This Tongan Crab Claw Canoe Sail replica is the latest in a line of commissions Rachael has produced for The Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby. With just a couple of C18th sketches as a guide and no surviving reference (other than a fragment housed by the British Museum), Rachael built this sail from coconut hanging basket liners, scrim, hessian, wire, glue, plumbing pipe and finished it with brushed hempen rope. It currently has pride of place in the attic where Captain Cook lodged as a young apprentice, central to the special exhibition 'Oceans apart! Canoes of the Pacific' which runs until 3rd Nov. Winner of the Gold Award 2013 for the best small visitor attraction in Visit England's Awards for Excellence, The Captain Cook Memorial Museum offers all a chance to look at the variety of canoes and catamarans which astounded Captain Cook and his men with their beauty, speed and manoeuvrability. Showing an array of drawings, plans, models, along with a dramatic Maori canoe prow which has not been seen in public for over 100 years! Captain Cook Memorial Museum Grape Lane Whitby YO22 4BA Tel: (01947) 601900 |
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