WorkshopontheWater's channel

Building a wooden boat

Turning a 50 foot mast in a lathe

Turning over a 28' catboat.

Catboat Silent Maid sailing to windward

Shows the construction of a wooden boat.

To learn more about what we do, go to

http://www.phillyseaport.org/ and http://whaleboats.blogspot....

To learn more about what we do, go to

http://www.phillyseaport.org/ and http://whaleboats.blogspot....

Using a technique called whomping to introduce a curve to the planks before they get installed on the boat. The process involves steaming the plank...

To learn more about what we do, go to

http://www.phillyseaport.org/ and http://whaleboats.blogspot....

Bruce Mackenzie modifies our steambending technique with a bag and boil system. We modified our jig as well, changing the concept to a compression ...

Short movie from Mystic Seaport about building a whaleboat

Bending frames for the whaleboat being built in the Workshop on the Water at the Independence Seaport Museum

Steam bending new stern post for whaleboat in the Workshop on the Water at the Independence Seaport Museum