The pinnace is a 26′ launch that accompanied the longboat on the waist skid beams.
The construction of the pinnace is essentially the same as the longboat, but with a few slight differences.
As with the longboat, I used swiss pear for the cap rail and moulding.
The pinnace does not have a mast, so there’s no need to form the metal rings that hold the mast or a smaller bowsprit, nor does it require a windlass. However, the pinnace does have two sets of rear seats. Each of the rear seats, as well as the middle thwarts, are all notched out to fit snugly against the frame. Then, support knees are carved out and added.
The pinnace also has rear railings. They are cut from the laser cut sheet, glued together and added.
The oar locks are also different on the pinnace. I had quite a bit of difficulty carving the basswood as small as the oar locks needed to be, so I switched to boxwood which is much more dense and easier to carve at smaller sizes.
Finally, the two small boats are tethered to the skid rails in the waist of the ship. The knot I used isn’t a traditional nautical knot of any kind. Instead, it’s one of the first “slip knots” my dad taught me as a kid. We’d move around a lot – and he’d use this frequently when tying down things on our trailer so it could be easily accessed at rest areas. So, I decided to use it as a subtle homage to my late father.
And with that… all that remains are the final photos of the Confederacy.
The Lehman Shipyard 