Using photogrammetry to create a three dimensional digital model is something I haven’t done before, so I was excited to learn. It is a tedious process that requires a lot of patience and diligence. The process requires...
One of the more difficult tasks I’m dealing with is trying to figure out how to best represent Ku’uipo’s transom. The transom is the flat back end of the boat; the back of a boat is called...
One of our tasks at the Small Boat Shop at San Francisco Maritime has been to figure out some representational images for our larger Historic Structure Report project, using a number of methods like photogrammetry, digital photography, and Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to best represent...
It was a busy week at Hyde Street Pier, as we got rolling on historic preservation and documentation. Because of the Ku’uipo’s unique build, we want to make sure we document the preservation process and structure as...
The first two weeks as a Preservation Intern at San Francisco Maritime are in the books, and it has been quite the whirlwind already. As anyone who owns a boat would say, there’s always something to tend...
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This week I was able to participate in what I think is one of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park’s coolest feature for visitors.
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My name is Eduardo J. Chaidez and I’m from Oakland, CA. I just spent the last two years living in Chicago getting my M.A. in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of...
I just finished up my second go-round at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park as an LHIP Intern. On my last day I did a presentation on my research, in front of an all-division meeting the rangers had. I know people say public speaking gets...
The boat building at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park's Small Boat Shop continues. Yawl Boat Construction The yawl boat we are building has been moved out of the boat shop and out onto the peer, where we have to brace the for the breeze...
Microfilm (Click link for short movie clip) It's hard to believe my LHIP summer is finishing already...
Balclutha Haulout (click for timelapse video) What is a national park without its main attraction? Maybe my sensationalism thinly veils my bias, but for the next few months the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park will be without the historic ship,...
I started this week off by going sailing out on the Bay on the park’s very own ship, the Alma. Sailing on the Bay From the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park website: Alma is a wooden-hulled scow schooner built in 1891 to carry...
[video width="720" height="406" mp4="http://www.latinoheritageintern.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_6597.mp4"][/video] Last week I shot this time-lapse video (above) that shows the beginning process of installing a wooden plank for the hull of the row boat (yawl) we are building in the Small Boat Shop at San Francisco Maritime National Historical...
This week I continued my research. There are a lot of documents to sort through, with different dates, names, and entities. So for the most part I'm just trying to do an inventory of them, making notes about each document and writing down dates and...
Having worked in construction building before decks and fences allowed me to transition into being an intern at the Small Boat Shop at San Francisco Maritime, but it's still a challenge. There's a lot of terminology and tools specific to maritime that I'm very unfamiliar...
This summer I will be returning home to the San Francisco Bay Area after my first year of grad school in Chicago to work as an LHIP intern at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, where I was an intern last year. I will be...
My name is Eduardo J. Chaidez, and I was born and raised in Oakland, California. Like many other high school Latinx students from Oakland, I dropped out (only 54.4 % of Latinx high school students are graduating in Oakland, according to the San Jose Mercury). I...
Getting to spend more time in the park's Small Boat Shop as I wrap up my internship at SF Maritime. I cant believe how fast 10 weeks can feel. With so many volunteers and things to do, there's always something or someone new. However,...
After the big hike last week I had to take some time off because my feet were pretty banged up. In fact one of the staff coordinators on the trip is a certified Wilderness EMT who has worked on trail crews told me I had...
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