Lowell's Boat Shop ~ Amesbury, MA
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| On the Merrimack River |
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| Lowell's Boat Shop |
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| Graham McKay, Shipwright |
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| The Boat Building Class 2012 (The Wrecking Crew) |
Student Journal
Following our visit to Lowell's Boat Shop on Saturday
morning, we met for class in the workshop on this glorious Monday morning. To
start class, we started looking at the plans for our boats. Graham translated
the seemingly foreign language that was displayed on the board, and we started
to understand how to read the measurements. At 10:00 am we packed into the
minibus, and Mr. Grant lifted the school super duty pick-up truck.
Our
expedition brought us to Jackson Lumber Yard in Lawrence, where we found all the necessary
supplies for our project. Ryan Miles handled the supply list, and soon enough
we were picking out various sizes and types of wood from the warehouse. Once
the wood was loaded into the truck, we voyaged back to the workshop and
commenced the building of our vessels. With the class split in half, the
competition begins to construct the best Optimist. Checking out for lunch for
now but we will return later this afternoon!
After digesting some nice and healthy foot-longs, our class
made its way back to the workshop and started the construction. We grabbed our
trusty goggles and went to town on some wood. We started by cutting the outline
of the bow and stern out of the plywood and then built the base of the boat.
Willie Platt
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