Project: SS Sabino

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[llamalord]

The Steam Ship Sabino
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History:
Courtesy of:  Nicolas Dean, 1991 (http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/nhl/sabino.htm)

The 1908 wooden passenger steamer Sabino, official number 205213, has an overall length of 57 feet, 1 inch; a beam of 22 feet, 3 inches; and a draft of 6 feet, 4 inches. Her tonnage is 24 gross and 8 net. Originally named Tourist, she was built at East Boothbay, Maine, by H. Irving Adams for the Damariscotta Steamboat Company for service on the Damariscotta River. In her original configuration she had a narrow hull with no sponsons. "The passenger deck had a railing but was not roofed," while the "pilot house was integral with the deck house/passenger cabin." Propulsion was by a coal-fired, fire tube boiler of unknown make and a compound steam engine manufactured by James H. Paine and Sons which is still in use. No contemporary descriptions of her construction have surfaced to date, but apparently the hull was of pine on oak frames.

At some point between 1908 and 1918, Tourist received a canopy roof over the passenger deck. Her open stern was enclosed up to the passenger deck with what appears, from available photographs, to have been tongue and groove vertical boarding, probably of pine. In 1918 Tourist collided with a bridge and was rebuilt. In this phase, "the pilot house was cut free from the main deck house and mounted onto the passenger deck, which had been extended to the bow." At some point, possibly after her 1918 mishap, the boarding covering her stern was removed.

When put in service on the more open waters of Maine's Casco Bay after 1927, she received wooden sponsons, and the deckhouse sides were extended out to the edge of the sponson deck. After being sold to Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Lines in 1941, Sabino's original fire-tube boiler was replaced with an Almy coal-fired water-tube boiler, retaining the Payne engine. Her smokestack was lengthened by approximately six feet to improve draft. A passenger aboard her in the 1950s recalled:

Sabino was laid up in 1958 and sold three years later for $500. Promptly resold to the Corbin family of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Philip Corbin "found the hull was sound, and the boiler passed a 300-pound pressure test." The Corbins spent a good deal of effort refurbishing Sabino's cabin interiors. "The lounge will have wall to wall carpeting salvaged from a Newburyport theater that was being torn down. Red velvet is being fashioned into window curtains, with gold fringe trimmings." In the restoration, "the most significant change to her outward appearance...was the replacement of a board and post railing around the passenger deck with a higher one of vinyl-covered chain-link fencing. Also, stairways were added on either side of the pilot house leading from the passenger deck to the main deck."

Mystic Seaport acquired Sabino in 1973, and beginning in November 1975, a five-year program of repair and restoration began. According to the "Morse Report" previously quoted, apart from the repair and replacement of structural hull components (a process which workers at Mystic's duPont Preservation Shipyard found had been, quite naturally, going on over her nearly 70-year career), the "most important decision that had to be made...was to determine the period which the restoration would portray."

The Sabino's History is a tale long enough to fill a book, In fact I own that book! so if you have any questions about the Sabino's History feel free to ask and I will look them up.


Virtual Progress:

Project: SS Sabino is currently at a total completion of 50%. I am looking for committed Beta testers for the "SS Sabino Virtual Sailor Edition" If you are interested you can post at the bottom of this topic and let me know.

Model Progress:  

100%

Extra Model Progress:  

60%

Ship Simulator Programing:  

0%

Virtual Sailor Programing:  

90%

After the History Portion I thought you might like some Real Life Pictures before the Rerders.











Renders will be in the following post

Enjoy,
The Lord of The Llamas

[Kona1988]

Hehe, looks lieka  ince lil steamer ^^ Cant wait to see your models.

[Master Captain]

alright llamalord, going public with the sabino, can't wait to see progress

[llamalord]

Just one starter render for now guys,  More on the way.

[Tomaten]

that looks awesome

[llamalord]

I've been working on the Boiler, and I'm so happy that you guys are interested I'm willing to share my progress.

[IRI5HJ4CK]

AMAZING! By the way, my file of Mary Elizabeth picture's is almost done! I'll hand it over to you ASAP! By the way, I have virtual sailor (Full edition), and i would be willing to take part in the Beta testing!

Thanks!
Jack.

[llamalord]

That's great Jack!

I kind of put that message up a little prematurely because I don't even have the Sabino in Virtual Sailor yet.   As soon as I muster up the time to work on that, You will be the first one to know.

[Minime]

Nice work Llama lord, great as all your other projects
But this one is special and my favorite of all your vessels.

[llamalord]

This one is extremely special, After all it is the 100^th anniversary of the Sabino being launched.

[llamalord]

Although I was expecting something, like...

"Llamalord, It Is a pleasure to give to you, The Golden Sabino Award"

[Thruster]

Those details look awesome! Good job ! I wonder how much this award costs...
Keep it up!


Regards,


Thruster

[Master Captain]

wow it looks freakin amazing!!! awesome boiler! 

[llamalord]

Now after a hard day of work the boiler is finished!

[firestar12]

Now after a hard day of work the boiler is finished!

lol. You forgot to PM me like you said you would when you made this. Its okay. Nice job!

[llamalord]

I've been working on the Sabino for months now so that can't bee true...

I said I would make a True Space tutorial on a smaller ship, not the Sabino, That's already out of my hands.

[firestar12]

I've been working on the Sabino for months now so that can't bee true...

I said I would make a True Space tutorial on a smaller ship, not the Sabino, That's already out of my hands.

I was talking about this topic. But...Oh well.

[Master Captain]

again freakin awesome mr. llamalord

[llamalord]

Thanks for all your support guys,

There might be some new renders of the actual boat later tonight.

[J3nsen]

Awsome job =)

[Captain Tony]

Excellent work. I'm very impressed.

[Kona1988]

Amazing ^^

[IRI5HJ4CK]

That's great Jack!

I kind of put that message up a little prematurely because I don't even have the Sabino in Virtual Sailor yet.   As soon as I muster up the time to work on that, You will be the first one to know.

Not a problem at all, whenever is suitable for Beta Testing (when its in VS). No rush.

Thanks!
Jack.

[llamalord]

The only thing I worry about with beta testing is that if I give it to too many people that don't really know what they're looking for is that, they might come back an tell me 'This is bad, the FPS is really slow' So for all the rest of you I will have to hand select whom will be beta testers, based on your hard ware.

More renders in an hour or so, I promise.

[IRI5HJ4CK]

The only thing I worry about with beta testing is that if I give it to too many people that don't really know what they're looking for is that, they might come back an tell me 'This is bad, the FPS is really slow' So for all the rest of you I will have to hand select whom will be beta testers, based on your hard ware.

More renders in an hour or so, I promise.

Hi Llamalord,

I can run the SS France by DVO Marine Design on Virtual Sailor, and many other ships that have a high poly count etc. So there shouldn't be any problems there for me.

BUT, it does give you the opporutnity to release different standards, say for example, a low quality version (for older systems) a medium version, and a high quality version, that is more work, but I suppose it means you can keep everyone happy.

And thanks so much for this opportunity, expect a PM from me in a bit-An idea just sprung to my mind that may help you with Virtual Sailor.

Jack.