In process the 25-foot whale boat. Image: Bayles Boat Shop
Creativity is our birthright. As adults we dust ourselves off and bring back our juices.
14th Annual Sikaflex "Quick & Dirty" Boat Building Competition
Port Jefferson, NY August 23rd & 24th, 2025
https://www.lisec.org/news-events
Saturday August 23, 2025, 10AM–3PM
Location: Port Jefferson NY, in the parking lot of Harborfront Park next to the Bayles Boat Shop.
My beloved is one of the salty two member teams challenged to build a boat and paddles in five hours. No nails/screws and using only the adhesive Sika Flex 291 (as well as the provided wood) creativity and sweat abounds.
Sunday August 24, 2025, 9AM–12PM
I will paint the boat. Join me... you might get to throw paint!
Race
Sunday, August 24th in Port Jefferson Harbor near the pier at Harborfront Park at 2:00pm.
Drats, not local? I will send photos on my next newsletter and follow Alicia R Peterson Art on social media for the live action.
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Take a Deep Dive: The Long Island Seaport and Eco center (LISEC) and Bayles Boat Shop
https://www.lisec.org/ | https://www.lisec.org/boat-shop
Creativity abounds as women, teens and men build wooden boats from scratch, learning and honing time-honored skills.
Under construction is the 1776 Whaleboat Project where for the past two years a 25-foot eighteenth century historically accurate whaleboat is under construction. It will launch to celebrate 250 years of independence in July of 2026.
Yes it has a working cannon. Yes whaleboats were used by men like Caleb Brewster as part of a spy ring bringing vital information to George Washington’s troops.
Take a look at the documentary in process on the Whaleboat Project. Please consider donating to preserve our history. The documentary is the brainchild of Peter Scheer.
Same painting one way; a storm, the other the storm clears.
Click to watch the birth of this painting.
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