Vol. 30, No. 2 - Traditional Small Craft Association

TheABJournalsh reezeof the Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc.Volume 30, Number 2 • Summer 2009 • $4.00In This Issue:The JGSCW Returns! • WB Show • Philadelphia Wooden Boat Festival • Urbanna Small Boat Meet •President’s Day Row • Coming-of-Age on the Water • Cleveland Boat Show Wrap-Up • Alive & Well •Matinucus Double-Ender • Sea Bright Skiffs • Up-North Festivals • My First Boat •

ActiveTSCAChaptersAdirondack Chapter TSCAMary Brown, 18 Hemlock Lane, SaranacLake, New York 12983, 518-891-2709,mabrown214@hotmail.comAnnapolis Chapter TSCASigrid Trumpy, P.O. Box 2054, Annapolis,MD 21404, hollace@crosslink.netBarnegat Bay TSCAPatricia H. Burke, Director, Toms RiverSeaport Society, PO Box 1111, TomsRiver, NJ 08754, 732-349-9209,www.tomsriverseaport.comCleveland Amateur Boatbuildingand Boating Society (CABBS)Hank Vincenti, 7562 Brinmore Rd,Sagamore Hills, OH 44067, 330-467-6601, quest85@windstream.net,www.cabbs.orgConnecticut River Oarand Paddle ClubJon Persson, 17 Industrial Park Road,Suite 5, Centerbrook, CT 06409, 860-767-3303, jon.persson@snet.netDelaware River TSCATom Shephard, 482 Almond Rd,Pittsgrove, NJ 08318, tsshep41556@aol.com, www.tsca.net/delriverDown East ChapterJohn Silverio, 105 Proctor Rd,Lincolnville, ME 04849, work 207-763-3885, home 207-763-4652, camp:207-763-4671, jsarch@midcoast.comFloating the Apple1225 Park Ave., #10C, New York, NY10036, 212-564-5412,floapple@aol.comFlorida Gulf Coast TSCARoger B. Allen, Florida Maritime Museum,4415 119th St W, PO Box 100,Cortez, FL 34215, 941-708-4935 or941-704-8598 (cell),Roger.Allen@ManateeClerk.comFriends of the North CarolinaMaritime Museum TSCABrent Creelman, 315 Front Street,Beaufort, NC 28516, 252-728-7317,maritime@ncmail.comJohn Gardner ChapterRuss Smith, U of Connecticut, Avery PointCampus, 1084 Shennecossett Road,Groton, CT 06340, 860-536-1113,fruzzy@hotmail.comLone Star ChapterHoward Gmelch, The Scow SchoonerProject, PO Box 1509, Anahuac, TX77514, 409-267-4402,scowschooner@earthlink.netLong Island TSCAMyron Young, PO Box 635, Laurel, NY11948, 631-298-4512Lost ost Coast Chapter—MendocinoStan Halvorsen, 31051 Gibney Lane,Fort Bragg, CA 95437, 707-964-8342,Krish@mcn.org, www.tsca.net/LostCoastMichigan Maritime Museum ChapterPete Mathews, Sec’y, PO Box 100,Gobles, MI 49055, 269-628-4396,canoenut@bciwildblue.comNorth Shore TSCADave Morrow, 63 Lynnfield St, Lynn, MA01904, 781-598-6163Oregon CootsJohn Kohnen, PO Box 24341, Eugene,OR 97402, 541-688-2826,jkohnen@boat-links.comPatuxent Small Craft GuildWilliam Lake, 11740 Asbury Circle, Apt1301, Solomons, MD 20688, 410-394-3382, wlake@comcast.netPine Lake Small Craft AssociationSandy Bryson, Sec’y., 333 Whitehills Dr,East Lansing, MI 48823, 517-351-5976,sbryson@msu.eduPuget Sound TSCAGary Powell, 15805 140th Ct. SE,Renton, WA 98058, 425-255-5067,powellg@amazon.comSacramento TSCATodd Bloch, 122 Bemis Street, SanFrancisco, CA 94131, 415-971-2844,todd.sb@comcast.netScajaquada TSCACharles H. Meyer, 5405 East River,Grand Island, NY 14072, 716-773-2515, chmsails@aol.comSouth Jersey TSCAGeorge Loos, 53 Beaver Dam Rd, CapeMay Courthouse, NJ 08210, 609-861-0018, georgeowlman@aol.comSouth Street Seaport MuseumJohn B. Putnam, 207 Front Street, NewYork, NY 10038, 212-748-8600, Ext.663 days, www.southstseaport.orgTSCA of WisconsinJames R. Kowall, c/o Door CountyMaritime Museum, 120 N Madison Ave,Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, 920-743-4631Chapters OrganizingCape CodDon Chapin, PO Box 634, Pocasset, MA02559, 774-392-1833,Don@Coastalrower.comNorth IdahoJoe Cathey, 15922 W. Hollister HillsDrive, Hauser, ID 83854,caadnil@roadrunner.comSt. Augustine Lighthouseand Museum ChapterMaury Keiser, 329 Valverde Lane, St.Augustine, FL 32086, 904-797-1508,maurykeiser@bellsouth.net4 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

