Lowell's Boat Shop
Lowell's Boat Shop
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Jan 2025 Boat Shop Update: Maritime Trivia, Canvas Deck, A Boat for Bunker Hill Community College
Classes, Events, and other News: eepurl.com/WF5mf
New Book! Building the Shelburne Dory: lowellsboatshop.square.site/product/how-the-old-fella-done-it-building-the-shelburne-dory-with-milford-buchanan-book-/640?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=false&category_id=ANQKZLQONDFQOY4WKUU7I5OY
Junior Apprenticeship February Session: lowellsboatshop.square.site/youth-programs
Graham does the monthly walkthrough of our wooden boat building projects and announces some upcoming events. Let us know if you're interested in the classes he mentions!
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A National Historic Landmark and working museum, Lowell’s is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the art and craft of wooden boat building. In our boatbuildi...
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Salty Ice? The Merrimack River in Winter
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2025 Junior Apprentice Sessions: Get our emails: eepurl.com/WF5mf A calming, ice-clad river is some darn good ASMR and a good break from scrolling. A National Historic Landmark and working museum, Lowell’s is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the art and craft of wooden boat building. In our boatbuilding and shop update videos, we're hoping to take you inside our living museum where we b...
Dec 2024 Boat Shop Update: A Few Good Boatbuilding Projects, Speaker Series with Maritime Trivia
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Give today to have your donation count on your 2024 Tax Return: www.lowellsboatshop.org/2024-annual-appeal Maritime Trivia and other events in Amesbury and Newburyport are coming up: www.lowellsboatshop.org/events Build the "Peapod Dory" at Rock the Boat, Bronx, NY: woodenboatstg.wpenginepowered.com/courses/wooden-boatbuilding-in-the-bronx/ Build a Shelburne Dory at WoodenBoat School, Brooklin,...
An Apprentice Speaks Out: What couldn't we say in our annual appeal letter?
Просмотров 948Месяц назад
Here's the best place to send real well wishes to Lowell's Boat Shop: lowellsboatshop.square.site/donate Lots of people say they care about wooden boats, and wish there were more wooden boat builders. Lowell's does that: we have an apprentice program for participants completely supported by donations to the Boat Shop. This means kids of all walks of life are able to apply to and celebrate their...
Restoring a Wooden Boat for Another Museum-Pitching the Unique Bilge of the Ship's Boat
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Месяц назад
Boats for sale, custom boat designs, and wooden boat restoration services: www.lowellsboatshop.org/boats Graham talks us through the special challenges of restoring the garboards, floors, and finishes of the Ship's Boat from Plimouth Patuxet Museums in Massachusetts. This boat has served as an exhibit for our visitors, but also has been a good boat for our apprentices to cut their teeth on. Her...
Nov 2024 Boat Shop Update: Building a Wooden Motor Boat... Is plywood controversial?
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These events are amazing, plus, DIY Adult Class to build a charcuterie board: lowellsboatshop.square.site/events Graham shows us around the shop with the latest wooden boat building projects and wooden boat restorations under way at Lowell's Boat Shop. We've had some comments about plywood not being traditional, but we've got a few things in process right now that are being built in a tradition...
Traditional Irish Boat on the Merrimack River: Currachs of the Boston Irish Rowing Club
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Here comes the Holiday Open House! Currachs are skin-on-frame wooden boats that have a good long history of both fishing and racing. Light, fast, easy to row. During the Mighty Merrimack Rowing Race, these two lads rowed up and we were so glad to take a moment with them to get a visual tour of their currach dockside before the rowing race. A National Historic Landmark and working museum, Lowell...
Oct 2024 Boat Shop Update: Building Wooden Boats, Racing Wooden Boats, Teaching Wooden Boat Building
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Stay in the loop about upcoming events! linktr.ee/lowellsboatshop Click to join our newsletter, become a member of the shop, sign up for a class. This episode is packed with the Mighty Merrimack Rowing Race, Winter Speaker Series, a US Lifesaving Station boat, a new Amesbury Skiff, an apprentice-built Haven 12 1/2 and an apprentice-restored Beetle Cat rounding the corner to completion, and if y...
