Basswood spruce construction: Provides a realistic and durable model base for long-lasting display
Pre-routed base and hardware: Simplifies assembly and ensures precise fit for intermediate builders
Sail patterns and rigging supplies included: Enables accurate recreation of historical details
Blueprints and instructions provided: Guides users through the complex assembly process
Two-masted design: Captures the authentic look of a Chesapeake Bay bugeye vessel
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Chesapeake Bay Bugeye
A Bugeye is a two-masted sailing vessel used for dredging oysters. They descended from the Log Canoe in a time when the need was for a larger boat. The schooners of the day were too large and the canoe was too small. Methods of construction were adopted from both. Bugeyes came into being around 1875, maybe even a few
