The A.G. Tunney Brooks Fighting Pirate Ship
The Man
Coach Brooks was the longtime (30 years) football, basketball, and baseball coach at Lumberton High School.
Captain of the baseball and basketball teams at Wake Forest University in 1953, he represented the USA in the Pan American Games as the catcher for the baseball team.
Elected to the NC High School Athletic Directors Hall of Fame in 2005. Then inducted into the NC High School Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011.
Sad note, Coach Brooks passes away on May 4, 2012….two years following the presentation ceremony depicted herein.
Length - 5 ft 8 inches
Beam - 2 ft 8 inches
Height - just over 5 feet
Lumberton High School maroon and gold trim. School pirate logo on main mast sail cloth.
Presentation night - May 1, 2010
Former athletes from my class of ‘61 paid tribute to Coach and spoke of how his influence carried over into their adult lives.
The unveiling
Over 200 supporters, mostly former athletes, attended from all over the country.
Our proudest moment…
This check presented to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke my (alma mater) to establish a $100 thousand dollar scholarship fund in Coach Brooks honor.
She’s really big!
Since there was no plan sheets to build from, I can only guess she is approximately 1:25th scale.
The build log….
Viewed from above.
Viewed from above.
Ships bell
Stern lantern
Ships wheel and binnacle
The binnacle houses and protects the helmsman’s navigational instruments.
Captain Jack at the wheel.
Deck guns.
Armed with 30 of these 32 pound deck cannon.
From this master, I created a mold and poured plastic to create her cannon seen above.
View of half deck.
Standing rigging complete.
Masts set and rigged with heavy cables (preventer stays) and shrouds.
Dead eyes and stowed anchor.
Captains launch.
Name plate attached.
Rudder installed.
Close up view of copper plating.
Copper plated hull completed.
Skipped the early creation of the keel and bulkhead frames.
Much more interesting from here forward.
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