Schooner Martha Foundation — Historic Sailing Vessel, Sail Training Vacations, and Racing.

Thanks to all involved

As work continues on the vessel and fore mast we want to take a minute to acknowledge and thank all those who have been putting time, materials and energy into the project. Please visit their sites and consider their services.Companies such as:Edensaw woods Port Townsend Foundry Gus Sebastian of Olympic Boat TransportTurn Point Designs Non-ferrous [...]

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BALLAST KEEL REMOVAL PROGRESS

keel update.mov Watch on Posterous We have made great progress on removing the original ballast keel and have discovered some interesting data points regarding Martha’s build and later modifications. The plank keel timber is in very good shape and is in it self a remarkable piece of wood. Her keel bolts were in very good [...]

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Photos of Keel Prep Work

Keven Elliff stopped by recently and took some photos of our crew working removing parts of the existing keel in preparation for installation of the new hardware.

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ASSEMBLING THE KEEL MOLD II

Here are a few more shots. See the full gallery on Posterous

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ASSEMBLING THE KEEL MOLD

Saturday the 7th the crew assembled the keel mold in the Martha’s shop in Point Hudson. See the full gallery on Posterous

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KEEL MOLD DESIGN

keel design 1.mov Watch on Posterous Volume and weight considerations were worked out with yacht designer Craig Johnsen who made center of gravity, center of buoyancy and righting moment Calculations. David Vohs made a preliminary cad model and that model was exported to Brandon Davis at Turn Point Design for final analysis and adjustment. Brandon [...]

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KEEL DEMO

keel removal movie 1.mov Watch on Posterous The first part of our plan is to block Martha at her bilges and prepare to cut away her keel. Here are a few images of the demo faze of the project.

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Historic Keel Removal

After 105 years, Martha’s ballast keel was removed at 17:05 on Jan. 6th. The keel timber looks to be in excellent condition, and the original keel bolts were in good condition as well. With good fortune on our side we will lower and transport the iron keel from under Martha on Monday the 9th and [...]

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2012 Ballast Keel Replacement

The Martha was hauled out on January 3rd 2012 for her Ballast Keel Replacement Project. The remaining phase of the restoration requires the scheduling and organizing of a number of specialized traditional skills that include shipwrights, sail makers, riggers, and the services of a foundry skilled in marine casting and fabrications. All these skills [...]

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