| New Bedord Whaleboat, circa 1850-1870
From 1720 to 1920 nearly 60,000 whaleboats were consumed by the American whaling industry. With a useful life of no more than three years, whaleboats were discarded on the spot throughout the coastal U.S. and around the world. Remarkably, only a dozen or two have survived to become part of today's museum collections.
In 1916, the Dartmouth Historical Society commissioned the building of a half sized model of the bark LAGODA. Local whaleboat builder Joshua Delano was retained to build the seven half-sized model whaleboats needed for the project. Delano built these models according to the design of the full-sized boats he had built for the whaling industry for more than forty years.
Whaling historian Erik A.R. Ronnberg, Jr. made a thorough study of Delano’s half-sized boats in order to produce this kit of a uniquely American working vessel.
Enjoy the plank-on-frame construction in building your whaleboat model. Hull planks, oar and paddle blades, tubs, casks and rudder are precisely laser cut basswood. Authentic scale whaling gear gives this kit wonderous detail.
FEATURES
Authentic plank-on-frame construction.
Laser cut basswood components.
Photo etched copper fittings including harpoon, lance, cutting spade heads, knife blades, oarlocks and mast hinge hardware.
Cast Britannia compass bowl and bomb lance gun.
Sailcloth and three (3)diameters of rigging line.
Six sheets of precise, well detailed plans.
150-page illustrated instruction book. (To Build a Whaleboat by Erik A.R. Ronnberg.)
Length 24" Height 4-5/8" Scale 3/4" = 1 ft (1:16)
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