Bayfront Maritime Center

The work on the ship continues!

Power planing to bring the spar from eight-sided to thirty-two sided. The next step is hand planing.

Once Howard transfers the heel, 1st, quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, and end marks, he uses a flexible batten and draws the double taper. He then rough cuts it with a circular saw.

Here is a sample piece Howard Rice ran through the table saw showing two bird's mouth cuts. Each of the eight staves has only one bird's mouth cut. Howard ran the sample piece through twice to gauge the accuracy of the table saw set.

We hope you are all as excited about this as we are. Tell your friends! More info coming soon.

A USCG Captains License Course is scheduled to begin soon, on January 9th at the Bayfront Maritime Center. For more information and to reserve your space in this years limited class, please call 814-602-0550, or email [email protected]. The course is scheduled for January 9th 2021 and runs three weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, 8AM to 5PM, and one weekday, usually a Thursday, beginning at 9AM for review and exams. The cost is $795 for the Coast Guard OUPV li...cense course, which is sometimes referred to as a 6-Pack License. This includes all course materials. The USCG Masters License upgrade class is scheduled the following Saturday and Sunday. The course is offered by True North Maritime, a school that writes, administers, tests and grades the USCG approved courses and exams. This year the class size is limited to 14 or 15 students due to Covid-19. So if you are considering earning a USCG license, this is an excellent opportunity for you this winter in Erie. All participants will stay physically distant and wear masks. For more information or to reserve your space in class, please call 814-602-0550, or email [email protected]. See more

In the process of building the fore boom. The fore boom is a hollow bird's mouth double taper spar. Here is the calculation sheet.

Hello all! Here's a quick update on the work for the Schooner Porcupine. We've been working like crazy here at BMC, and we're really proud of the progress!

Work continues in the BMC boatshop on the 1812 US Navy Gunboat Schooner Porcupine, it never stopped.

www.bayfrontcenter.org Our new website is live! Be sure to check it out and see all the latest updates and photos. Shout out to K&M Design for all their hard work, it looks amazing!

Please choose Erie Maritime Foundation (our legal name) as your charity and shop for great deals. Most items that you purchase on Amazon Prime may be purchased at http://smile.amazon.com It's an easy way to support BMC as Amazon will donate a portion of the cost of your purchase.

A recent High School Maritime Program graduate at BMC off to a strong start in the USCG! #MaritimeEducation #BayfrontMaritimeCenter

GOOD NEWS - WE GOT THE WHALER BACK! A Presque Isle State Park employee was walking the shoreline early Thursday morning and found BMC's Boston Whaler. The boat was pulled way up onto shore into bushes. I met an Erie Police dectective and a Park Ranger and we hauled it back into the bay. I paddled it to the closest boat ramp, and Howard towed it back home to BMC. The starboard stainless hand rail it was chained to is missing, but other than that it seems operable. We'll see if the engine runs tomorrow. Thank you all for sharing the post about the stolen boat. It had many people out looking for it. Thanks to all the support received from the Erie Police Department, Presque Isle State Park employees, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Border Patrol, the United States Coast Guard, Sedney Enterprises, and all our friends and supporters!