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Clipper Schooner Vigilant
Length over rails: 20 1/2" Length overall: 33 1/2"
Building time: 8 weeks
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Plans for this schooner were developed by Capt. Parker based on rare photos and reference material of the Baltimore Clipper Vigilant. The vessel was launched circa 1800 and sailed as a mail packet until the early 1920s. Model built for corporate client.
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Steam Tug Robert A. Packer
Launched: 1882 Newburgh, New York
Model length: 22"
Building time: 12 1/2 weeks
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This model is a redesigned replica of the six-foot R.A. Packer model that I restored for a private collector (see restoration page). That six-foot antique was too large for his home and was donated to the Owls Head Transportation Museum. This model was built to a smaller scale. The hull was deepened, masts and stack heightened and a few items were added to make this rendition conform more closely to the real vessel while keeping the feel of the original antique.
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Chesapeake Bay Skipjack
Length on deck: 8" Length overall: 13"
Building time: 4 weeks
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This model represents a typical 44-foot skipjack circa 1900. Model in private collection.
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The Steamship Cuba
Length: 6'7" Scale: 1/4" = 1'
Building time: 12 weeks
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The Cuba was built as an illustrative model. The model was based on photographic research as no plans for the real vessel are in existence. Capt. Parker's Cuba model is now on exhibit at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum — she is part of a larger exhibit of shipwrecks off the coast of California.
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Thames River Sailing Barge Sophia
Model length: 5 1/2"
Building time: 4 weeks
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In 1985 I had the good fortune to purchase for salvage an 84' Thames River Sailing Barge. The Ethel, built in Harwich, England in 1894, was a beautiful example of those sturdy cargo vessels. I lived aboard and sailed her from New York to Maine. The Ethel turned out to be haunted and I couldn't sell her fast enough. A dozen years later I built this model of her from memory. I decided to name the model after a stray cat that was kind enough to supervise my endeavor.
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