Bob, his children continued to make the plans available. however, in the greater hope of allowing the works and plans of robert “bob” h. baker to be available to anyone interested all of he works (including plans sales) have been donated to the mystic seaport collections library in mystic ct.. Our mystic seaport watercraft collection features plans drawn by museum staff members. references: 87 boat designs, a catalog of small boat plans from mystic seaport (benjamin a. g. fuller, 2002) and mystic seaport watercraft (maynard bray, benjamin a. g. fuller, peter t. vermilya, 2001).. Small craft plans. independence seaport museum has an impressive collection of small craft plans that are available for study and copies for purchase. many small craft vessels in the index were built, or refurnished, in the workshop on the water and some plans were drawn by former workshop staff. the collection focuses on the traditional wooden small crafts indigenous of the delaware river.
These plans are sold as historical documents, and mystic seaport makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the plans or their usefulness for a specific purpose. they are not certified by mystic seaport for construction.. Mystic seaport's steamship sabino leads the annual antique and classic boat rendezvous parade july 23, 2017, down the mystic river. the sabino, built in 1908 in east boothbay, maine, is one of the. The ships plans collection at mystic seaport includes significant collections from renowned designers such as l. francis herreshoff, philip rhodes, william garden, henry a. scheel, and cox & stephens. the plans reflect the varying ways in which boats are powered through the water, including manual, wind, steam, and gas..
