tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post25082243196731373..comments2024-03-28T02:33:20.668-07:00Comments on Earwigoagin: The Group Boat Building Phenonema of the 1960's and the We-sortTweezermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-49286834450693665322019-04-28T16:33:41.183-07:002019-04-28T16:33:41.183-07:00John,
Thanks. I'm sure there are plenty of ot...John,<br /><br />Thanks. I'm sure there are plenty of other stories of group builds. Maybe I'll put up a post on Sailing Anarchy and see if anyone else has a story to tell.Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-91893907075739743212019-04-23T18:48:23.258-07:002019-04-23T18:48:23.258-07:00I just read the article on the turkey barn boat bu...I just read the article on the turkey barn boat build, it's incredible to think that a group of people could pull together like that, do the hand's on work and build all of those boats. There was a similar Penguin build in Sea Cliff, NY where I grew up. I don't imagine anything like that ever happening again, I suppose the root cause is having too much money to bother. Times certainly have changed.johnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621283903677796185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-81775856337578163242019-04-23T17:51:56.400-07:002019-04-23T17:51:56.400-07:00Thanks Pete! I've pulled your comment over to ...Thanks Pete! I've pulled your comment over to the main post. Do you know of any other small sailboat group building in the sailing history of the Chesapeake? Tweezermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559514473959503645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273883632460433399.post-51948183363043382912019-04-22T13:44:31.877-07:002019-04-22T13:44:31.877-07:00Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's fleet of 6 We...Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's fleet of 6 We-Sorts was constructed in the late 1980s after We-Sort #2, Wee Lass, was donated to the museum. They were used for 15 years or so in the museum's summer sailing camp. At one point, a couple of the hulls were damaged in a fire in off-season storage, and at least two replacement hulls were built. When the We-Sorts were worn out from hard use, the museum considered a replacement fleet, but the sailing instructor at the time led the museum to instead acquire a fleet of plastic JY-15s. Some of the We-Sorts were sold, but one or two still remain, their rigs long gone, as rowing craft in the museum's summer boat livery. The youth sailing camp has been discontinued.Pete Lesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075676701446220361noreply@blogger.com