Gordon, Elbert, and David Gladden, along with Frank Antes and Tom Evans, work on the Ida May's cabin inside Franks' warm wood shop. Winter has chased us indoors and we appreciate Frank for letting us use his shop. Notice how long the steel rods are that we have to drive into the sides of the cabin. Nothing is easy. Lucky we have a Dewalt Rotary Hammer to drive the rods down. Once the rotary hammer drives the rods down deep into the wood, we use the sledgehammer and the 4 pound maul to…
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Added by ida may on December 17, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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Gordon, Elbert, and David Gladden, along with Frank Antes and Tom Evans, work on the Ida May on a cool but comfortable fall Saturday. Everybody works on a different part of the boat. Frank and Gordon tackle the starboard sides and Tom paints the starboard rails that will go back on the boat once the sides are complete. Elbert and David, to their dismay, find that the stem piece in… Continue
Added by ida may on October 23, 2010 at 8:30pm —
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Brice Stump's marvelous article in the Salisbury Daily Times alerted the Delmarva community that the two 70 year old owners of the Skipjack Ida May could really use some help to complete the restoration of the boat. And the community responded. After reading the article, Frank Antes of Tyaskin MD and called Elbert Gladden up and offered his expert boat carpentry services. He is literally an answer to a prayer. We cannot thank Frank enough. He is featured prominently in this week's video…
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Added by ida may on September 18, 2010 at 8:30pm —
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Elbert, Gordon, and David Gladden work on the new Stern Post for the Ida May while Wesley supervises.
Added by ida may on July 10, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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Elbert, Gordon, and David Gladden and Cody Donalds replace the longitudinal board of the port side of the Ida May. The longitudinal board runs parallel to the keelson on the inside of the boat and provides support and stability for the perpendicular running bottom boards.
Added by ida may on July 3, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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Gordon and David get help on the Ida May from Salisbury resident, Tom Evans. Thank you so much, Tom, for your hard work. We sanded and grinded today in preparation for painting copper on the Ida May's bottom.
Added by ida may on June 5, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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Gordon, Elbert, and David worked on replacing the Ida May's bottom boards, starboard side. The weather was so pleasant that we didn't even have to erect our shade tarp. We're very close to finishing the bottom!
Added by ida may on May 22, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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We visited Cropper Brother's Lumber in Willards, MD to choose a couple straight trees to make the mast and boom for the Ida May. Check out the many pictures we took of the process of stripping the bark from the trees to make bare poles.
Added by ida may on May 4, 2010 at 8:30pm —
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