Whatever happened to that Arctic Adventure? Good News.
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Come see more about Graham's trip at this event: www.lowellsboatshop.org/events/annual-meeting/ You can still give: lowellsboatshop.square.site/donate Our most anticipated events are coming up: Mighty Merrimack Rowing Race, Holiday Open House. It's high time we give an update on this fundraising campaign, which was an unmitigated SUCCESS and has already brought young people on the water! Be sur...
Sept 2024 Boat Shop Update: Boatbuilding, Plank Steaming, Dory Rowing for Math Class
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Sept 2024 Boat Shop Update: Boatbuilding, Plank Steaming, Dory Rowing for Math Class
Found in a Barn: New Wooden Boat Built from a Little Forgotten Gem
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Found in a Barn: New Wooden Boat Built from a Little Forgotten Gem
August 2024 Boat Shop Update-Completing a Wooden Boat, Oar Making, Museum Member Party Coming Up
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August 2024 Boat Shop Update-Completing a Wooden Boat, Oar Making, Museum Member Party Coming Up
Full (Arctic) Circle: Opportunity from an Unexpected Place
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Full (Arctic) Circle: Opportunity from an Unexpected Place
July 2024 Boat Shop Update-Wooden Boats, Arctic Adventure, Kids in Boats
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July 2024 Boat Shop Update-Wooden Boats, Arctic Adventure, Kids in Boats
Postcards from a Wooden Boat Builder Sailing to the Arctic
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Postcards from a Wooden Boat Builder Sailing to the Arctic
May 2024 Boat Shop Update-Graham Gets a Drone, Arctic Adventure, Rowing the Merrimack
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May 2024 Boat Shop Update-Graham Gets a Drone, Arctic Adventure, Rowing the Merrimack
April 2024 Boat Shop Update-Spring Launch, Rowing Race, Sailing the Arctic, Boat Building Progress
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April 2024 Boat Shop Update-Spring Launch, Rowing Race, Sailing the Arctic, Boat Building Progress
March 2024 Boat Shop Update-Bronze Fasteners Go Bad, Too PLUS Kids' Summer Programs, Upcoming Events
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March 2024 Boat Shop Update-Bronze Fasteners Go Bad, Too PLUS Kids' Summer Programs, Upcoming Events
February 2024 Boat Shop Update-Lunenburg Dory, Beetle Cat, Mayflower's Shallop, Apprentices at Work
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February 2024 Boat Shop Update-Lunenburg Dory, Beetle Cat, Mayflower's Shallop, Apprentices at Work
Flood Report and Boat Shop Update, January 2024
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Flood Report and Boat Shop Update, January 2024
Boatbuilding at Lowell's: Rogue River Special in Six Days
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Boatbuilding at Lowell's: Rogue River Special in Six Days
Building Wooden Boats with High School Students
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Building Wooden Boats with High School Students
Lowell's Boat Shop 2023 Annual Meeting
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Lowell's Boat Shop 2023 Annual Meeting
Lowell's Boat Plans for Flat-Bottomed Wooden Skiffs and Dories
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Lowell's Boat Plans for Flat-Bottomed Wooden Skiffs and Dories
September 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop
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September 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop
August 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop - Wooden Boats at Lowell's Boat Shop
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August 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop - Wooden Boats at Lowell's Boat Shop
Where to Put a Waterline on a Handmade Wooden Boat?
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Where to Put a Waterline on a Handmade Wooden Boat?
July 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop
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July 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop
Oar Making with Van Fancy
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Oar Making with Van Fancy
May 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop
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May 2023 Video Update from the Boat Shop

