Oars, Frames and Flyers

Today there were several continuations on what was happening yesterday. A couple of people were working on oars, including myself. A couple of people were putting flyers in businesses to advertise our shallop, and most of the others were working on the frames, part of the structure of the boat. We also had a special guest come over to talk with us and interview us. Jim Moulton who works with the Maine Laptop Technology Initiative (MLTI) came.

In the oar making, we were either chiseling away on the oar in places where the plane can't reach or planing to make the surface of the oar smoother, since it is rather rough after going through the bandsaw. The two people putting up flyers were going around the area and asking store owners if they could put up the advertisements. They started out with twenty and finished with three, and two of those are going up somewhere, probably on Monday. We found out towards the end of the day that we needed to make 5 to 8 more half-models for the top donors of money.
Maine's First Ship Student
Wesley Blum

Oars, Video and Rabbets

Today, I sanded oars until the middle of them were round. I also, cut out frames made of white oak to put on the boat mold. Matt made a video of students working and made a Garageband song on one of the MLTI laptops to go with his video made on iMovie. (See below) Nick made wall racks to hold our folding chairs. Kelsey and Max worked to notch a rabbet on a stem using chisels. Aaron and Brandon worked on notching rabbets on the keel.
Maine’s First Ship Student
Cody Seekins

Visiting Students from Japan

Today twelve Japanese students from our sister city, came to see what we are doing.
First, they went up to the City Hall to see some of our videos and our website, which we translated into Japanese for them. (Click on the Japanese flag on the website to see it in Japanese)

Then, they came down to the shop around break time, and we had snacks with them. We all had homemade blueberry muffins, and whoopee pies. There was a lot going on as far as what everybody was doing. We were working on the keel, tracing patterns to white oak, and working on the stem.
Maine’s First Ship Student
Brianna

Visitors, Brochures, Oars, Keel and Ribs

There were only nine kids here today including me. There were a few people working on the technology side of things, like a brochure that will be past out around town. Some of them walked around town to see where we could hang posters.

The people that actually worked in the shop worked on oars, the keel, or making patterns for ribs of the boat. I could not believe how many times I had to stop working and be the tour person, there were a lot of people that came in. One of the people that came in interviewed me on what we were doing and he is a videographer from Oklahoma.
Maine’s First Ship Student
Kelsey Brick

Oars, Keels and Promotion

Today, work continued on the keel, oars and floor timbers of the shallop. Much sanding and fitting was done today, and oars started to take more shape. The keel pieces are near completion. Another project was started today. A few students thought of ways to make the program known throughout the community. Main Street Bath provided us with maps of the city. Several students are devising ways to make the program easily findable in Bath. We are creating flyers, posters and billboards to help people find the building where the project is taking place.
Maine's First Ship Student
Peter Kosakowski

Setting of the shop, Keel and Oars

Today, we worked on various jobs around the shop. Some kids worked on finishing oars, others worked on the boat mold and the keel. The oars are coming along nicely and hopefully they will push us forward when they are finished. The keel is almost fully cut out and now needs to be shaped. I, for one, guided tourist and visitors around the shop and previewed our first DVD. Some of the video and photo crew, including myself, took pictures and video of the shop and important places around Bath, like BIW and the train station. Tomorrow, we hope to finish some small tasks around the shop.

Matt Munster
8/4/10

Keel and Knee

Today we placed the keel into the jig, then created and fitted a stern post. Then we braced that with a knee. The floor timbers 1 - 11 are cut down to size and are ready to be assembled to the jig. All of the students are taking part and finding projects that need to be done without the guidance of an adult. The project is finally coming together and the summer has gone by so fast.

Maine's First Ship Student
Aaron Doughty