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Barges and wherries and other working boats originally for carrying cargoes
This collection of detail photos has kindly been sent in by our friend Ed Bachmann, a regular reader and supporter of http://intheboatshed.net, and the fella who first alerted me to the John Smith Shallop. Many thanks Ed!
For more on this boat, see A 400-year-old shallop built and sailed again
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Photos by Michael Wootton
This curious and rather Dutch-looking spritsail-rigged craft is a recreation of the shallop, a boat from four centuries ago.
‘On June 2, 1608, Captain John Smith and fourteen English colonists set out from Jamestown in a 30-foot open boat or shallop to explore and map the Chesapeake Bay. Travelling over 1,700 miles in just over three months, Smith and his men witnessed the Chesapeake at its productive peak, with its incredible ecosystem intact and a multitude of American Indian cultures thriving along its shores. The observations and sketches made by Smith during his travels would form the basis for his remarkable 1612 map of the Bay, which served as the definitive rendering of the region for nearly a century.’
Smith’s voyage is being recreated as I write – read all about it here: http://www.johnsmith400.org
Thanks to Ed Bachmann for pointing this one out!
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Fireballs at the NMM; sailing on The Broads long ago; Will Stirling’s 18th century lugger is launched
There are always a lot of interesting side issues to distract and provide entertainment at www.intheboatshed.net, but the real focus must be on the boats, their history, and the work of building and restoration.
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