Project X - The Lost Cause
We're not Pirates without a ship!

 
 
 
 
 
 
Created for the Lansdale Jaycees parade in the Fall of 2006, The Lost Cause is our greatest achievement to date!  It is a fully functional trailer and parade float, constructed by our very own crew.  Though it may have wheels, it's a pirate ship down to the operating smoke/confetti cannons and miniature crow's nest.  Come see the maiden voyage of our ship on November 18th!

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The finished project

Proud to finish the job!

The crew begins to celebrate

Starboard bow

Starboard aft

Bow

Quarterdeck

Mast

Smoking cannon

Confetti and smoke cannons

Interior

Broadside

I like this angle

Stern

Port bow

Port quarterdeck

Port broadside

Detail

We started with a flat trailer

The uprights are fit into place

Early casualty

Pirates on a table saw..scary.

The ribs are set into place

Catherine secures a rib

Discussing the planking

Poop deck.

The ship begins to take shape

A closer view of the skeleton

The aft planking is attached

The planking team in action

Sealing up the last bit of hull

The aft planking complete

Deb marvels the poop deck

Tomas on the fore planking

Catherine and Blyss apply the stain

First weekend complete

Harth has a "Titanic" moment

Catherine poses in the ship

Blyss takes her turn

Securing the hitch

The ship takes a test run around the block

Joy ride part 1

Joy ride part 2

Joy ride part 3

The final weekend of construction begins

Deb touches up the hull

Staining the rudder

Attaching the deck rail

The crow's nest is cut

Catherine looks bored

Grinding down the hatch

Last bits added to the ship

5 pirates working on one ship..it gets a bit crowded

Just a little touch-up!