Комментарии

  • @jimprouty6793
    @jimprouty6793 15 часов назад

    Love watching your videos, please keep it up.

  • @billlippincott3937
    @billlippincott3937 16 часов назад

    Thx for the update. Love to see the decking process with canvas.

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 13 часов назад

      Got a video brewing of that one, Bill! -Anne

  • @TheSalMaris
    @TheSalMaris 16 часов назад

    Still interested in acquiring a set of plans, as you intimated in a past video, for the small dory you took the lines off and built a replica--shown in this video as a storage space for future dory parts. And hey, thanks for this update.

  • @makewhatyoulike119
    @makewhatyoulike119 18 часов назад

    Thanks for doing these updates. very interesting🙂👍

  • @daveroche7297
    @daveroche7297 5 дней назад

    Many years ago in Haverhill I was watching flo ice on an incoming tide. All of a sudden the Groveland bridge stopped the ice flo and everything got real quiet and water started flowing over the ice.

  • @christiankuwetter7593
    @christiankuwetter7593 8 дней назад

    two seconds in the video, switched to amazon and pulled the trigger ....

  • @JohnClemons-h3f
    @JohnClemons-h3f 16 дней назад

    Really nice video. Have spent lots of hours looking at that scene. All th time working of course. John

  • @SuperHolymolly
    @SuperHolymolly 29 дней назад

    hello i am the new dory builder in Shelburne following Milford and that book would be very interesting for me , if you can keep me posted. merci

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 28 дней назад

      Excellent! Thanks for writing! If you keep an eye out on the channel here, or sign up for our email newsletter here: eepurl.com/WF5mf We'll be sure to announce when the book becomes available AND when Graham expands the documentation to other builders/organizations. Amicalement, Anne

  • @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302
    @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302 Месяц назад

    Do like listening to your blurbs Grahame. In a fast paced modernity, your show gives me respite and room to breathe, mentally. Ta mate

  • @kenrolt8072
    @kenrolt8072 Месяц назад

    "minimizing wastage" - great idea !

  • @jimmcinerney4866
    @jimmcinerney4866 Месяц назад

    Brilliant, the young lads and lassies who get to learn in that environment are truly blessed, the door is open to them to have a life and career that can be truly fulfilling.

  • @gerardfallon9204
    @gerardfallon9204 Месяц назад

    Good on ya mate. Merry Christmas

  • @dennisdavidek6694
    @dennisdavidek6694 Месяц назад

    Three seconds in, and i hit the like button!

  • @randomtraveler3363
    @randomtraveler3363 Месяц назад

    Share the history, share the traditional skills

  • @ChrisTietjen_00
    @ChrisTietjen_00 Месяц назад

    Just a comment for the algorithm...Looks Good!

  • @muchmorecoffee
    @muchmorecoffee Месяц назад

    Beautiful! Good pitch... Hi Annie.

  • @TotalBoat
    @TotalBoat Месяц назад

    Thixo is a must have for any boat shop!

  • @SavingMaverick55
    @SavingMaverick55 2 месяца назад

    Interesting that the TB epoxy is taking so long to kick off. Im using their high performance stuff with slow hardner and left a glue up to cure outside with the temperature dipping below freezing overnight and it was set up enough to remove the clamps and sand the following afternoon. Nice update and thanks for going into detail on some of the builds!

  • @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302
    @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302 2 месяца назад

    15: 25 For your ply cover-sheet - 1. Lay plastic over your bow planking for protection 2. Lay over-size ply sheet on site 3. Thixo a square-section bead around perimeter of ply 4. Splash/brush water across ply every half-hour for three days, replacing lead-weighting after each wetting 5. Final dry-off. Team of three on shifts. With timers.

  • @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302
    @basilbrushbooshieboosh5302 2 месяца назад

    Manus Forti Graham

  • @thaddanielson6491
    @thaddanielson6491 2 месяца назад

    Have you done the canvassing? I've done it many times. Like most boatbuilding operations have a good procedure set and followed will give a good result. I could describe it to you or come down to help.

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 2 месяца назад

      Hiya Thad! Anne Bryant here, I hope you're doing really well and it's great to know you're out there watching. I'll let Graham know you're up for helping. :)

    • @thaddanielson6491
      @thaddanielson6491 2 месяца назад

      @@lowellsboatshop I'm doing ok, I think. I will be talking at the TSCA meeting in Gloucester Dec. 11. Looking at Chris's comment below, vacuum bag not needed.

    • @ChrisTietjen_00
      @ChrisTietjen_00 2 месяца назад

      @@thaddanielson6491 I'll be interested to see how the double curvature is handled.

