The Working Waterfront has a nice article on the plans and construction of a shallop at Morse High School in Bath and the hopes that continue to build The Virginia, the pinnace built at the Popham Colony in 1607/1608.
After more than a decade of research and planning, the reconstruction of the first ship built in Maine was kicked of with a keel-laying party on July 3. The project started in 1997 when a group of Bath residents formed a non profit organization called Maine’s First Ship (MFS). The group was dedicated to researching and reconstructing the pinnace Virginia, which was built by the members of the short-lived Popham colony (1607-1608), located at the mouth of the Kennebec River. The hope was to launch the vessel in 2008 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the colony.
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The enthusiasm generated by the completion of Jane Stevens revived the Maine’s First Ship project. As part of the celebration of Bath’s Heritage Days, the keel was laid for the reconstruction of the pinnace Virginia at the Bath Freight Shed. The original Virginia was built ten miles south of Bath.
Read the entire article and other resources here:
http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Maines-First-Ship-Will-Sail-Ag...
http://www.mfship.org/Maines_First_Ship/Home.html
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