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Re: New Member Intro and Gunboat
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:49:31 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Christopher Templin wrote:
   I wanted to show off a little creation of mine. It is a gunboat similar to the type that would have been used during the Seven Years (French and Indian) War and the American Revolution on larger lakes like Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River, as well as around important coastal areas such as the Chesepeake Bay and the Hudson River.

Christoper,

Great little gunboat. It’s nice to see something more lake oriented. I’ve been meaning to work on a flatboat to go along with my Ticonderoga Project (which has sadly stalled due to lack of funding and the intrusion of other projects). I’ve also been considering building Benedict Arnold’s Philadelphia.

I should get back to reading some of the history of the Lake Champlain and Lake George region again. Interesting stuff.

-Elroy



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  Gunboat and Fort Ticonderoga
 
Elroy, I have had the fortune to work with the folks at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and at Fort Ticonderoga. In addition I had to build the bow of the Philadelphia for a film project I worked on this fall and will be finishing with the film (...) (17 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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  New Member Intro and Gunboat
 
Folks, Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Christopher Templin and I am a historical reenactor from upstate New York, where it is finally winter-like weather. I have been working on as scale as possible model of the HMS Surprise from Master and (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.pirates, FTX) ! 

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