This solid three-legged pine stool has no fasteners and is held together only with tight joinery. It is perfect for sitting by the fire, working in the home shop, or… Read More
Join MFS volunteer Fred Gosbee for a look at woodworking techniques from the 1600s (when the original Virginia was built!) using a pole lathe and shaving horse. Stop by 10am-2pm… Read More
Join other volunteers at Maine’s First Ship’s waterfront boat shed for the third annual Women’s Shipbuilding Day in Bath. Maine’s First Ship is reconstructing the 50-foot pinnace Virginia, built by… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed 2018 Build a Model Boat Wednesday, August 8, drop in 10am-2pm Rub elbows with Mark Phillips and other volunteer shipwrights and… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed Try your hand at knot tying with Virginia’s rigger, Jim Nelson. Learn to tie the sailor’s most important knots and make… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed We will head downriver to tour the Popham Colony site with avocational archaeologist Orman Hines. Orman will give a general description… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed Old sailor’s songs, known as chanteys, were fun to sing but they had a purpose as well. Join the crew of… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed MFS shipwright Rob Stevens hosts an in-depth visit with the pinnace Virginia, currently under construction next to the Kennebec River.
Maine’s First Ship presents Summer at the Freight Shed Join Fred Gosbee for a look at woodworking techniques from the 1600s (when the original Virginia was built!) using a pole… Read More
Maine’s First Ship presents a Solstice Soiree at the Bath Freight Shed, Saturday, June 23, 6-10pm, featuring Tom Whitehead’s Rites of Swing; lite fare, cash bar, cash oyster bar from… Read More