John Gardner Grant“To preserve, continue, and expand theachievements, vision and goals of JohnGardner by enriching and disseminatingour traditional small craft heritage.”In 1999, TSCA created the John GardnerGrant program to support projects forwhich sufficient funding would otherwisebe unavailable. Eligible projects arethose which research, document, preserve,and replicate traditional smallcraft, associated skills, and those whobuilt and used them. Youth involvementis encouraged.Proposals for projects ranging from $200to $2000 are invited for consideration.Grants areawardedcompetitivelyandreviewedsemiannuallyby theJohnGardnerMemorialFundCommitteeof TSCA,typically in May and October. The sourceof funding is the John Gardner MemorialEndowment Fund. Funding availability isdetermined annually.Eligible applicants include anyone whocan demonstrate serious interest in, andknowledge of, traditional small craft.Affiliation with a museum or academicorganization is not required. Projectsmust have tangible, enduring resultswhich are published, exhibited, orotherwise made available to the interestedpublic. Projects must be reported inthe Ash Breeze.For program details, applications andadditional information visit TSCA on theweb at www.tsca.net/gardner.htmlLife MembersDan & Eileen DrathJean GardnerBob HicksPaul ReaganSidney S. Whelan, Jr.Generous PatronsNed & Neva AsplundhHoward BenedictKim BottlesWillard A. BradleyLee CaldwellRichard S. KolinRichard B. WeirCapt C. S. WetherellSponsor MembersRodney & Julie AgarCaptain James AldermanRoger AllenC. Joseph BarnetteEllen & Gary BarrettCharles BenedictGary BlackmanRobert C. BriscoeRichard A. ButzCapt John S. CalhounCharles CanniffDick ChristieSteve & Gladys ClancyDavid CockeyLloyd CrocketStanley R. DicksteinFrank C. DurhamDavid EpnerTom EtheringtonHuw Goronwy EvansRichard & Susan GeigerJohn M. GertyGerald W. GibbsLarrick GlendenningMax GreenwoodMr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Hammatt, Jr.Peter HealeyColin O. HermansDana HewsonSteve HirschIndependence Seaport Museum,Philadelphia, PAPeter A. JayMichael Jones & Judith PowersSamuel E. JohnsonPhillip KastenStephen KesslerThomas E. KingPaul R. LaBrieArthur B. Lawrence, IIIPeter M. leenhoutsChelcie LiuJon LovellThe Mariners Museum,Newport News, VAPete & Susan MathewsD. Turner MatthewsMichael McClureCharles H. Meyer, Jr.Alfred P. MinerviniHoward MittlemanJohn S. MontagueKing Mud & Queen TuleMason C. MyersNorthwest School of WoodenBoatbuilding, Port Hadlock, WAMichael PorterRon RenderDon Rich & Sheryl SpeckRichard SchubertPaul A. SchwartzKaren SeoAustin ShielsGary & Diane ShirleyLeslie SmithJohn P. Stratton, IIIZach Stewart & Annie SomervilleRobert E. (Bub) SullivanJames ThoringtonPeter T. VermilyaDick WagnerJohn & Ellen WeissStephen M. WeldRobert & Judith YorkeJ. Myron YoungJoel ZackinBob ZolliVolume 30, Number 2 5

2009 PhiladelphiaWooden Boat Festivalby Mike WickThe Independence Seaport Museum willhold the second Wooden Boat Festival atPenn’s Landing on June 20 and 21. Lastyear, there were more than twentywooden boats gathered for the festival,including reproductions of local racingand sailing craft from the heyday ofDelaware River racing in the 1880s. Thisyear the Delaware River Chapter willbring tuckups, railbird skiffs, sneakboxes,Delaware duckers, melonseeds, anddecked sailing canoes as well as otherassorted racing and cruising craft.Representing theWorkshop on theWater and availablefor rides, willbe the brand newB-Cat, SilentMaid, a Sweisguthdesign justfinished. Alsoreturning is thenewly restored1888 LawleyCutter, Elf, whosenew spars werebuilt at Workshopon the Water just ayear ago. She has been successfullycampaigned in the Chesapeake lastsummer. We anticipate many eager crewfor these boats, and a launch switchescrew in and out of both boats while theykeep sailing. July can be hot so you willwelcome cooler temperatures while youview the city from the water.This year the Annual Meeting of theTraditional Small Craft Association willtake place at this event. For many years itwas held during the John GardnerWeekend at Mystic. Since 2006, it hasrotated among other festivals. Visitingdignitaries will be welcomed andentertained by local TSCA members.Photos by Andy Slavinskas. At left, smallcraft weave their way through the boatbasin at Penn’s Landing. Below, the oldand the new. A Delaware River Tuckupreaches across the river toward the USSNew Jersey.29 th Annual UrbannaSmall Boat MeetMay 16-17, 2009Back on the Piankatank River at Freeport in GloucesterCounty, Virginia. Informal messabout with rowing andsailing races, depending on the wind and whim. Limitedprimitive camping available. Arrival Friday PM is OK.Saturday night potluck supper and barbeque. Sunday is onthe water until mid-afternoon. If you come early, take a sidetrip to the Deltaville Maritime Museum:museumpark.deltavilleva.comDirections: From the intersection of Route 33, Route 17, andRoute 198 at Glenns, take Route 198 E (Glenns Road) 6.2miles to Freeport, Gloucester. Turn left on Freeport Road; goapproximately one mile.For more information call John or Vera England: 804 758-2721, mama5england@hotmail.com6 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

