Wednesday, I lofted and cut the two bottom and two side panels or planks. I worked from 8 am – 4:30 pm.
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Jimbo – A 16′ Garvey
Monday, I spent 2 hours butt scarfing 8) 4×8 sheets of 1/2″ plywood to make up 4) 4×16 sheets of plywood. 2) for the bottom panels and 2) for the side panels. A butt scarf is simply butting two sheets end to end and attaching them with epoxy and fiberglass. As you can see I…
Historical Society Skiff: Final Touches
Tuesday. This is the first post of 2013. Today I plan to do the little touch ups, like add another of varnish to all brightwork after I fix paint that’s bled under the masking tape or sand little areas and add some touch up paint where needed. I took these photos before because the build…
Historical Society Skiff: First Coat of Hull Paint
Sunday, today I spent 2 hours fairing the hull and then just less than an hour masking and applying the first coat of topcoat paint.
Historical Society Skiff: Glassing the Hull
Friday. Yesterday I glassed the hull and cut and fit the skeg and keel shoe. This morning I knocked off the high spots with 60 grit and applied a coat of West Systems 410 fairing compound. I will give it a full 24 hours of dry time before I sand the complete hull with 120…
Historical Society Skiff: Finishing the Interior
Wednesday. It’s about 8:30 in the evening, and I spent the last 3 hours or so finishing up the interior. The last coat of whiting and the 5th coat of varnish. When the varnish is bone dry, I’ll turn the boat over and begin to glass the hull. I hope you all had a wonderful…
Historical Society Skiff: Fir Gunwales
Sunday. The interior is all but finished. The 3rd and last coat of white top coat paint needs to be applied. Along with 4 more coats of varnish on her brightwork. I used 1-1/32″ clear D. Fir stock for her gunwales. To bend them they had to cook in the steam box for just over…
Historical Society Skiff: First Coat of Paint
Sunday. Today I faired out all the interior seams with 80 grit and applied the first coat of paint after a couple of days of prep. One day taping the seams with fiberglass and the other knocking off the high spots with 60 grit and then applying West Systems 410 fairing compound. The dog photo…
Devlin Skiff for Wahkihakam County Historical Society
Currently, I’m building a Devlin 5×10 skiff for the Wahkihakam County Historical Society. They will be selling raffle tickets over a 9 month period. I’m not going into a lot of detail because this will be the fourth or fifth 5×10 I’ve built. If you would like details, the past projects can be pulled up…
Polliwog 2012: “Lil Caleb” is Finished
Over the last couple of days I built the set of straight grain Fir oars for my grandson’s boat. It is now finished. Cabeb is three. He should be a full blown skipper by the time he’s ten :-).