Staff and volunteers of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) gathered in January to help turn over a new log canoe being built in the museum’s boatshop.
Adapting the lines from a Lambdin canoe in the museum’s collection, CBMM shipwrights, apprentices, and volunteers began working on the new, three-log sailing canoe last fall. With the hull built from three, 26-foot local loblolly pine logs, the canoe is being constructed in full public view, with an anticipated spring or early summer launch.
The museum is open from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m. all week long through April (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from May through October), so stop by to watch true craftsmen at work in the boatshop. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of CBMM. Stay tuned to SpinSheet for more about the special events to come. cbmm.org
