Model Shipways Virginia Sloop

Will be interesting to follow. I too have steered more and more away from plastics. I have been building wood small craft, boats and skiffs, and working coastal boats like the flattie and such. I have 4 larger wood kits in the stash but have so far avoided starting one for fear of screwing it up. They are assorted construction - POB, POF, Solid hull, Plank over solid hull. The small boats I've done are modified, kinda, POB/POF, some neither, just built over a form and holding it's own shape after removal from the form, like building a canoe. I do like following your work and comments on all things nautical. Thanks for posting. EJ

Your plans sound very sencible, you should get a lot of satifaction out of doing it this way. 

This will be interesting to follow. I cannot remember if or when there was a wood ship model WIP. At least if there was, it was before my time on the forum.

i started sailing at the age of seven at NAS Alameda. I definitely miss sailing in the Bay.

Steve 

Hello!

Good luck with your retirement plans! They sure sound good! With the economy in my part of the world, I would be glad to be able to go on retirement before I die!

So far I've built one wooden model ship. I'd like to show it here, because it is related to your boat - it's a Virginia pilot schooner. The kit was by Artist in the Latrine, but it is a ripoff of the Model Shipways Katy of Norfolk. I had to correct many things in it and do LOTS of research:

Now it seats in a custom built glass case in the house of my parents:

 

Good luck with your builds and have a nice day

Paweł

That sounds like a nice, thoroughly reasonable plan, GM. Much like mine. (I'm semi-retired right now; as of May I'm done completely. My wife is also retired from teaching, so two Social Security checks and two pension checks await.)

I did a bit of sailing when I was a lot younger, but an increasing tendency to seasickness has discouraged me for the past twenty-five years or so. (I once managed to get seasick lying on a waterbed in a furniture store.)

I haven't seen the Model Shipways Virginia Sloop in the flesh, but I'm confident that it's a good, well-designed kit. The designer was Ben Lankford, who knows his stuff.

I wish you a happy, long, and healthy retirement.

Pawel, I really like your pilot schooner. Including the case. That triangular design is one I hadn't seen before.

Professor Tilley - thanks a lot. I designed the case myself and had it custom-built here in Poland. I'm proud about the Pilot, too - thanks a lot for your kind words. I wish you good luck on your retirement, too! Have a nice day - and Merry Christmas!

Paweł