Sacramento Chapter:President’s Day Rowby Jim LawsonThe fleet heads out from Korth’s Marina. Todd Bloch photo.This row honors Todd Bloch, the Presidentof the Sacramento TSCA. Making ita national holiday seems kind ofextreme, but anyone who knows Toddrealizes that it is appropriate.We’ve had a three-year-drought–endingseries of rain storms, and the predictionsfor Saturday were dire, as in 50mphwinds, but that moderated somewhat asdeparture time loomed. Of course,moderating from 50mp winds is not astrong encouragement to hop in a littleboat and set out. But we do this everyyear, and every year we manage to dothe row without loss of life. Bill Doll hasorganized this trip from the beginning,and what might at first look like manicoptimism turns out to be astute planning.We leave from Korth’s Pirates’ Lair,sometimes rowing up GeorgiannaSlough to the Oxbow marina, but thisyear, we ventured down the San JoaquinRiver (a major shipping channel, by theway; adds spice to the challenge) toPotato Slough. There are a thousandmiles of waterway in the Delta, so it paysto watch your course. There are plans toA choppy Potatoe Slough. Gary Achesonphoto.channel enoughwater to developmentin SouthernCalifornia to makethese waterways abike trail, and thatwill surely make iteasier to getaround.We hoped to leaveat 9:30, but withthe threatening weather, and our naturaldisinclination to follow schedules, we leftsomewhat later. I don’t know just when.There is a concept down here we call“Delta Time.” It means, “whenever.”But leave we did. Some members optedto stay on shore and join us later forKen and Victoria. Todd Bloch photo.supper, but five boats eventually set out.Ever notice how charts distort the realityof distances on the water?Yes, it was a bit windy, and kind of cold,and the wind and tide were wrong forone way, but for me, and maybe only forme, I like that better than the heat.Actually, the worst part was bringing thechase boat, Sunny Day, around from thegas dock to the ramp — by the time wegot to that, it was raining pretty goodand the wind and waves had really builtup. A short but exciting trip....At the end of the trip, the survivorsgather at the Rivers’ Edge in Isleton. Thisis the best restaurant, in my humbleopinion, in a 50-mile radius. It has lotsof room and, in keeping with recentdevelopments, the gifted and talentedplay music. At one time, there were twosessions going. And also, there wasenough room to move away from themusic and catch up with friends.Sunny came down for dinner — she saidit was the best ever — she didn't have togo out and be wet and cold, but still gotto hang out with good people.At the end, a row that I would have beenpoorer if I had missed, a terrific dinner,and two perfect nights under cover in themarina - listening to the rain on the roofand water, rocking gently, warm anddry... just goes to show how hard it is topredict what will happen when a trip isplanned, and so, as John DeLapp and Isaid in an Ash Breeze article years ago,“just go....”Above, Chris and Amy buck the headwinds;below, Bill improvises a sail rig. Todd Blochphotos.Volume 30, Number 2 7

exhibit in the Museum of Natural History.They talked the curator into opening thecases and letting them in to measure andsketch.A Coming-of-Age on the Waterby Mike WickThey built the boats over the winter of1959-1960 in a family basement, cuttingbulkheads of plywood and longitudinalstringers of red oak laths. At first theframework didn’t want to bend the waythey needed it to bend, but with pressure,screws, and stainless steel nuts and boltsthey finally got the skeleton they wanted.Steaming the oak would have hastenedthe process, but they didn’t know that atthe time.Editor’s Note: Phil Zuchman recentlygave a presentation at our DelawareRiver Chapter’s monthly meeting. I wasso fascinated by the recounting of his tripthat I followed up with an interview at hishouse in West Philadelphia.Phil is a small, neat man who appears tobe just a fraction of his true age. Heteaches at Philadelphia College of Art.The house is neat and carefully organizedbut full to the brim with paintings andsculpture which represents a lifetime ofdedication and effort.Phil took me to the basement where hekept the most recent kayak he has built. Itwasn’t one of the actual boats he hadused on his long-ago journey, but it wasa descendant, built lighter and betterthan the original, profiting from what hePhil’s latest kayak creation. Mike Wick photo.had learned about designing andbuilding kayaks. He was proud of theincidental hardware on the craft that hehad carved from walrus ivory in true Inuitfashion. He had swapped the ivory for apainting. He still uses this kayak forcampcruising in Canada and daytripsnearer home.Now for the feature presentation:In the summer of 1959, Phil Zuchman(17) and Steve Klinger (18) were studentsat Queens College, NY.That year, they bummed the beaches ofEastern Long Island while working at arestaurant in Montauk. They lived in alittle hut they built near Mattituck Inlet.Soon enough, the landowner told thesesquatters to move along, so they built araft out of timber and oil drums, in orderto live below the high water line. Thatfirst summer’s rough experience taughtthem that they needed a proper boat.However, just living on the water wasonly the start of their plan. The nextsummer they would paddle and sail twinkayaks (two young men’s definition of“proper boats”) down the coast, maybeto Miami, maybe to Haiti.There were a couple of problems. Theyhad to build kayaks, but they didn’t knowmuch about kayaks. There were some onFourteen feet long and two feet wide wasas big as they could get out of thebasement, so that was the size. A friendfound a source for balloon fabric thatthey used as skin.What would they do about food? Theyhad a friend who sold fishing gear, sothey would use his gear and eat a lot offish that they would cook over driftwoodfires. For the rest — when the fishwouldn’t bite or the fires wouldn’t light —they depended on staples of peanut orapple butter. There wasn’t enough roomin the kayaks for all the food they wouldneed, so they boxed up extra rations andmailed them ahead, picking up parcelsat four post offices spaced along theroute.Phil still hadn’t finished when it was timeto start, but they put the kayaks in atBordentown NJ, and started paddling.They quickly learned about tides on theDelaware and the C&D Canal, whenYoung kayakers. Above left: Steve Klinger;above right, Phil Zuchman8 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

