Okay everyone, raise your hand if you remember Schoolhouse Rock’s “How a Bill Becomes a Law”. Well, here is our version – How a Tree Becomes a Hull – in pictures:
(p.s.Come up to Lynch’s Marina in Saugerties on Saturday to see this process for yourself as we install the very last plank!!)
Arrival of the first tree
Trimming the bark
The saw at work
The start of stack
Wood from the mill trucked into Saugerties
Luan templates for futtocks
Jim and Esther cutting a timber on the shipsaw
Timbers getting ready for the planer
A new futtock going in
Spiling to get shape of new plank
Opening the steambox for a plank
The plank coming out of the steambox
Mate Esther handling a steamy plank
The crew getting the plank into place
Muscling the plank into shape
A fresh plank clamped into place
Deckhand Chelsea happy with the progress
Lotsa new planks
