Author: coffeeadmin

Today I nearly worked all day calculating the outboard motor well. What is left to design and build is the removable tunnel baffle that will start at the bottom “V” of the motor well and come up to the bottom of the rear notch. This will force the prop wash to propel the boat naturally….

The last couple of days I decked the port and starboard gunwales. Early Sunday morning I unfastened the decks and refit them with glue.

You’re probably wondering what’s on the wood stove? My close friends Henry and Craig shot two elk. I run the hooves thru the bandsaw and boil them in saltwater. They make wonderful chews for my 4 legged supervisor “Josey”. Today I skinned the forward bulkhead and fit, glued and fastened the in-wales.

Today I spent about 3 hours sanding the inter plank seams fair. This job is tedious at best. But doing this job correctly and carefully make for a professional job or one that looks likes it been done by a weekend amateur. Next I will seal the top strake along with the area under the forward deck with epoxy…

Today I spent a couple of hours filling all the inside stake seems with fairing compound. Once it dries, I will sand the interior fair.

Today I sanded the interior of the hull planking then filled all the holes and faired the scarfs with West 410 fairing compound.

Today I installed the starboard out-wale then framed the forward bulkhead with hatch along with the forward deck.

Yesterday I coated the bottom, floors and frames up to the first stake with epoxy. Today I calculated the bevel on the top edge of the out wale then raised it to the top of each frame-rib by using this simple tool made of a piece of hardwood. Then clamped, pre-drilled, dis assembled then glued…