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This one will be real easy to build and perform great.
This one will be real easy to build and perform great.
New canoe plans: The Merrimac
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Matt .... She looks really great but what happens if someone is paddling a Monitor near her , would this cause a problem. 
OK......... On your web site it is serious all of the time and sometimes over here. ..... but over here most of the time anything (within reason) goo's as you know........ :wink:
Now getting serious ..... I only do this two times a year and this is one of those times.. After looking at the plans this is a canoe that anyone can make and then have it for there enjoyment for a lot of years.
No , I have not made one but it would be a lot easier to make then the ones I have made. They required 5 or 6 panels on each side and your's is only 3 , this makes it a lot easier for the builder to finsh the boat and get it on the water.
As long as it is not near the Monitor and in Southern Waters..... SORRY .. . Just had to add that. :lol: :lol:
Chuck.
PS. Matt count to 10 really....... S...L...O...W Great , now check your blood pressure...........
OK......... On your web site it is serious all of the time and sometimes over here. ..... but over here most of the time anything (within reason) goo's as you know........ :wink:
Now getting serious ..... I only do this two times a year and this is one of those times.. After looking at the plans this is a canoe that anyone can make and then have it for there enjoyment for a lot of years.
No , I have not made one but it would be a lot easier to make then the ones I have made. They required 5 or 6 panels on each side and your's is only 3 , this makes it a lot easier for the builder to finsh the boat and get it on the water.
As long as it is not near the Monitor and in Southern Waters..... SORRY ..
. Just had to add that. :lol: :lol: Chuck.
PS. Matt count to 10 really....... S...L...O...W
Great , now check your blood pressure...........Yea I knew I'd take some abuse from the peanut gallery. :wink:
The Native Americans must have laughed at the name "Merrimac" for a slow iron boat.
Good history reading:
Naval history was made on March 8, 1862, when the first Confederate ironclad steamed down the Elizabeth River into Hampton Roads to attack the woodensided U.S. blockading fleet anchored there. Built on the hull of the U.S.S. Merrimac (which had been scuttled and burned when the Federals abandoned the Gosport Navy Yard in April, 1861), the new warship had been christened C.S.S. Virginia, but in common usage retained its original name. After ramming and sinking the twenty-four-gun woodenhulled steam-sailing sloop Cumberland, the Merrimac headed for the fifty-gun frigate Congress. An awestruck Union officer watched the one-sided fight as the Merrimac fired "shot and shell into her with terrific effect, while the shot from the Congress glanced from her iron-plated sloping sides, without doing any apparent injury."
The results of the first day's fighting at Hampton Roads proved the superiority of iron over wood, but on the next day iron was pitted against iron as the U.S.S. Monitor arrived on the scene. It was just in time to challenge the Merrimac, which was returning to finish off the U.S. blockading squadron. The Confederate ironclad carried more guns than the Union Monitor, but it was slow, clumsy, and prone to engine trouble. The Union prototype, as designed by John Ericsson, was the faster and more maneuverable ironclad, but it lacked the Rebel vessel's brutish size and power. The Merrimac's officers had heard rumors about a Union ironclad, yet, according to Lieutenant Wood: "She could not possibly have made her appearance at a more inopportune time for us...... Lieutenant S. Dana Greene, an officer aboard the Monitor, described the first exchange of gunfire: "The turrets and other parts of the ship were heavily struck, but the shots did not penetrate; the tower was intact, and it continued to revolve. A look of confidence passed over the men's faces, and we believed the Merrimac would not repeat the work she had accomplished the day before." Neither ironclad seriously damaged the other in their one day of fighting, March 9, 1862 though the Merrimac was indeed prevented from attacking any more of the Union's wooden ships. A new age of naval warfare had dawned.
The Native Americans must have laughed at the name "Merrimac" for a slow iron boat.
Good history reading:
Naval history was made on March 8, 1862, when the first Confederate ironclad steamed down the Elizabeth River into Hampton Roads to attack the woodensided U.S. blockading fleet anchored there. Built on the hull of the U.S.S. Merrimac (which had been scuttled and burned when the Federals abandoned the Gosport Navy Yard in April, 1861), the new warship had been christened C.S.S. Virginia, but in common usage retained its original name. After ramming and sinking the twenty-four-gun woodenhulled steam-sailing sloop Cumberland, the Merrimac headed for the fifty-gun frigate Congress. An awestruck Union officer watched the one-sided fight as the Merrimac fired "shot and shell into her with terrific effect, while the shot from the Congress glanced from her iron-plated sloping sides, without doing any apparent injury."
The results of the first day's fighting at Hampton Roads proved the superiority of iron over wood, but on the next day iron was pitted against iron as the U.S.S. Monitor arrived on the scene. It was just in time to challenge the Merrimac, which was returning to finish off the U.S. blockading squadron. The Confederate ironclad carried more guns than the Union Monitor, but it was slow, clumsy, and prone to engine trouble. The Union prototype, as designed by John Ericsson, was the faster and more maneuverable ironclad, but it lacked the Rebel vessel's brutish size and power. The Merrimac's officers had heard rumors about a Union ironclad, yet, according to Lieutenant Wood: "She could not possibly have made her appearance at a more inopportune time for us...... Lieutenant S. Dana Greene, an officer aboard the Monitor, described the first exchange of gunfire: "The turrets and other parts of the ship were heavily struck, but the shots did not penetrate; the tower was intact, and it continued to revolve. A look of confidence passed over the men's faces, and we believed the Merrimac would not repeat the work she had accomplished the day before." Neither ironclad seriously damaged the other in their one day of fighting, March 9, 1862 though the Merrimac was indeed prevented from attacking any more of the Union's wooden ships. A new age of naval warfare had dawned.
JEM said:
Matt....
Good for you, I knew you would understand and as myself being the head nut for this crew, need I say more :?:
All I can say ...... Is you have done a great job on making some canoe plans available at a nice price for anyone who wants a wood canoe they can make for there pleasure weather it is just for paddling or fishing , then camping and exploring the waters.
Besides what is more Southern then Peanut's or the Merrimac.
Matt-
Looks good!
SHould be easy to build.
Might have to kook into it after I build my Toto, my Square stern Pirouge, and...
Looks good!
SHould be easy to build.
Might have to kook into it after I build my Toto, my Square stern Pirouge, and...
As the Duke would say, "Pretty dangerous statement to make here ... Pilll-grim."JEM said:
As you know as well as any of us, we're from the era of wooden ships and iron men.
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Friend Matt,
Iz this bout Swampy? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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