Drying out on a Chespeake beach, after enduring Hurricane Brenda.Note the ketch rig.they couldn’t stem a foul current. Oncethe tide turned favorable, they paddledalong the West Bank of Chesapeake Bayand camped in Aberdeen ProvingGround, but the Coast Guard, understandably,took exception to that andmoved them along.There were severe squalls on the way toBaltimore, so they weren’t at their bestwhen they finally found an empty dock.They walked ashore and were greeted byYacht Club members dressed in tie andjackets. The party hosts asked how theboys had gotten there, and, seeing theirboats, promptly took them into the cluband wined and dined them in spite oftheir ripped clothes and worn out jeans.Here Phil finished building sail rigs forthe kayaks; they knew they couldn’tpaddle all the way. A leg-o-mutton ketchrig was built for Steve, and a gaff rig forPhil, out of bamboo and cotton cloth,mostly a downwind rig to supplement thedouble paddle. They were beginning tolearn the full scope of their project. Theywere soon enough going to learn evenmore.Hurricane Brenda caught them out nearCalvert Cliffs. Steve made it ashore safe,but Phil’s boat sustained damage. Heheaded toward shore and found abulkhead with steps leading down to thewater. Phil aimed for the steps, threw abowline to some rescuers and managedto save both himself and his craft. Theysheltered in alarge building withother refugeesfrom the storm.After repairs theycontinued southleaving theChesapeake onthe Elizabeth Riverand through theDismal SwampCanal. Phil had about with a bunchof water moccasins.He was busyfighting them off with his paddle, when apasser-by told him to paddle out wherethe water was colder and deeper. Thesnakes stayed behind in the warm water.At Elizabeth City, the Coast Guardwarned them about bad weather, butthey ignored the warnings and set out tocross Albemarle Sound. They shouldhave listened. One set off to the Southeast,the other to the Southwest. Fifteenhours later they wound up in the sameplace, exhausted with their eyes soswollen that they were barely able to see,but they had made their passage.There isn’t much on the south side ofAlbemarle Sound, but they found afriend, a waterman who took them in.His cash came from crabbing. He worerags on his feet and lived in a house thatwas filled with chickens. He fed thekayakers on his special squirrel sausage;he hunted the squirrels when they werefeeding on nuts, and that gave thesausage a spicy flavor.It was dark as they approachedMorehead City. Suddenly Phil’s boat waslifted high out ofthe water for amoment thendropped backdown. Porpoise orshark? He neverfound out whathad risen upunderneath him. Entering Norfolk harbor.Steve’s uncle had a friend in Beaufort,Otto, who owned a fleet of shrimp boatsand took them in. They slept onboardone of the shrimp boats and ate a wholelot of shrimp. It sounds like they weremaking good progress toward their goal,but Phil was getting sick. He hadimpetigo and salt water sores, and a lowgrade fever. So they hitched a ride on atugboat that took them to Cape Fearwhile the crew took potshots at goats thetug passed on the way.They were making progress, but the timewas running out; they had to be back inQueens by the beginning of the collegeyear. They were learning that theirultimate goal was impossible in the timethey had allotted to get the length of theEast Coast.They paddled to Fisherman’s Islandwhere the Geechee residents only spokeGullah. The crowd was very welcoming,but couldn’t understand each other, sothe two teenagers hurried on. They finallygot as far as Isle of Palms, near Charleston.The Charleston Maritime Museumwanted to display their kayaks butwouldn’t pay for them. The boys neededenough money for bus fare, so theydecided not to give them up for charityand set them out to sea with the sails upand the rudders lashed.They hitchhiked home and returned toQueens College. Phil’s fever lingereduntil he met an expert on tropicaldiseases who told him he had contracteda rare North American strain of malaria.(Unless noted, all photos are from PhilZuchman’s private collection).Volume 30, Number 2 9

2009 Boat Show Wrap-Upby Hank VincentiThe 2009 Cleveland Boat Show has shoved off and is over thehorizon. Can Spring be far behind?As usual, our CABBS display of finely crafted wood boatsprovided a welcome visual relief for the public weary from thesight of white plastic boats. The number of those WPBs wasgreatly diminished again this year as this event slowly morphsfrom a boat into a home improvement show. On the otherhand, CABBS benefited from this trend as our booth area was1000 square feet.long by 4 ft.-4inches wide, with eastern white cedar staves andbent ribs. All are lashed together with spruce roots and woodpegs and represents an authentic example of this ancient craft.It was built by 11 people, over six-and-a-half 10-hour days, ina class at the Wooden Boat School in 1998. Mark was thewinner of the end of class canoe lottery, thus having the prideof ownership.The side-by-side display of Max’s and Mark’s canoes, below,created an opportunity to educate the public about canoedevelopment. Here was one canoe created using materials,tools and techniques of the stone-age culture sitting next toanother canoe built with present day technology. Yet the formand function of these two historically separated objects areIDENTICAL! Try to name another object that has remainedunchanged from the Stone Age to today.Max Petersoneterson, CABBS member and president of the ThreeRivers Chapter of the Wood Canoe Heritage Associationdisplayed his beautiful 16 foot cedar strip Chestnut canoe,pictured above.People marveled at its construction, bright finish, light weight(63 lbs.) and caned wicker seats. Many could hardly believethat Max uses his canoe on a regular basis, and when theirattention was directed to the gunwale decoration that reads‘Max Peterson 2007’ in Morse Code they would burst intolaughter. Great job Max! It was the centerpiece of our booth.Mark Zalonis, a friend of Max and WCHA member, displayedhis North American Eastern Woodlands native birch barkcanoe, below. It was built from one piece of birchbark, 16 ft.Jim Batteiger had his Wee Rob decked canoe on display. Jimdid a terrific job on this lapstrake design by Iain Oughtred,pictured above. Jim was particularly proud of his doublepaddle design which has a two piece pop-together joint.Ric Blamer displayed his scaled down model of a skiff similarto an Acorn — at top left on the next page — with nail fastenedlap strakes. The similarity to full size boat building techniquespiqued the interest of many viewers. Nice display, Ric!The Bailey Boat — at top right on the next page — made itssecond appearance at the Boat Show. The starboard deckpieces were temporarily in place in contrast to the non-deckedport side.10 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

