www.nwboatschool.org Instructor Jeff Hammond’s Standard Small Craft pupils launched the Rogue River Driver on Might 20th, 2014. The boat’s start crew enjoyed a sunny afternoon with north winds of 18 knots. The Rogue River Driver is the form of boat commissioned by the novelist Zane Grey in 1903 for a trip down the Rogue River… Continue reading IMG_0786 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – sea trials
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IMG_0776 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – sea trials
www.nwboatschool.org Teacher Jeff Hammond’s Classic Little Craft pupils launched the Rogue River Driver on Could 20th, 2014. The boat’s launch crew enjoyed a sunny afternoon with north winds of 18 knots. The Rogue River Driver is the form of boat commissioned by the novelist Zane Grey in 1903 for a journey down the Rogue River… Continue reading IMG_0776 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – sea trials
IMG_4171 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver
www.nwboatschool.org Planking is total on the Rogue River Driver. The planks are port orford cedar. The bottom plank is a very little darker than the many others simply because it was oiled ahead of it was steamed this slows heat reduction when the plank is eliminated from the steam box and offers the boatbuilders a… Continue reading IMG_4171 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver
IMG_3682 – VIDEO – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – planking in progress – 3 min video
www.nwboatschool.org Teacher Jeff Hammond (red shirt) prospects his Class of 2014 Common Modest Craft students in planking the Rogue River Driver being designed in the shop. You can see Jeff and students get the 25-foot plank off the top rated of the steambox. It was so lengthy it wouldn’t in shape inside, so the full… Continue reading IMG_3682 – VIDEO – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – planking in progress – 3 min video
IMG_5384 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – floorboards installed
www.nwboatschool.org The Rogue River Driver is the sort of boat commissioned by the novelist Zane Grey in 1903 for a excursion down the Rogue River in west-central Oregon. Writer Roger Fletcher, who documented the boat in his ebook “Drift Boats and River Dories”, states the boat was most likely supposed to be taken apart just… Continue reading IMG_5384 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – Rogue River Driver – floorboards installed