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.

Navy Curtiss Flying Boat NC-2

17 Jun 20:

We are the excited new owners of this photo of the Navy Curtiss Flying Boat NC-2, the first photo we have seen of her afloat. She is shown in an early configuration, with 4 motors in tractor/pusher tandem configuration on the wings, the early propellers with the large roots and the pilot pod suspended above the hull. NC-2 did not make the Transatlantic crossing attempt, but arguably played the most important role because she donated parts to the other Nancies just prior to their 8 May 1919 departure. (Photo dated 4.21.'19)

Log of NC-4.

NC-4 Flying Boat Line Drawings

21 Feb 19:

So now you can build your own!

(Resource Credit: The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp. National Naval Aviation Museum NC-4 Files. 2019)

Log of NC-4