    • @thaddanielson6491
      @thaddanielson6491 2 месяца назад

      @@ChrisTietjen_00 The canvas is pulled tight and conforms to the curvatures, then it is additionally shrunk to tighten further. It works. You start at what I call the middle points, bow and stern, and sides, stretching and fastening, back and forth from the initial attachment points until the canvas it stretched all around. After perimeter fastening is complete it will be tight if done well, but then you take boiling hot water and rub it into the cloth (without rubbing it in it will just run off), which will help the cloth take it's shape and shrink it to tighten further. Then, when the canvas surface is dry but the threads are still wet inside, paint on the first enamel coat, the water in the thread resisting paint penetration preserving flexibility in the cloth. To my eye that is the proper shape for a deck.

    • @ChrisTietjen_00
      @ChrisTietjen_00 2 месяца назад

      @@thaddanielson6491 So I guess to get across a saddle point one direction of tension has to be greater than the other direction. I was thinking it might require some glue on the wooden deck prior to applying the canvas. It seems like an understanding of the amount of tension generated when the cloth shrinks would be where the skill lies in handling double curvature.

  • @ChrisTietjen_00
    @ChrisTietjen_00 2 месяца назад

    I've found the Thixo very handy. I tend not to use the nozzle. I just squirt some on a palette and mix it with a putty knife. I love that it's thick without having to add the usual thickeners. Easy to make very small batches, no measuring proportions, no waste from whats left in the nozzle or requirement to have a box of spare nozzles handy. Of course the nozzle is the way to go for certain applications. A passing thought would be to consider vacuum bagging the canvas onto the cat deck. That would solve the saddle issue. You'd have to caulk the seems for air tightness and maybe add a ledge along the gun'l for the bag seal. I can see you guys have a lot fun up there. If it wasn't so far away I'd be knocking on your door every day. 🐬👍

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 2 месяца назад

      The canvassing is an interesting thing because, of course, there are lots of Beetle Cats in the world, so we're definitely neither the first nor the last to be doing this. In the Beetles I've taken care of over the years, there isn't any caulking in the deck, and I learned to maintain the canvas deck by applying very, very thinned coats of paint. We'll definitely be doing a video about it when we get to installing the canvas! -Anne

  • @ChrisTietjen_00
    @ChrisTietjen_00 2 месяца назад

    Reminds me of Platt Monfort's boats at a different scale.

  • @dustyoldhat3543
    @dustyoldhat3543 2 месяца назад

    Happy Thanksgiving from Louisiana. Thank you for highlighting these beautiful boats. My family roots run back to Ireland and Scotland. I remember the old ones talking about fishing out of these boats when they were young lads before they came over.

  • @SavingMaverick55
    @SavingMaverick55 2 месяца назад

    Tempting. Seems like a great deal. I really want to build a small wooden sailboat to putter around Cape Cod Bay in while I work towards getting the big rotten boat restored, but do I really need another boatbuilding project at the moment?

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 2 месяца назад

      If you already have a restoration in your hands, and I’m not just saying this because I’d love to see this sold, this is a *super great* adventure boat for the interim. Email Graham! We hope to move this before the snow flies and it’s still available! -Anne

  • @OliverChisholm
    @OliverChisholm 2 месяца назад

    Thanks for the info!

  • @calthorp
    @calthorp 3 месяца назад

    How on earth, do you actually get any work done in that place with that view out the window?

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 2 месяца назад

      It also ruins us for other shops.... someone might have very lovely tools and nice clean and level floors but WHERE IS THE VIEW?!

  • @SavingMaverick55
    @SavingMaverick55 3 месяца назад

    Dude, if you could get plans made up for the lighthouse tender dinghy, I'd totally buy a set! That's too cool!

  • @joesprague1464
    @joesprague1464 3 месяца назад

    Is the beetle cat being done for a customer or will it be sold also?Love the name change.

  • @dustyoldhat3543
    @dustyoldhat3543 3 месяца назад

    Beautiful looking boat. If I could, I would bring it home to Louisiana.

  • @imxploring
    @imxploring 3 месяца назад

    Congratulations! Fantastic program and happy to see that the support needed came in above and beyond your goal!

