WoodenBoat Show News
May 2007
Are you ready? The 16th Annual WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport is next month! Here's a sampling of what you can expect. Read more at the show website and make plans to attend today. See you there!
Thomas Hoyne and Erik Ronnberg Exhibit
View Maritime Art and Models
Thomas Hoyne, one of the 20th-century's great maritime art masters, and model maker Eric Ronnberg will have an exhibition of exemplary paintings, preparatory sketches and ship models on display in the Mallory Building at Mystic Seaport during the show. Don't miss this unique opportunity to view these master paintings alongside the models that inspired them.
Also in the Mallory Building, visitors of all ages can create their own piece of art in The Art Spot: Make Your Own Maritime Masterpiece. Create like Hoyne did using models or sketch your own maritime scene.
Show Boats of Interest
Appreciate These Beauties & More
Patina looks traditional but is constructed with some high tech materials. Bruynzeel 10 mm mahogany plywood fastened with epoxy and bulletproof kevlar makes her a product of modern chemistry and not a slave to traditional performance. This 19.5-foot Caledonia Yawl, designed by Iain Oughtred, is light, fast and quick to setup and launch. She was recently built by Edward Segen.
The 55-foot L. Francis Herreshoff Mobjack, Long White Cloud, was custom built by Laurence Giles Boat Builders of New Zealand in 1996. The hull is diagonally cold-molded epoxy laminate of Kauri timber. All deck hardware and fittings are custom made bronze. The current owners, Paula and Stephen Pepperell, are sailing her up from the Caribbean for the show.
From the comfortable cruising appointments to the ultimate accommodations for entertaining, Solipsys has it all. Exposed ash beams, teak and ash sole, butternut doors, shelf tops and cabinets plus an L shaped galley counter top of Koa are among her interior features. Pease Boat Works will display this yacht as an example of their craftsmanship.
Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day
Learn about Japan’s Traditional Wooden Boats
Taraibune, or tub boats, are unique inshore fishing boats now found only on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan. Despite their primitive appearance, these boats still put to sea every day to gather shellfish and seaweed and to take tourists for rides. Douglas Brooks apprenticed with the last builder of these boats and recently published The Tub Boats of Sado Island; A Japanese Craftsman's Methods. He will display a tub boat and more in his booth.
As part of the Film and Video Series, Doug will present a slide talk during which he will share his experiences in Japan building five types of traditional boats and interviewing dozens of traditional craftsmen.
For More on the Film & Video Series Click Here
Do You Like REALLY Small Wooden Boats?
Sail or Build a Vintage Model Yacht
Members of the US Vintage Model Yacht Group (VMYG) will perform sailing demonstrations from 10 to 2 daily, providing visitors the opportunity for “hands-on” mentoring. Builders can learn to construct cold-molded wooden model yachts through lectures by the VMYG historian or purchase US VMYG “how to” model building books and AMYA magazines on R/C model yachting.
On display in their booth on Lighthouse Point will be an eight-foot R/C model of the 1910 fishing schooner “Elsie” — sister design to Mystic Seaport’s “L. A. Dunton” schooner. Bring your old sailing model to them for a no-charge evaluation of its design origins and restoration needs.
VMYG conducts research and writes articles on the history of the sport of model yachting, which led to the American Model Yachting Collection (archives) at the Mystic Seaport Museum Library.
Featured Exhibitors
Don’t Miss These Displays
Salmon Falls Canoe is a traditional wood canvas canoe shop owned and operated by husband and wife Dylan and Emily Schoelzel. They specialize in custom built wood and canvas canoes and restoration of wooden canoes and small wooden boats. They will have some of their new canoe models on display at the show including the16 foot Carleton pictured above.
BRAVA is an Italian company, set up in Genoa 1926, producing the top quality varnishes and paints RYLARD. RYLARD is a pure tung linseed oil based clear varnish, extremely elastic and penetrating, for superior resistance and glossiness. RYLARD protects the finest classic wooden boats all over the world.
Find Out More About Show Exhibitors
One Ticket = Two Days + Two Attractions
Plan to Spend the Weekend
Plan to attend the special tribute to Phil Bolger on Friday night, expert boat building skills workshops all three days, the best ever video and film series, all the other show activities, and Mystic Seaport exhibits.
What a deal! Just $17.50 for all this! Make sure you have plenty of time to board the boats, visit the exhibitor displays, learn expert boat building skills at the workshops, view the best ever video and film series, plus all of Mystic Seaport great exhibits.
Also, don't forget to order your tickets for the the special tribute to Phil Bolger on Friday night.