Schooner Porcupine Construction Update
The sheer strakes are all on, bunged, and sanded. The covering boards are going on, the king planks are on, the decking continues. The Erie High School Maritime
New Funding fuels Porcupine project
Big Ideas Learning, a subsidiary of Millcreek Township-based Larson Texts Inc., has pledged $100,000 over the next six years to help the Bayfront Maritime Center complete construction of its
Schoolship Update
The below decks carpentry on the 1812 Gunboat Schooner Porcupine is mostly complete with all the fixed bunks, bulkheads, head doors, storage cabinet doors and drawers, sole, and ceilings
Schooner Porcupine Happy Hour – 5 to 7 pm July 14!
Dear Friends and Supporters of the Schooner Porcupine, Join us for food and fun at an open house in the BMC boatshop, Thursday the 14th of July from 5
SCHOONER PORCUPINE Kickstarter Campaign
Porcupine fans, we are underway on Kickstarter! Please check out our campaign, and see all the awesome rewards we are offering to backers! Click here for a short descriptive
All Schooner and No Skiff Would Make Things Dull at BMC
Hello Fans of Porcupine and BMC, At roughly 42 by 15 feet, Porcupine inhabits a rather large section of both the BMC boatshop and our current organizational focus. She
Porcupine Featured in Wing & Wing Schooner Newsletter
Wing & Wing, the official newsletter of the American Schooner Association included a story about BMC's Porcupine Project in their Spring edition. Design and drawings by
A Well-Shod Porcupine
Here at the Porcupine Project, things are getting heavy. Or rather the latest drawing from Naval Architect Iver Franzen is of the heaviest part of Porcupine—the ballast keel. The hull came
Schooner Porcupine Community Support
We're off to a good start and are continuing to seek community sponsors, donors, and partners.
1896 Lake Erie Fisherman
In 1896, Erie was the freshwater fishing capital of the world, (1880-1915). Blue Pike was the main catch; they are now extinct. Perch and whitefish were also caught, as