LAMP Boatworks Hull Inventory
Welcome to the LAMP Boatworks Hull Inventory. This is an ongoing listing by Hull Number of all small craft constructed by LAMP Boatworks at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum. […]
Prepping the Galveztown Yawl’s Keel/Stem Scarf
Today boatbuilders prepared the joinery, or scarf, that will attach the Galveztown yawl boat’s assembled stem post to the craft’s keel. This was done by clamping the stem to the keel and drilling pilot holes for the silicon bronze fasteners, in this case nuts and bolts with washers. […]
LAMP Boatworks Chaisson Dory Tender Drawing
We are pleased to announce the LAMP Boatworks Chaisson Dory Tender Drawing! We will be giving away our beautiful little rowing boat, complete with hand-made ash oars, to the lucky winner of this contest. The 10′ long wooden boat was built by our volunteers at the Lighthouse and its hull number is LMP0003. All donations received from the drawing will support LAMP Boatworks, our traditional wooden boatbuilding program. Suggested minimum donation is $5 per ticket [...]
LAMP Boatwright Visits Galveztown Under Construction in Malaga, Spain
LAMP Boatworks chief boatbuilder Maury Keiser (right) and St. Augustine resident Roy Jaeger pose in front of the Galveztown’s erect frames in Malaga, Spain. One of our more exciting international partnerships is that with the Astilleros Nereo, a shipyard and maritime museum in Malaga, Spain. The shipyard is building a full-size replica of the Revolutionary War ship Galveztown, which played a critical role in the battle that switched Florida from British to Spanish control at [...]
11/14/09 Event: LAMP Boatworks and boat on display at the Pirate Gathering
Event: LAMP Boatbuilders and boat on display at the "Pirate Gathering" Festival When: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Where: Francis Field, St. Augustine, Florida
Boatbuilders at Work!
LAMP Boatworks volunteer boatbuilders using a planer to smooth the sides of a future keel piece. Now that the oppressive heat of the summer has finally been replaced by cool fall weather, there has been a lot of activity at LAMP Boatworks lately. This volunteer program is dedicated to keeping alive the dying art of building traditional wooden boats. Right now our boatbuilders are in various stages of building four separate vessels. With this flurry [...]
LAMP Passes Coast Guard Inspection
LAMP boatworks has joined the ranks of American professional boatbuilders by passing its first Coast Guard builder's inspection. Marc Redshaw, of the U.S. Coast Guard Recreational Boat Testing & Factory Compliance Program, stopped by for a surprise inspection yesterday afternoon. Sam Turner, head of the boatworks, gave Mr. Redshaw a tour of the facility and presented the Chaisson Dory Tender, our most recently completed project. Last spring we received a Manufacturer's Identification Code from the [...]
LAMP Archaeologists Rescue 100-year old Alligator Farm Logboat
Friday was an exciting day! LAMP archaeologists joined a team of St. Johns County scientists to recover a 20-ft long, 100-year old historic dugout canoe from the alligator pit at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm. The boat had been sitting on the ground, exposed to the elements and to the activity of large alligators (one of which made her nest against the boat) for several years. We visited the boat the Monday before, and observed [...]
Back to 1888
It’s Pocahontas Number Three coal, from the famous seam in Tazewell County, Virginia, and according to Brendan Burke it is great for blacksmithing. After Burke moved the coal from the edges of the forge into the firepot, he labored at the blower churning air through the tuyere and into the fire. Green smoke rose from the coals as Burke fed the flames. “The smoke is just weakness leaving the fire,” said Burke. More precisely, impurities, [...]
11/13-14/2008 Blacksmithing Demonstration at the Lighthouse
What: Blacksmithing demonstration with a traditional forge. Items to be made include boat fasteners (spikes, nails, etc.), chain, oyster knives, etc. Where: St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, by the LAMP Boatworks boatbuilding station When: Thursday and Friday, November 13-14, 2008, 10 am – 4 pm Who: Sam Turner, LAMP Director of Archaeology, and Brendan Burke, LAMP Archaeologist & Logistical Coordinator For more information click here […]