Assembling a 19th century sloop's rigging.

Rigging Elf

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1- Building Torch

2-Building "Spyder,"a New A Class Catboat

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1- A Sail Plan

2- Building Spars

3- Some Rigging Details

4- Assembling Elf's Rig

1- Silent Maid Home

2-The Original Silent Maid

3-Silent Maid Plans

4- Mold and Backbone

5- Ribbands and Frames

6- Floor Timbers

7- Mast Hoops

9-Deadwood and Ballast

10- Planking

11- Turning Over Silent Maid

12 - Interior Joinery

13- Cockpit

15- Sailing Silent Maid

Catboat Silent Maid

A Class Catboats

Olympia's Pilot House

1888 Sloop Elf

1- Steam, Guns and Furniture

2- Building a Pilot House

Jersey Cats

Movies

Links

Sneakbox Restoration

Restoring Misleading Lady

1 - Assembling a Mast

2- The Spar Lathe

3- Sailing Sandbaggers

4-WHYY Arts and Culture Clip

5- Planking Silent Maid

6- Building Spyder

7- Silent Maid's First Voyage

8- Silent Maid Launch

9- Silent Maid Arrives in Barnegat Bay

Using the Moshulu's bowsprit as a crane.

Topmast Housed

Fully rigged

Moshulu Elf Olympia

Out doors at last

First Sail

Full Sail

Full Sail

Carolyn Hesse

Carolyn Hesse