The spars, built by Ric Altfather, were rigged for the first timeby Jim Batteiger and Hank Vincenti, and the sails, sewn by RicBlamer, were hoisted for the first time.Bob Buddenhagen’s finely crafted rudder and tiller, belowright, were hung on the transom.She was sitting on her trailer,newly painted by Ric Altfatherand assembled by HankVincenti and Jim Batteiger.She is approximately 70%complete with the generalconstruction finished. Finalassembly, trimming andsanding, painting andvarnishing are yet to becompleted. Hot Dog Day2009 is the goal for herlaunching and sail trials.Ric Altfather assisted by Paula Smith and Ric Blamer hadanother successful year leading the CABBS Kids toy boatbuilding with 250 boat kits available. Ric also displayed a rackof his artfully built canoe and kayak paddles.A big THANK YOU goes to all those CABBS members whovolunteered as booth workers. We couldn’t do it without yoursupport. We had a number of inquiries about CABBS and hopesome of the Boat Show enthusiasm carries through with somenew memberships.Thanks to all those members who showed up on Sundayafternoon to help move our display out of the IX Center. Westarted to tear down at 5:00pm and by 5:58pm everything wasout and the Bailey Boat was in the parking lot hitched to mytruck. We smashed our previous record of 6:20pm. Jim Stumpfnoted that “We even beat those Lyman guys!” Good work for agood show from a bunch of GREAT people. Thanks again.About the Author: Hank Vincenti is the 2009 President ofCABBS, the Cleveland Amateur Boat Building Society.Alive & Well:Boatbuilding in Mendocino Countyby Dusty DillionBoatbuilding is alive and well in Mendocino County! Last Spring, graduates of theKrenoff Fine Woodworking School, College of the Redwoods, built a beautiful,lapstrake, double-ended rowing dory, shown at left.We are looking for a buyer, in order to fund another project in the Spring of 2009.This $20,000 boat is available to TSCA members for only $8,000.If you want to sponsor the next boat, you can help build it. Tuition for the collegeclass is $900; it is open to just seven students, with guidance from two instructors,and runs for three weeks. It can be a life-changing event.To get involved, please contact me, Educational Outreach Coordinator for the LostCoast Chapter of TSCA at 707-964-2612 or 707-841-7970.Volume 30, Number 2 11

TheMatinicusIslandDouble-Enderby Jim LutonI’ve been thinking for some time nowabout building a boat for myself that islight and easy to handle solo or withcrew, both on shore and in the water; aboat that rows beautifully as well as sails,that is seaworthy, and of course beautiful.My crab skiff, Cricket, is a greatsailboat, but she’s a bit heavy to launchand retrieve by myself, and rowing is nother strong suit. While we were up inMaine last summer at WoodenBoat’sSmall Reach Regatta, I had the chance tolook over a wide variety of traditionalsmall craft, and formed some definiteopinions about what were good “sailand-oar”boats.Arguably the quintessential Mainetraditional small-craft, the double-ender,or “peapod,” as the type is commonlyknown was once found all over the rockyislands and ledges of that state’s ruggedsea coast. Dating back to the latenineteenth century, the peapod was usedin the lobster fishery, primarily to haultraps but some also served as lighthousekeeper’s boats, and of course were usedfor other tasks around the waterfront aswell. John Gardner wrote that thedouble-enders really came into their ownas the lobsters were fished out, and itbecame necessary to spread their potsover a wider area, usually by rowing.Each region produced itsown model, peculiar to thearea and the builder, andmolds would often bepassed down throughthe generations.The double-ender ingeneral, and theMatinicus Islandmodel in particular,wereextremely seaworthy,androwed or sailedbeautifully. Theboat shown atleft is a historicallysignificantone, having been builtby a prominent family, the Youngs, onMatinicus Island for many generations.This model dates back at least to 1900or so. Walter Simmons, a Lincolnville, MEboatbuilder, acquired the molds fromMerrill Young in the early 70’s, and setdown lines to paper so they could bepreserved. Walter has built many boatsfrom these molds, and offers the designfor sale to other builders (he also offers awonderful Matinicus Double-Ender CD,which is both historical record andbuilding guide). So I bought a set ofplans for myself,and have startedbuilding her.Above left, theMatinicus IslandDouble-Ender. Sailplan drawn by Jim,after WalterSimmons. At right,lobsterman JudYoung, MatinicusIsland, circa 1904.Photo from thePenobscot MarineMuseum collection,donated by, andused with permissionof, Walter Simmons.Matinicus Island peapod body plan.Before the first piece of wood can be cut,the boat must be lofted full size in threeviews, and faired. There is a lot ofdrawing and re-drawing to get all theviews to agree. Move a waterline here, itaffects a diagonal there, or changes thebody curve somewhere else. In additionto the lines, many construction detailssuch as stem profiles, keel widths, andbevels are generated. Walter will providea full-size lofting for this boat at a veryreasonable price, but I find the processenjoyable, and instructive. Once the linesare fair, and all views are correlated, thebuilding molds can be lifted from the fullsize body plan, and the backbone can bebuilt. The lines for this boat show a hullwith fairly slack bilges and a moderaterise of floor, which coupled with herhollow lower waterlines, will produce aform that is very easy to push throughthe water. She will be tender, though,particularly when lightly loaded, and willnot have a high top end speed. But sheshould row effortlessly, and her flare will12 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

