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I use jelutong for the hulls . It's a fine grained wood and also soft .For masts and spars I mostly use bamboo .Before drilling I give my mast a little glue to prevent splitting,as described in Guy de Marco's book "Ships in Bottles".

Yes I believe you are correct it is in fact in Orleans. I marvelled when I heard the interview and how humble Mr. Webber was and how he referred to the workings of God. It was really cool at the end of the movie as there were actual pictures of Bernie and his crew, his wife, the Coast Gaurd station, the commanding officer etc. I am wondering if the original vessel was used for the photo shoot or if another one was fabricated specifically for the movie? Or if everything was digitalization? Jeff

I have a friend who served at Chatham a couple of years afterward and knew the whole crew of CG36500. The Coxswain always regretted the one man he lost on that rescue. WBUR recently had an interview about the fact that CG6500 was restored and is still around. I think Hingham Lifesaving Museum has it and still runs it on the water.

I recently drew up this plan for the tiny topsail schooner Julia. It was a real ship that I had researched. I did not draw it specifically for ship bottlers, but it ocurred to me that it may be suitable for beginners as it is fairly simple, and steered by a tiller rather than a wheel. Bob