BCarp

Too late!

Anything under $300 would be a pretty good deal on this tube:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221995512187?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I believe! I believe! Very sweet lines. Love the shape of the stem! I've had good luck with this polyurethane-based paint: http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=64&engine=msn&keyword=interlux_brightside_polyurethane There's a "flattening agent" available to mix in if you don't want a gloss finish. Looks like she had an anti-fouling paint on her underside. You don't really need that if she'll spend most of her time on the trailer between cruises. Congrats again, and Happy New Year...!

No photos = imaginary boat!

Congrats! Looking forward to the pics....

Someone in the Northeast should jump on this:

http://maine.craigslist.org/boa/5180689302.html

Great image, BCarp!

Check out this ship's cutter from the same event! Yours truly is the second aft from the bow....

It is a crime to look that happy! Envy is not usually one of my downfalls, but....DANG!

Good sailing to you and yours, and if you ever get the urge to sail in the Midwest, like maybe Truman Lake.....

Bo

The daily rum ration leads to a jolly-looking visage...!

Sailing off Crown Point, NY....

BCarp -

Splendid.

What was the event/invasion?

This inaugural event: http://www.fortrodmanpyrateinvasion.com/

Located on Clark's Point on Buzzards Bay, just south of New Bedford, Mass. They did a super job for a first-time event, and plans are already in the works for next year.

Here's an album of pics I saved, featuring our three small boats, and the two larger craft that participated:

http://smg.photobucket.com/user/BCarp/slideshow/Pyrate%20Invasion

I like the concept. I'd go with the much-simpler "sprit-sail rig", if I were you. It greatly reduces the amount of rigging required (both standing and running rigging), is easy to manage, and correct for boats of the period. And perhaps a boat not quite so large? The typical 18 ft. jolly-boat might make more sense.

An example of sprit-rig:

PROVIDENCE fell over at the Newport shipyard in late January in a winter storm. Her mast broke and a jackstand pushed through the port side. We are making temporary repairs in order to move the boat to another shipyard.

We purchased all the Douglas fir trees in Aberdeen, Washington for the new mast and spars.

Looking to sell the boat as a project.

All the rigging and metal work was saved and is reuseable. The hull is solid fiberglass and easily repaired.

Asking price is $295,000.

I would gladly help advise a new owner with re-rigging the boat.

Thanks,
Thorpe Leeson, 401-241-6965
Thorpe1@aol.com

Sweet craft located in Massachusetts:

She's a fine boat. I'm jealous to no end. How did you decide on the colors?

The folks at the boat shop that built her made that decision!

An updated image of "Felix", with swivel mounted and proper thole-pins in place. Ready for 18th C. events...!

I cut the wooden stanchion down about 6 inches, which improves the profile of the set-up markedly. The mount is actually sturdier than it looks. No problems handling blank charges so far, anyways...!

Alrighty, finally have the swivel mount completed for use on my boat! In the pics you see the mast step in the bow, the wooden stanchion I made to drop into the mast step, and finally the gun in its swivel yoke mounted on that post. To my eye the gun is riding a bit high, so I will most likely cut the stanchion down a few inches....

Event website is up:

http://www.fortrodmanpyrateinvasion.com/

A sweet little craft, the 23' Syren, is for sale. Her current crew is moving up to a bigger boat. The price is right for a gang of five or six mateys who want to get afloat! Currently located at Port Henry, NY, on Lake Champlain. Here's her FB page with lots of photos:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gunboat-Syren/465700675633?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser

Contact me for the current owner's email address, if interested....

10-12 July

http://forttaber.org/fort-rodman-pyrate-invasion/

I'm going! Anyone else?

https://www.facebook.com/events/610378062404295/

Just arrived in yesterday's mail - a wee pop-gun to arm the bow of my boat (see: https://pyracy.com/index.php/topic/19378-soon-to-be-afloat/). 15" barrel, .75 caliber bore (stainless steel lined), weighs about 13 lbs. Now, I have to get the swivel yoke and tiller fabricated for it and it'll be ready to mount!