Cast bronze stand-up oarlocks from DuckTrap Woodworking.provide a healthy range of secondarystability.One interesting note about peapods isthat they were often rowed facingforward and standing up! It is mucheasier to navigate rocky ledges whilelooking where you are going rather thanwhere you’ve been. And when it comestime to haul a trap, you’re already onyour feet. This requires a long and verystrong oarlock, quite different from thenormal variety. Walter Simmons madenew patterns for these locks, and ishaving them cast in limited quantities ata foundry in Maine. He sold me a pair,and I’ll be very interested to try them outwhen the boat is done. I can see myselfon some misty, winter morning, pushingthrough the marsh along with thebuffleheads and mergansers.These boats were traditionally built ofcedar on steam-bent oak frames. Thekeel and stems were also oak. WhileHauling traps from a carvel planked double-ender. Used bypermission of Walter Simmons.many of thedouble-enderswere built carvel,some were alsobuilt lapstrake. Thelapstrake boatswere quite a bitlighter, though theywere all ratherheavily-built forlong service. I ambuilding minelapstrake, but withglued, ninemillimeteroccumeply instead ofriveted cedar. Imay still use thesteamed frames,but I might chooseto use more widely spaced sawn frames,joggled to fit over the laps.There are two keel types to choose fromfor this boat. In one type, the keel is setvertically, with the rabbet for thegarboard plank land chiseled out byhand. This is sometimes called a“scantling” keel. The other type is the flatplank keel. This type of construction istypical for wherries, but was sometimesused for the double-enders as well. Theflat plank keel is much easier to fit acenterboard to, being quite wide on itsinboard surface amidship. I am using thelatter, built up from two 12-millimeterlayers of occume ply laminated together.There is additionally, another 12mmexternal shoe, which sets proud of thegarboard plank,and brings thebackbone structureto a little less than1-1/2” thick. Thisapplied shoecreates the rabbetthat would bechiseled in on thevertical keel. Oncethe keel has beenA beautiful example of a Jonesport (Washington County) peapod. Iphotographed this boat at the 2008 Small Reach Regatta. The owner,Charles Chamberlain, told me that this boat was built by the late AlanVaitses, to lines found in Chapelle’s American Small Sailing Craft,page 219 (fig. 83). She is gaff rigged with no centerboard.laminated, itsshape must be laidout on both inboard (top) and outboardsurfaces. There is quite a rolling bevel tobe cut down the length of the keel, with alot of wood to be removed. I used severaldifferent hand tools in the process,but the bulk of the wood was removedwith a power plane.The stems and their knees are quitehefty. I got mine out of some old constructiongrade fir that I salvaged from adumpster. I first made thin plywoodpatterns from the lofting, and arrangedthem on the stock to best advantage,working around knots and other defects.The knee notches into the stem, and Iglued this joint with epoxy. The twopieces were also bolted together withbronze carriage bolts, and the wholeassembly was glued and bolted to thekeel as well. This is where I stand now atthis writing. I’ll be cutting molds soon,and setting up for planking. Stay tunedfor future installments!Contact Info:Walter Simmons, www.duck-trap.com;Jim Luton, jim@canopystudios.com orhttp://sailingskiffs.blogspot.com/Volume 30, Number 2 13

The Sea BrightBeach Skiffby Damian SiekonicA photo from Peter Guthorn’s book The Sea Bright Skiff and OtherJersey Shore Boats. The original caption reads “William A. Isaac, andWalter A. Seaman in the Lizzie at Nauvoo. Note the spritsail rig,balanced jib club [and] steering oar. From a tintype made in 1872.Courtesy of Harold A. Seaman.”Anyone who has vacationed on theshores of the mid-Atlantic region of theUnited States has undoubtedly seen thelifeguard boats that populate thebeaches. Today they are made of fiberglass,but up until some twenty years agothey were still made of wood with a hullshape that was basically unchangedsince the early 19th century.The history of this type of boat began asa small and practical fishing boatcapable of being launched through thesurf by just a couple of men. Earliernames for the boat were the sea dory,the surf boat and the New Jersey seaskiff, but today it’s known almostuniversallyas the Sea Bright Skiff.In Peter Guthorn’s book, The Sea BrightSkiff and Other Jersey Shore Boats, hedescribed the beach boat in detail:“The early beach skiffs were about 15feet in length and 5 feet beam. They hadround bilges, a sloping transom, slightlyrockered plank keel and a marked sheerto the topsides. The hull was lapstrakedwith white cedar over sawn frames.Fastenings were copper rivets or clinchnails. Each plank was fastened to itsmate at short intervals to make a flexible,water-tight skin. The U-shaped transomwas raked about 30 degrees. Garboardswere fastened vertically to the sternpost,below the transom. This produced areverse chine atthe after end anda planked-upskeg. The widebottom plank withtapered endsprovided a restingsurface whenbeached, while itsrocker madeturning easy.”The boats wereoriginally fittedwith a centerboardordaggerboard sothey could besailed, with the typical rig being a singlemastedsprit-rigged mainsail and a jib.Early photographs, like the one aboveleft, show the boat being steered with anoar set in a notch in the transom ratherthan with a rudder and tiller. Woodenthole pins were used for the oars, and inlater boats a unique bronze oarlock wasused. By the early 20th century smallmotors were installed as boatstransitioned from sail to engine power.With the advancement of technology,boats became bigger and were in turnpowered by larger engines.My experience with the Sea Brightsinvolved four boats over the last eightyears. The first was an 18’ hull built in1981 by Charles Hankins of Lavallette,NJ. I found the boat advertised in a local“Boat Shopper” magazine, and basedon what little information I had at thetime, it was thought that this was one ofthe more rare sailing versions of the SeaBright that Hankins built in his shop. Ithad a centerboard, a rudder and tiller,and was rigged in the traditionalmanner. I bought the boat, and severalyears later I came to learn that this boatwas really a surf boat built for the OceanBeach & Bay Club, and after it wasretired from service someone fitted it outas a sailing skiff. But that didn’t make itany less fun - it was quick to respondand was a fast sailer.In the fall of 2004, I came across aneBay auction for what was advertised asa Hankins Skiff, a standard 16’ surf boatin need of complete restoration. Ipurchased the boat, then resold it in2005 to a colleague in Virginia, wherehe’s just about finished with the overhaul.We were unclear about the boat’s exactorigin — there was a four-digit serialnumber engraved on the inside of thestempost instead of in the transom, as istypical of the Hankins boats. The hullshape, however, was almost identical tomy 18’ Hankins. Based on the constructiondetails, we were pretty sure thatHankins had built it. Correspondencewith the Toms River Seaport Society &Maritime Museum confirmed that it wasbuilt by Hankins for the town of Deal, NJin 1972.The “holy grail” of Sea Brights appearedin June of 2008 — a genuine Hankinssailing skiff built for the original owner in1985. The owner had contacted methrough my company website, seeingthat we represented a number ofhistorical boats for film and productionwork, and asked if we were interested inbuying it. My wife and I drove the twohours to Cape May, NJ to look at theboat, and we found it buried under pilesAt left, the author’s 1981 Hankins skiff atLake Nockamixon, PA, now restored withcanvas sails, hemp rigging and wooden tholepins. Photo by Damian Siekonic.14 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

