More sparring,partner –Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum “Apprentice for a Day”part II

I got out to to Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Apprentice for a Day program again this past weekend and had another great day. First of all,the Delaware Ducker has a full combing,the beginnings of a paint-job,and a cleaned up false-stem. She is looking lovely.

For work,I got to finish my sprit. You may recall that last week I took a blank down to something nearly,but not totally,round. First,let’s put this spar in context…

Here is the original Delaware Ducker,rigged and ready to sail (if she wasn’t up on a cradle in a workshop). The sprit has a little pin in the top end that fits in an eye at the top of the sail. The snotter [editor's comment:can we in the traditional boat community have a referendum on this term? I am all for preserving the old and colorful,but,really,"snotter?!"] is a line with overhand knots that fits through a notch in the bottom end of the sprit. Looks like a nice,simple,but still elegant rig.

During my day in the shop,I took the sprit down to a nice,polished round,added the notch for the snotter and the pin for the peak of sail,and got a first coat of varnish on. And I still had time to take the boom from 8-sided to near round. All told,a productive day with the spars!

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