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some even giving up their free periods to work on their pettiauger.

The oak transom was built and fitted and slowly but precisely, the first Hudson River perriauger in more than a century and a half took shape. Planking began in early 2007. The planks were made from white cedar, one advantage of this was that since the school had no bending equipment, the cedar being softer, could be hand bent to fit the countours at the bow. The planking preceeded rather quickly and by the late spring was complete.

At this time a new wrinkle in the plans occured, Greg was offered and accepted a more lucrative position at a large school district and accepted to begin in the Fall of 2007. SInce he would not be at the Academy and the classes that had worked so hard on the boat would also be moving on, the decision was made to have Greg finish the boat

Ribs were individually shaped from the white oak, varnished and custom fitted into their place along the sides. Whith all the ribs in place, we could now see the scale and get the feel of what she would be. At this time we gave a presentation to the classes who were building her about the perriaugers in general and the historic significance of this one in particular. When the boys learned they were building a one-of-a-kind boat, their enthusiasim increased,

Construction: After a year and a half the keel was laid on the strongback (the frame used to support the boat's ribs during construction) and, the first Hudson River Pettiauger began was born. The bottom was shaped and sealed, the massive stem post fitted, and with that in place a pile of raw lumber began to look like a boat.

in his home shop. Getting a trailer and a crew of volumteers, our people and some of the Maybee Farm Battoemen from the 2nd Albany Militia, we loaded her on the trailer, still atttached to the dolly used to move her around, onto the trailer and transported her to Troy, NY for the finishing work.