{"id":6689,"date":"2021-08-14T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/?p=6689"},"modified":"2021-08-14T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T17:39:40","slug":"1939-handmade-model-wood-sailboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/1939-handmade-model-wood-sailboat\/","title":{"rendered":"1939 Handmade Model Wood Sailboat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This sailboat, the &#8220;Buccaneer&#8221;, was built by my father, Joseph Barbish, as a young man in 1939. He would go on to become an award winning wood carver and craftsman. He gave it to me when I was a young kid. I sailed it on a local pond a couple times and it&#8217;s been in the attic or in storage ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Stern.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Stern.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Stern-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Buccaneer is just over three feet long from the tip of the bowsprit to the stern. The mast is about four feet high from the deck. It has a lead keel and fully operational metal rudder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6691\" width=\"372\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_1.jpg 372w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_1-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few &#8220;boat parts&#8221; that he probably got from a model shop. The Depression was ending as World War II was starting, he probably didn&#8217;t have a lot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_2-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Bow_1-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a couple small screws with wing nuts but most of the hardware is handmade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Hardware.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Hardware.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-Hardware-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Signed and dated by my father in 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-JosephRBarbish1939.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-JosephRBarbish1939.jpg 700w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer-JosephRBarbish1939-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The original sails are in pretty bad shape, so my mother made a new set sometime in the 1970&#8217;s. The mast was broken somehow, but it would be an easy repair job or you could make a new one by copying the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6696\" width=\"439\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_2.jpg 439w, https:\/\/watermanatwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Buccaneer_2-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While you could sail this boat, it&#8217;s probably better suited as a display item. Leave it in original condition or do some kind of restoration, it&#8217;s up to the buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a unique, one of a kind item. I have had several offers to buy the Buccaneer, this time I need to find it a new home port. If you are interested in buying the Buccaneer, email me at <strong>watermanatwork@gmail.com<\/strong> and we can talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This sailboat, the &#8220;Buccaneer&#8221;, was built by my father, Joseph Barbish, as a young man in 1939. He would go on to become an award winning wood carver and craftsman. He gave it to me when I was a young kid. 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