Hankins beach skiff built for Deal Beach, NJ in 1972. Found on eBayin 2004, the boat is shown in its unrestored condition. Photo byDamian Siekonic.The “holy grail” 1985 Hankins sailing skiff, after retrieving it from thebarn in Cape May, NJ. Damian Siekonic photo.of household items inside an old barnwhere the boat had sat unused for thelast eighteen years.This boat was considerably larger thanany Sea Bright that we’d seen before. Itwas bigger than our 1981 sailing skiff byat least a foot in every direction, and itseemed far sturdier in comparison. AHankins plaque fasted to the inside ofthe transom provided easy identification,as did the customary engraving of theserial number at the outside base of thetransom. We didn’t commit to buying theboat that day, but over lunch in CapeMay, my wife knew from the look on myface that we’d be making a return trip.We bought the boat the next day.As is often the case when one’s workshop is filled with projects, yet anotherSea Bright Skiff came along one weekafter the large Hankins sailing skiff. Thisone was built by the Atlantic City boatbuilder Van Sant in the early 1980s. Theboat had just been retired from the A.C.Beach Patrol and was the last of thewooden beach skiffs to be used in thattown before the boats were changedover to fiberglass.I purchased the boat and resold it to acolleague in Massachusetts where it’snow in the process of being restored.Before it left my shop I got the chance toexamine the construction and compare itto the Hankins boats that I knew so well.The length and beam were nearlyidentical to the 18’ converted sailing skiffthat I have, but the bottom was supportedby a full-keel that made the boatlean to one side when beached. Theplanks were slightly narrower and therewere more of them, lending to a veryclassic appearance. This boat was verysimilar to the traditionally built Whitehall,with the only real difference being the U-shaped transom instead of the Whitehall’smore elegant wineglass shape.Understanding the construction of theseboats is one thing, but understandinghow their hull shape was designed towork on the coast of New Jersey issomething else entirely.I’ve sailed my 18’ Hankins in manydifferent places — the Delaware Bay,Lake George, Lake Champlain and LongIsland Sound to name just a few. But thereal test came when I sailed the boat justeast of Woods Hole, MA in the summerof 2002. A friend and I rowed the boatout into the ocean through a narrow inletnear Falmouth, and once clear of therock jetties we dropped the centerboardand set sail. The boat danced on theAt left, the circa1980s Van Sant surfskiff, the last“woodie” built for theAtlantic City BeachPatrol. DamianSiekonic photo.easy swells and we spent the morningsailing up and down the beach withinsight of hundreds of vacationers takingin the sun. After about two hours oftacking and running we decided to takea break, but working back through thenarrow inlet that led to the dock wasn’tsomething we wanted to do any morethan we had to. The thought of the boatslanding through the surf on the JerseyShore came to mind, and we decided togive it a try.With the mainsail brailed up and the jibstruck we raised the centerboard and setabout rowing to shore. As we made ourway into the surf, a large breaker cameup behind us. We anticipated gettingtossed around, but what happened nextcompletely surprised us. The stern wasraised by the incoming wave, and withthe bow tipped slightly downward werode the wave like a surf board. Then theboat leveled out as the bottom shoaled,and as the wave receded the boat wasleft sitting upright on the beach. Weighingabout 500 pounds fully loaded, theboat was little trouble to haul up to thetide mark.We spent about an hour talking with thecrowd that had gathered around theboat, answering questions and explainingwhat a Sea Bright Skiff was, since theboat was not well known on Cape Cod.When it was time to leave we realizedthat we had only put the boat throughhalf of the test. According to its history,the boat was supposed to be capable ofbeing launched through the surf by twoContinued on next pageVolume 30, Number 2 15

