Scout at the Bayfield Maritime Museum.  Shown in Restorations and Rebuilds section on left.

 

Lake Superior Working Watercraft Half Hull models

 

Drawings of Lake Superior Working Watercraft are not readily available.  Lines for the fish tug Annie D and the Mackinaw Boat came from came from drawings of Lake Michigan boats (from the Smithsonian) but were also built and fished in the Lake Superior watershed.

However, the builder has taken lines from Bayfield Fish Tug Bobbie (Uncle Butts), resting in a Bayfield park and Isle Royale light house tender Scout, restored by Garry Couch and in the Bayfield Maritime Museum.  These are being historically documented through lines drawings, (July '09), are being shaped into half hulls and will be made available.

 

Scout half hulls in final bench stages

 

 

                                                                  photos by builder

Scout  Navy built Lake Superior light house tender

1915   26" model   scale: 1"

$475.

 

 

 

  Fish Tug Annie D                          half hull photos by Don Albrecht

1881  32" model  scale: 3/4"

oiled mahogany  enamel paint

$475.

 

 

Western Great Lakes Mackinaw Boat

lines to rabbet

c. 1886  19" model  scale: 3/4"

oiled basswood, cherry, walnut

$300.

 

 

Western Great Lakes Mackinaw Boat

with keel and rudder

c. 1886  19" model  scale: 3/4"

enamel paint, cherry underwater, walnut trim

$425.

 

 

Mackinaw Boats and Annie D