Frames and Trunnels

The Busy Freight Shed

Today at Maine’s First Ship we made one frame, cut out at least 9 floor timbers and patterns, and made 2 bows in total which equal out to 1 bent. I think that we worked pretty efficient today by the looks in the shop. Boat-shop videos will be released on Maine’s First Ship blog on August 19. Be sure to give them a look soon!

History-Twenty people left on the Mary and John on October.  Mary and John was the ship that brought supplies and many of the colonists.  After the storehouse was finished the Mary and John was unloaded and she went back to England to continue with her work and go on another voyage.  Yesterday, we said that 50 people left the colony in December to save supplies.  Therefore, there must have been about 50 remaining colonists.


Trunnels- Trunnels are wooden nails that we are using in the frames.  They got their name from "tree nails"
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