Ottawa Area Model Yacht Club

Paul Williams (Ottawa club) brought his model of Marguerite which was also built by E. Rowles at Pill, near Bristol, in 1893. The plans were provided by Doug Munro who had purchased them while in Bristol. It is a plank on frame hull. The planks are of basswood which was obtained locally. The 4 feet x 5 inch x 1/4 inch planks were reduced to 1/10 inch thick planks using a table saw which had a fine blade. The deck is 1mm plywood covered with cedar planks. It took one winter to make the hull. The hull was covered with fibre glass mat and varnished. The hull looked so good that Paul did not paint it black to look like the original. Tom Gallant described his love affair with Marguerite in “Wooden Boat” of January 2010.

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