![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s moored at Bay Model while volunteers put on the finishing touches. The ship itself is being built in Sausalito by volunteers from throughout the Bay Area, and it’s the first wooden tall ship to be constructed in this area in about 100 years. The wooden wheel is made of eastern oak, holly and Honduran mahogany, and its design gave museum analysts the few clues about its origin. Through research that led them to Annapolis, Md., they learned the wheel was made in the Northeastern United States and likely dates back to the 1870s through the 1890s, which puts it in the approximate era that the Matthew Turner represents. Mooz inherited the wheel from his father, and decided to show it to Olson. The grandfather would make it into a table, setting it on a stand and putting a circle of glass on top of it without drilling any damaging holes. Then come the yards and rigging, which may be installed by January 2018.Īlso on the ship is a wheel donated by Hal Mooz, whose grandfather accepted it to settle a debt from an old sailor. The top mast has been installed on the main mast, and the foremast will get its top mast in a few weeks, he said. The brigantine Matthew Turner, named for the San Francisco Bay Area’s most famous shipbuilder, is one step closer to being a tall ship capable of sailing “anywhere in the world,” project director Alan Olson said. (Photo by Donna Beth Weilenman/Martinez News-Gazette) Named for the famous Benicia shipbuilder, the Matthew Turner will get its second top mast in a few weeks, and yards and rigging in early 2018. The Sausalito Wooden Boat Tour Band – from left, Joan Wilson Rueter, Victoria Colella and Stuart Robinowitsh – serenade those visiting the Matthew Turner brigantine in Sausalito. ![]()
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