The Sea Bright Beach Skiff, cont’d.men. The boat’s rocker made turning itan easy task and we pushed it back outthrough the surf. Then with one of us atthe oars and the other pushing from thestern, we got into the shallows where thevalue of the boat’s minimal draft wasrealized. The waves were directly ahead,and with both of us now pulling with theoars, we headed straight at them. As thebow hit the first wave, we felt the hull lift,then the sharpness of the bow slicedthrough the upper part of the wave,instead of being pitched up vertically byit. The shape of the skeg at the sterngave some balance and bite into thewater as we passed over the breaker,and when we hit the next wave we hadmore speed on the boat, clearing thenext wave better than the first.Before we realized it we were already ahundred yards off the beach; we rowedanother hundred yards before droppingthe centerboard and setting sail. Ourmuscles felt the burn from the physicalA recent photo of the Hankins sailing skiff,with the hull prepped for restoration.Damian Siekonic photo.labor, but it wasn’t nearly as difficult atask as we thought it would be.Today there are few of the wooden SeaBrights still around. Many of the boatswere left to rot on the beaches wherethey were once used. Some have endedup as landscape planters on front yardsin the local shore communities. Yet somehave survived, and if you do happen tofind one I urge you to rescue it.The last of the old-time Sea Brightbuilders was Charles Hankins, and hepassed away in 2003. Fortunately thecontents of his shop were acquired bythe Toms River Seaport Society andMaritime Museum, and the folks therehave been an invaluable resource for myresearch into these historic boats.The restoration of the Hankins sailingskiff that I bought in Cape May lastsummer is nearing completion, and I’llbe sure to submit photos of it for the nextAsh Breeze. Till then, I wish you all fairwinds and following seas and lookforward to seeing you on the water.About the Author: Damian Siekonic ispresident of Privateer Media, LLC. He isbased in Center Valley, PA, and can bereached through his company’s website:www.privateermedia.com.Up-North Boat FestivalsOn the south shore of Lake Ontario, a few diehardtraitional boat fans are carrying on. Two events, in Fair Haven,NY, might be of interest. Both will be held on Fair Haven Bay, atPleasant Beach Restaurant.The first is an all-day, small boat mess-about, Saturday, June 6,featuring paddling, rowing and small sailboats.The second is a wooden boat festival, Sunday, September 13.The link will give an account and photos of the inagural 2008festival: www.silverwaters.com/ed/entry.php?id=log&cnum=c1&topicno=10Fair Haven is about 30 minutes northwest of Syracuse, NY.There are campsites and inexpensive places to stay.Vintage boating comes to life on the Old Port Quays with theMontreal Classic Boat Festivalestival, August 21-23, 2009.The Festival will bring together boats of various vintages, whichcan vary in size from a few meters to twenty meters or more. Itis often difficult to see these treasures, so this is an opportunityto admire them in a great historical maritime setting. Visitorswill be able to touch, feel and hear these wonders.www.fcbmontreal.com.ForSale:DucktrapWherry,$590014’ LOA x 48" beam, approx. 135 lbs.Occume (6mm) epoxied lapstrake. White oak stem, keel,transom knee; hackmatack thwart knees; Africanmahogany breasthook and transom knees; mahoganycurved transom, thwarts, inwale, outwale, and bottomguard rail.Tom Walz Machinery Co., IncOne Roundabout LaneCape Elizabeth, ME 04107tomw@whsawmills.com207-741-251916 The Ash Breeze, Summer 2009

My first boat:Sigridby Jake RoulstoneDrawing of Pemaquidfrom the Atkin & Co,website. Used with permission of Pat Atkin.Aside from childhood projects, includingsome attempts at boats, the very firstboat I built was a plank-on-frame modelof William and John Atkin’s Pemaquidemaquid,a 21-foot Banks Dory from the 1940’s“How to Build” series by MotorBoating.I lofted and faired the lines then set up atiny strong back and built it: I tried tobuild exactly to scale — 1”-1’ — andbecame familiar with lofting, set-up,scantlings, steam-bending, layout, fits,fasteners, interior details — like seats,knees, and floorboards, rudder construction,then spars, sails and finally, paintand varnish.This little project (photos above right andbelow) consumed most of a year in myspare time (no TV) and I realized that Imight never be able to finish the fullsizedversion. So with my tail between mylegs and model in hand I drove out toDavenport and asked the local boatbuilder(Bill Grunwald,AeolusBoats) if he wouldquote me a priceon a boat “just likethe model.” I leftthe model with himfor study.I returned a fewweeks later andexpected a price Icould not afford.Bill, who came offas rather curmudgeonly,said, “I can’tbuild a boat foryou...”“The model is very precise. Why don’tyou come out here and build it yourself?”"There," he said while pointing over at awall with about a thousand feet of clearPhilippine mahogany leaning against it,“is the material. And you...” (waving hishand generally in a southerly direction),“...can use this space (some 20x30 feet)in the corner of the shop!”The shop was an ancient, open liverystable about 10,000 sq. ft. total. Pointingagain, he said, "And the bandsaw andtable saw are right there."“Whoa,” I thought to myself, “what to donext?”After discussion with my lovely, and longsufferingwife, Sally, I decided to take Billup on this suspiciouslygenerousoffer.Afraid to ask howmuch the rent maybe or the cost ofmaterials, anotherweek went by, untilI approached himand asked thequestions.Almost embarrassed(the curmudgeonthingwas a carefully scripted act), he wavedhis hand over his head as if shooingaway a fly and said, “Sure, sure.... Justget started before you get sensible.”Carefully avoiding the question, hegrabbed a scrap of plywood andsuggested that I keep my own record ofmaterials and fastenings, noting what Iused on this plywood scrap. The costsnever came up.And that was it — I was off and running.Starting down a path I knew not where.After the boat was finished and it wastime to settle up, the subject of rent cameup again and he looked down at his feetand said “One dollar a foot, is that OK?”I was in that space for the next twentyyears…more than once I spent the nightthere.Thirty years later, Bill and others from theboatshop are gone, but I’m a verydifferent man from that experience.How often in life do you find that muchgenerosity?Volume 30, Number 2 17

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Adjustableleather strap and snap/buckle. $20. ($18to members if purchased at TSCA meets.)T-shirts100% cotton, light gray with the TSCAlogo. $15.00 postpaid for sizes M, L, andXL and $16.00 for XXL.Patches3 inches in diameter featuring our logowith a white sail and a golden spar andoar on a light-blue background. Blacklettering and a dark-blue border. $3.00Please send a SASE with your order.DecalsMylar-surfaced weatherproof decalssimilar to the patches except the border isblack. Self-sticking back. $1. 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Yes No Which Chapter? __________________________________________________________________________Name _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Address _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________City ______________________________________ State/Prov. _________ Zip/Postal Code _____________Country ___________________________E-mail _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Mail to: Secretary, Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc., P. O. Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355.Volume Note: Individual 30, Number and 2 Family Memberships qualify for one vote and one copy of each TSCA mailing.23Family Memberships qualify all members of the immediate family to participate in all other TSCA activities.

Reminder: Please cast your ballotfor Council and for/against theBylaw changes, described in theSpring Issue, by June 1, 2009.Time to Renew? Help us save time and postage by photocopyingthe membership form on page 27, or clipping andreturning the lower portion of this cover — with your name,address and membership number on it — and renewing beforewe send you a renewal request.The Ash BreezeThe Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc.PO Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355Non-Profit Org.US PostagePAIDProvidence, RIPermit No. 1899Address Service Requested