October 25, 2011. Today I worked from 9:30 – 2:00 pm with the help of my friend Johnny G. I set the two bottom panels of the hull. If you notice on the 1st photo I used 3/8″ all thread to pull the bow portion of the panels together rather than stitches. With this method…
Category: Eider Sailboat
Eider: Finishing the Framing
October 22, 2011. Today I started at 8 am and ended at 2:45 pm. I finished up the framing and setting the bulkheads and transom on the strongback jig. I may take tomorrow off 🙂
Eider: Strongback Frame
October 21, 2011 from 10:15 am to 4:14 pm. Today I started building the strongback frame to set the bulkheads at their proper stations. This whole process is a time taker, and rightly so. This is like pouring a foundation for a building. Making sure all your forms are spot on before you add cement…
Eider: Laying Out the Bulkheads and Transom
October 20, 2011. I started work at 9 am and ended at 2 pm. Today I laid out all the bulkheads and the transom and cut them to size. I also had a visitor. One time a Columbia river whitetail like this one just didn’t watch me work, the little guy walked right into my…
Eider: Lofting the Hull Panels
October 19, 2011. I worked from 9 am -3 pm today. I lofted all the hull panels and cut them to size. Tomorrow we tackle the bulkheads.
Building Eider
October 18, 2011. This is the first day of building Sam Devlin’s new plans for his trailerable sailboat “Eider”. This gaff rig sloop is approximately 18′ LOD. I started at 7:30 am and ended my day at 2:00 pm. I first laid out the seven (7) 4×8 sheets of 1/2″ plywood and scarfed them at…
Firewood and Eider
October 15-16, 2011. This weekend Jody and I completed our last outside job, getting the last 1 1/2 cords of firewood bucked, split, hauled and stacked in the new woodshed. Here are a couple of photos of my driver, she’s a good worker! This coming week I plan to start on Sam Devlin’s newly re-designed,…