  • @dustyoldhat3543
    @dustyoldhat3543 3 месяца назад

    Congratulations on the fundraising. Thank y’all for the youth programs. I grew up on the waters of Louisiana and am grateful for all who helped me learn and enjoy those times. 😊

  • @dennisdoherty3221
    @dennisdoherty3221 3 месяца назад

    I hope that any re-design or design tweak include the sculling notch. (Just one person's opinion)

  • @ChristopherEngle
    @ChristopherEngle 3 месяца назад

    This is one of the few hits that come up via "wooden boat" and "arctic". Really enjoying it, thank you!

  • @richardcohane672
    @richardcohane672 4 месяца назад

    Nicely done Graham!👍

  • @joesprague1464
    @joesprague1464 4 месяца назад

    That Haven 12 1/2 is a bargain at $25-$30k.Will be a great boat for someone.If only my health would allow it…

  • @matthewkantar
    @matthewkantar 4 месяца назад

    What are the steel plates on the ribs?

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 4 месяца назад

      Lowell's used to crank out MANY dories, almost in an assembly-line style. The way to describe the hardware there is to talk about two other options for the frames that are more work/time/cost: naturally-grown shapes or steam-bent ones. The plates hold the joint where two straight pieces meet. This might be a good topic for a short video, thanks for the great question! -Anne

    • @christiankuwetter7593
      @christiankuwetter7593 4 месяца назад

      Luneburg Dory Clamps

  • @DandyDon66-ji2vw
    @DandyDon66-ji2vw 4 месяца назад

    I like the original version much better.

  • @jimcapp5077
    @jimcapp5077 4 месяца назад

    Looks like a pea pod to me so your name for it is perfect.

  • @billygrahamyachtsinc753
    @billygrahamyachtsinc753 4 месяца назад

    Please define the term dory? I have a 50 ft Colvin schooner with just enough space on the forward trunk cabin behind the fore mast for a max 12 ft tender. I would love a rowing, sailing tender with an outboard transom, in the dory design.

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 4 месяца назад

      Hi there! Dories are flat-bottomed skiffs with flared sides, and a few other attributes, and they were carried by schooners, stacked on deck, and deployed from the “mother ship” for fishing. Do send an email to Graham to learn more about the boat in the video, or perhaps about another boat that might work for your needs: graham@lowellsboatshop.org -Anne

  • @g10ck22
    @g10ck22 4 месяца назад

    Curious if your plan is to refinish the barn find dory or leave it as is?

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 4 месяца назад

      I asked Graham about that, and he's been elusive :) I think because it sounds like a lot of work he wants to do but might have a hard time getting to. Ha! Thanks so much for watching! -Anne

  • @Pocketfarmer1
    @Pocketfarmer1 4 месяца назад

    Seams like the stern on the new one is a lot narrower and maybe even raked aft a bit , certainly pushes the peapod idea, but must loose comfort in the aft seat. Nice boats.

  • @TheSalMaris
    @TheSalMaris 4 месяца назад

    It may be camera angle, but your "replica" doesn't seem to exactly follow the same lines as the original. You look to have already begun to tweak the design. This is an intriguing little dory. Will lines be available to the general public of the original boat? 17" planks can still be found in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks for sharing this find.

  • @ChrisTietjen_00
    @ChrisTietjen_00 4 месяца назад

    Do you have any plans to make the lines available?

    • @lowellsboatshop
      @lowellsboatshop 3 месяца назад

      I just got word from Graham that yes, we hope to do that sometime this winter. -Anne

  • @SavingMaverick55
    @SavingMaverick55 4 месяца назад

    Neat little boats. Cool that you found an original and managed to replicate it.

  • @jeffhumphrey308
    @jeffhumphrey308 4 месяца назад

    Looks similar to the beach pea pod

  • @symbolsandsystems
    @symbolsandsystems 5 месяцев назад

    way to live!

  • @dustyoldhat3543
    @dustyoldhat3543 5 месяцев назад

    Love to see how things are going in the shop. Thank you Gram.

  • @dustyoldhat3543
    @dustyoldhat3543 5 месяцев назад

    Welcome back. Can’t wait to see the pictures. Wish I lived closer to y’all, Louisiana is a bit too far to walk. Keep the videos coming. Thank you for keeping the boat shop open and working.

  • @christopherflansburg2363
    @christopherflansburg2363 6 месяцев назад

    Hide a butt. Hehehehe