The chapter owns a Delaware River Tuckup which is currently undergoing repairs and restoration at the Workshop on the Water. As shown, members are working to seal leaks and repair the keel.
According to traditionalsmallcraft.com
The Delaware River Tuckup [is] a beautiful, historic and some say, insane, cat rigged sailboat that was a popular racer in the mid to late 1800's. On a given afternoon hundreds of 15' "hikers" of several different classes would hold races on the Delaware near Philadelphia. The Tuckup was a "4th class hiker," the smallest of the classes.
The name comes from the way the stern is "tucked up" which required some twisting of wood and usually a "stealer" plank to make the turn. They were typically 15' in length, 4 1/2' in beam and carried a lot of sail for their size. The sail plans varied through the years and boats typically had two rigs, a racing rig and a somewhat more manageable pleasure rig. They were built lapstrake of white cedar over steamed oak or black locust frames.
A vintage shot of the "Marion Brewington"
