“There’s something about these vessels that cause some kind of hypnotism, you do things you’d never dream of doing in your ordinary mind” -Irving Johnson

Today was the last day of our fall session, to celebrate we made popcorn and watched “Around Cape Horn.” Filmed in 1929, it depicts the voyage of the 4 masted steel Barque Peking as it journeyed around Cape Horn. This spurred a spirited discussion of the challenges and rewards of traditional sailing!

Then it was time to get more shop time!

Tools we used:

Plow Plane- To groove the bottom of tool trays for floating bases to fit in.and

Marking Gauge and Combination Square- For layout of half-laps.

Handsaws- Each girl found a different preference for Japanese pull saws or western push saws to cut their tool tray half laps.

Chisels- To clean up the half laps and make them fit perfectly!

Hot Glue Gun- Don’t underestimate these, we use them to pattern our boat frames.

Bandsaw- To cut out boat frames.

Handplanes- To refine and fit boat frames.

Cordless Drill- To fasten our finished frames into place.

What a bunch of useful tools the girls have been mastering here at the Girls Boat Project!

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