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Up dated
6-25-08
MASHNEE has come to Lake Champlain!
Jan Rozendaal and Darling Boat Works have started the restoration.
MASHNEE is a 1902 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 30
LOA 46'6'' LWL 30' BEAM 10'10'' DRAFT 5'4''
For more information see:
July/August 2004 Issue of
WoodenBoat "Saving A Classic"
Oct. 4th, 2004
OCT. 12th
The meeting of the minds. How far to go?
The restoration will include some major keel work.
Documentation number
July 2005
The Mashnee restoration is moving ahead but the scope of the project has greatly expanded....
December 2005
The Mashnee project is going full bore at
George’s shop on
March 2006 progress continues...
The new keel.
Deck supports in place.
Inside view of the keel.
Inside looking forward.
99% new wood.
Inside looking aft.
April - 06
George found old growth Yellow Pine for the
bottom planking.
A mill operator (down south) locates lost submerged logs on a river bottom.
They were logged some 100 years ago + or -
Notice (below) the tight grain of the old growth lumber.
Mast Step ready for installation.
Early October 2006
It turned out that there were problems with a
good deal of the plank material pictured above. So there were delays while
locating new wood for the planks.
In October the plank installation started up again.
Here are some shots....
November 28, 2006 Up Date.
Double Planking above the waterline.
Cyprus for the inner planks and Douglas Fur for the outer Planks.
The deadwood ready for shaping and 9550 lbs. of ballast
just arrived.
2-23-07 “Whiskey plank” Installed - She sure is pretty.
5-15-07
Paint on the hull and the bulk heads are being built.
The rudder is ready to be installed.
August 2007
Nov. 2007 Photos
by : George Darling
March 25, 2008
Photos by Larry Asam
Time to Move Mashnee Point Bay Marina
Congatulations!
A few of the key folks involved in this project:
Look for another update in early July.
Stay tuned for updates.
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