loose and between Buffalo, NY and Barcelona, NY, Lake Erie. she sailed under foresail and jib, finally taking refuge In March of 1846, the Indian Queen was caught in a at Presque Isle. She was taken in tow by the freshet at Buffalo, NY and was grounded on propeller Princeton (US-1845) and brought into port Horseshoe Reef. Released. November of the same for repairs. Two year later, in October 1850, the year, the steamer Indian Queen, while trying to make steamer St. Louis was in collision with the propeller Dunkirk, NY harbor during a gale on Lake Erie, lost Oneida (US-1846) off Vermilion, OH, Lake Erie. She her rudder, both anchors and drifted ashore astern. incurred a damage loss $100 – 200. There she sank and broke in two from the pounding. Ownership of the sidewheel steamer St. Louis She was declared a total loss. No lives lost. was changed to Eber E. Ward, Detroit, MI and Samuel Ward, Marine City, MI in April 1851. In August, the steamer St. Louis collided with the propeller A. Rossiter (US-1847) while entering Chicago harbor. Both were damaged slightly. Her master for the 1852 season was Captain Hopkins. In November 1852, the steamer St. Louis, laden with passengers and a full cargo of flour and other freight, went aground during a storm on Lake Erie, at Cunningham’s Island, off Kelly’s Island, OH, Lake Erie. The steamer went to pieces during the pounding from the storm. No lives lost. The steamer St. Louis: Built by Josiah Miller, master joiner for was declared a total loss. Her engine was later Samuel Hubbell, Perrysburgh, OH in 1844. She was recovered. a wooden sidewheel steamer with measures of: 190’ x 27’ 5” x 12’ 4” and a tonnage (Old Style) of 618 2/95. She was equipped with a Crosshead, low pressure engine with a 44” bore x 108” stroke. Rated at 180 horsepower the engine was built by Allaire Works, New York, NY and originally installed in the sidewheel steamer Sandusky (US-1834). Her original owner was John Hollister & Co., Buffalo, NY; Chicago Line and used for the passenger, packet freight trade run between Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL. Her master for the 1844-47 seasons was Captain Floyd. Caught New Orleans: Enrolled at Buffalo, NY by her owners in a storm off Dunkirk, NY, Lake Erie in October Samuel F. Gelston et al, Buffalo, NY in September 1844, the St. Louis, broke a shaft and sustained 1844, with measures: 184’ 4” x 26’ 8” x 12’ 10” and a considerable damage to her light works. She worked tonnage (Old Style) of 610. Built by Burton F. November 18, 2019 14
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Goodson, Detroit, MI, she was a wooden sidewheel furniture, that can be packetd and moved by manpower from dock steamer powered by high pressure engine built by to hold and reverse. Buffalo Steam Engine Works, Buffalo, NY. She was Patriot War: A conflict along the Canada – U.S. border where bands intended for the passenger, packet freight trade. Her of raiders attacked the British colony of Upper Canada more than a master for the 1844-45 seasons was Captain E. dozen times between December 1837 and December 1838. This so- called war was not a conflict between nations; it was a war of ideas Brundage. In September 1844 she broke her fought by like-minded people against British forces machinery on Lake Erie, Repaired. Ship Inventory: Will include the names of wooden steamers that will Ownership of the steamer New Orleans was not be identified in the manuscript. The research project that the changed to Gelston & James E. Vans, Buffalo, NY, information was gathered for included all wooden steamers built on June 1845. Bound up for Chicago, the New Orleans the Great Lakes or St. Lawrence River and operated on the Great struck a rock in the Detroit River, about 1 ½ miles Lakes with a gross tonnage at or over 100 tons. above Malden, Ont and filled with water, settling in Up-bound: Going against the current – St. Lawrence River to Lake shoal waters. She was raised and repaired. May Superior. (Lake Michigan – steaming north) 1847, the New Orleans blew her cylinder head on Down-bound: Going with the current – Lake Superior to the Saint Lake Erie and was towed to Rochester, NY for Lawrence River. (Lake Michigan – steaming south) (Original Source: "Wooden Steamers on the Great Lakes” – Great Lakes Historical repairs. Society; Bowling Green State University – Historical Collection; Thunder Bay Master of the steamer New Orleans for the 1848 National Marine Sanctuary Collection; Maritime History of the Great Lakes; and the scanned newspaper collection of the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, season was Captain Nicholson. In July 1848, the Kingston, Ont. and 746 additional documented sources.) steamer New Orleans and the schooner Cadet collided about 6 miles from Buffalo, NY, Lake Erie. Both required repairs. In November 1849 she went aground, in heavy fog, on a reef of rocks on Sugar Island, Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. Declared a total loss.
