Welcome to our Shellback construction web site!  Here you will find pictures of the construction of the boats at F.C. Reed Middle School along with lots of links to sites about the boats, racing and tools to organize clubs and race leagues.

Our launching went very well, thanks to the weather and all who helped out!

To view the coverage in the Herald-Palladium click here.

To view the coverage in the Harbor Country News click here.

                                                            Setting sail!                Putting out.

Planing bevels on the edges of the bottom.

Click here to view images of our construction project.

Click here to view a copy of the construction manual through Google books.

Do you want to help? If so then:

Click here to go to a wiki devoted to the Bridgman Shellback project.

Click here to learn more about the Shellback dinghy.

Click here to learn the rules for steering a sailboat in a race.

Click here to learn about sailboat racing and play an online sail racing game.

Click here to get to the F.C. Reed Middle School Workshop's web site.