First Midship Frame Completed

First midship frame completed

Over the weekend, the shipwrights and volunteers completed the first midship frame.  It looks amazing, and huge.  Today, there were a lot of projects. We cut out pieces of the frames using a band saw, and put them into place on the lofting floor. We also cut off pieces

Vocab Reminder

of white pine using a chainsaw, so the pieces to be cut on the band saw would not be as heavy. Another group worked on making bows for the temporary shed to house the Virginia.  The media group began editing three videos.

Working on Second Frame

History: Today we learned about the techniques the Popham colonists would have used to put the Virginia in the water. They might have made a dry-dock, boarding it off with wood. Once the Virginia was complete, they would flood it. Another possibility is

Twenty-eight Bows Completed

that they built it on a slight incline, and used rollers to roll it into the water.

Vocabulary: Stanchion Frames- The stanchion frames are a piece of the frame that will come out above the deck. We are going to run planks around them, which will keep us from falling of the boat.

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