Undergraduate students at the Avery Point campus get a hands-on lesson in building boats.
Three undergraduates at the Avery Point campus learned to build Adirondack pack boats during an internship with Bill Armitage of the John Gardner Chapter of the Traditional Small Craft Association. Shown here are (L to R) Stephen Jones, English professor at Avery Point and boating enthusiast; Bill Armitage of the TSCA, undergraduates Elizabeth Provenzano, Peter Omdahl, and Jon Turban; and Sandy D'Esposo of the TSCA. Photo by Christine BuckleyBill Armitage points out some of the finer points of boat building to Jon Turban. Photo by Christine BuckleyProfessor Stephen Jones, who teaches English in the Department of Maritime Studies, is an accomplished sailor, wooden boat builder and author. He shared some historical facts with students during the boat building experience. Photo by Christine BuckleyElizabeth Provenzano, an undergraduate Bachelor of General Studies major, cuts out a pattern of plywood that will create the hull of one of the boats. Photo by Bill ArmitageUndergraduates Peter Omdahl and Jon Turban add a construction platform to pieces that will become the strongback, or the bottom, of the boat. Photo by Bill ArmitageThe boats built by the Avery Point undergraduates are smaller, lighter versions of a traditional two-person Adirondack guideboat, the design for which has remained virtually unchanged since the early 1800s. Photo by Bill Armitage
