Bows, Keel, and Lofting

Gluing Blocks on First Stage

Shaping the Keel

The day started off with the media group making the first stage of four bows for the boat shed, we made them in under a hour.
Check out a slideshow by a Virginia Project Student.
Renovations of the Freight Shed

Justin Completing a Bow

Today the lofting floor group is working on drawing out the mid-ship bend. The mid-ship bend is the biggest and the widest frame in the boat. After they make the first mid-ship bend it will be a template for the other frames. The people that are working on the jig are still making more bows, right now we have 14 bows.

The keel group is trying to flatten and bring the keel to it’s final dimension which is 8” by 10”. To do so, they are using hand planes.

The history of the day is, "Why did they build the Virginia?" The reason why they built the Virginia was for trading, especially in furs. They also built it for exploration, gold, transportation and to trying to find the Northwest passage.

Vocabulary for the day is Baseline. Baseline is the bottom line of the lofting floor, which you measure up for water lines.

Blog By:  Miracle Trimble