“The Deltaville Maritime Museum will be putting on a re-enactment of a gunboat capture that occurred in August, 1863. Led by Col. John Taylor Wood, the capture used four boats that Wood called boarding cutters. He carried these 28' boats overland on wagons and launched them in the dead of night.”
The museum is looking for a wood-wheeled wagon gear that could be used to replicate the original gears that would have hauled these boarding cutters. As shown in the photo below, the keel of the boat is shallow so, it would likely fit anumber of early wagon gears with minimal adaptations. Hauling capacity would need to be at least1,800 pounds to cover the weight of the boat and crew. They are interested in either buying or renting the gear for the reenactment event which takes place August 16-17, 2013. In order to have time for rehearsals, they would prefer to have the gear acquired by June or July. For more information, interested parties are invited to contact the museum curator, Ms. Raynell Smith. Her email address is nautinell@verizon.net
