July 30, 2020
Both sides are now dry and you can see we've overlapped sheer pieces on either side at the middle. Matching the overlaps was important so the sheer would appear fair, but more importantly so adjoining planks could run fair against the joint. We then begin to cut the ends to match stem rabbet and transom, […]
July 16, 2020
July 2, 2020
July 2018 - Sept 2018 with summer break in between On to the sheer! We used battens to visualize this strake; the lower one being placed on our sheer marks from lofting process. The overall plan (#2-11) indicates the gradual, constant tapering width of the sheer at the ends. You'll note that middle ten or so frames are pretty […]
July 1, 2020
July 17, 2018 We also were insetting bulkheads as we went along. Our lads have a hard time touching their toes and kneeling on sore knees, so we put a couple courses of double planked cedar/ mahogany on forward and aft bulkheads and full width of cedar on half-bulkheads fore and aft of the "engine room." (You'll […]
June 30, 2020
July 2018 Our last faux oak plank is in place! Then screwed with small gap between it and garboard, allowing for caulking later. Rick then fits and attaches the transom knee (not seen in picture), and then transom to knee, rib, and strakes. The rib forms a ledge onto which the strake ends are screwed. This […]
May 28, 2020
Bill makes final adjustments to the false keel. Rick bolts everything in place and then Dutch bungs the bolt-holes in the false keel and gives everything a coat of sealing shellac. All is finished, and Steve is back in his office noodling over steam system plans! Oops, I should have looked more carefully at the […]
May 11, 2020
May 7, 2020
