Gantry

 07 Jan 22:

We don't have a gantry but we're sure that we need one. It could be tucked away nest to the Carriage House or soon to be built covered work deck. We'd use it to move boats on and off of trailers, maybe to turn over a boat.

(Image Credit: Mystic Seaport)

Not sure if we'd need one as big as the one that Herreshoff used about 100 years ago, shown here lifting an H16 Flying Boat hull outside of the "Small Boat" Shop. Our favorite flying boat, NC-4, 60 feet long, is tucked into the shop, her snout peeking out the small door just past the gantry. The flying boat hulls were lifted onto a barge, then taken to a nearby spot to be loaded onto rail cars.

(Image Credit: Herreshoff Museum)

Stay tuned.