Category: Ladybug Wheelbarrow Boat

April 21, after adding another coat of varnish and one more coat of white top coat, I removed the boat from the mold and set it upright on 3 sawhorses. At this point we will begin building the insides.

April 20, today I did some spot sanding and a little masking tape work. Then, I painted the dark green trim and added a second coat of varnish to the bright work. Next post we add a third coat to the bright work and mask off the green and add a coat to the white.

April 16, later this same day I removed the masking tape when the white paint was set up. Then I varnished the tape line.

April 16, I sanded the fairing compound with 80 grit and sanded the cedar with 120 grit. Then I masked it off and went about rolling the Petitt 3175 white on with a small foam roller. This makes for a water tight encapsulated very strong bottom. Once that was compete I brushed a coat of…

April 15, l lightly sanded the hull and taped it off. Then I mixed epoxy with West Systems 410 microlight fairing filler. This stuff is great!!!! I mix it thick but not too thick and then go about spreading it over the whole area I have applied fiber glass cloth to. Tomorrow we will sand…

April 14, all I did this morning was build and install the skeg. I’m heading out on “Rachel” to go Spring Chinook fishing with one of my pals. I’m sure most of you that are viewing this website have already purchased issue #209 of The Wooden Boat Magazine that shows Harry building this vessel step-by-step….

April 10, the first thing I did this morning was to take a brush to the hull to remove the majority of the dust. Then I draped a sheet of glass cloth over the bottom and cut it to size. Then I carefully rolled it up and set it aside for later. I removed all…

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…