Category: Harry Bryan

April 9, I cut the plank extensions off to be flush with the transoms using a pull saw. Then I plunged the top stake plank with cedar plugs and epoxy filler and plunged the garboard planks with wood flour epoxy because we plan to fiber glass the bottom cedar planking long with a small portion…

April 2. I lofted the garboard planks; there is one very important thing about this plank! Once it is laid out to Harry’s measurements add 3/4″ to the scribe line, you will need it, because there is an additional scribe line that will be found only after the plank is up on the mold. Once…

April 1. I have built all 4 clamps that will be epoxyed to the 4 corners of the two transoms. The transoms are built of 1″ clear cedar (very soft wood) so the hard wood clamps are necessary for fasting each end of the cedar planks. I had a few large pieces of spalded maple…

Today, March 31, I cut both transoms and mounted them. I went spring chinook fishing this morning till 1 pm with no luck and am heading out this afternoon at 4 pm to try again.

March 30th, sorry it took so long to get to the next step. We were blessed with a new granddaughter and my 86 year old father past away this month. Needless to say these two things slowed things down a bit. Planed all cedar planks to specs and glued up the bow and stern transoms….

March 17, 2011. Today we started Harry Bryan’s famous Ladybug Wheelbarrow Boat! I already built the mold or jig when I built Harry’s boat for my 2 granddaughters. I will post a photo of the girls’ boat so you can see what the finished product will look like. So today I set up the old…