Some Notes: Black River, Ohio: Drains Medina County, emptying into Lake Erie at Lorain, OH. Cargo-carrying capacity in cubic feet, another method of volumetric measurement. The capacity in cubic feet is then divided by 100 cubic feet of capacity per gross ton, resulting in a tonnage expressed in tons. Mail Steamer: Chartered by the Canadian government to carry the mail between ports. Navigation: The reader may wonder what, with so few vessels on the lakes, why steamers could not avoid each other. Two main reasons, the visibility during storms and the vessels did not carry any lights so you came upon a vessel you could not determine if the vessel was approaching or departing from you. Old Style Tonnage: The formula is: Tonnage= ((length - (beam x 3/5)) x Beam x Beam/2)/94 where: Length is the length, in feet, from the stem to the sternpost; Beam is the maximum beam, in feet. The Builder's Old Measurement formula remained in effect until the advent of steam propulsion. Steamships required a different method of estimating tonnage, because the ratio of length to beam was larger and a significant volume of internal space was used for boilers and machinery. In 1849, the Moorsom System was created in Great Britain. The Moorsom system calculates the tonnage or cargo capacity of sailing ships as a basis for assessing harbour and other vessel fees P.Q.: Province of Quebec Packet Freight: almost every imaginable item of merchandise – bags of onions, grain, etc., processed foods, bags of coal, stoves,
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Presentation Selection: Lakeside Antique & Classic Wooden Boat Lakeside Hotel, Lakeside, OH 2019 July 18-19, 2020 Jan 19 - Getting Started Feb 16 - Hull: Solid, POB, POF Toledo Antique & Classic Boat Show Mar 16 - Planking Promenade Dock, Maumee River, Toledo, OH Apr 20 - Spiling Aug 22, 2020 May 18 – Planking a Deck Jun 15 - Furniture & Fixtures, Guns NRG Conference Jul 20 - Masts Oct. 24 - 26, 2020? Aug 24 - Yards, Booms, Gaffs Sep 21 - Standing Rigging Oct 19 - Running Rigging Nov 16 - Sails Editor: Bill Nyberg Dec 21 - Model Display President and editor Shipwrights of Central Ohio Events & Dates to Note: [email protected]
2020 Columbus Woodworking Show Ohio Expo Center Voinovich Livestock & Trade Center, 717 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211 January 17 - 19, 2020
IPMS Columbus 46th Anniversary BLIZZCON Arts Impact Middle School 680 Jack Gibbs Blvd. Columbus 43215 Saturday, February 15, 2020
Miami Valley Woodcarving Show Christ United Methodist Church 700 Marshall Rd., Middletown, Ohio 45044 March 7 & 8, 2020
64th "Weak Signals" R/C Model Show Seagate Convention Ctr. 401 Jefferson Ave. Toledo, OH April 04 - 05, 2020
North American Model Engineering Expo. Yack Arena Wyandotte, MI April 18 - 19, 2020
44th Midwestern Model & Boat Show, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI May 15 – 17, 2020
Constant Scale R/C Run – Carmel, Ind. Indianapolis Admirals reflecting pond Carmel, IN May 16 & 17, 2020
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