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Retired carpenter builds custom pirate ship as pandemic project

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Bob Winslow’s pandemic project is sure to blow most others out of the water.

After months spent over the fall, winter and spring working with scraps from old furniture and laminate flooring, Winslow set sail on Skiff Lake — about 45 km south of Woodstock, N.B. — aboard his very own pirate ship, named the Menacing Manner.

“Basically you get bored during COVID, so it all came together,” said Winslow, an artist and retired carpenter who lives along Skiff Lake.

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Inspiration for the project first hit him two years ago, when he purchased a 13-inch model of the Mayflower ship at a second-hand store to serve as a reminder that

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This story was originally published on  CBC News. To read the rest of this news worthy story, please visit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pandemic-project-ship-carpentry-1.6071576?cmp=rss.

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