Wednesday. Yesterday and today I spent a total of 9 hours filling all the interior seams with epoxy wood filler and fiberglass taping them.
Category: Wooden Boats
Garvey “Jimbo” – Tabbing the Boat
Sunday, I put in 3 hours yesterday and 2 hours today tabbing the boat between each stitch and along the edges of the transom, bulkhead and frame. As you can see at the bow I covered the stitches completely. I will have to use a propane torch to heat one end of each stitch to…
Garvey “Jimbo” – Stitching the Boat Together
Friday, worked from 9am-1pm. Today I stitched the boat together and fit the transom, aft transom bulkhead and midship form. Tomorrow I’ll start tabbing the seams. Here are a few photos.
Garvey “Jimbo” – Interior Transom Bulkhead
Thursday. Today I measured and cut the bow and transom along with the midship form. I also cut out an interior transom bulkhead for added reinforcement. This was not part of the plan. Tomorrow I will begin the process of putting this boat together. I worked from 6:30 am – 1:30 pm.
Garvey “Jimbo” – Cutting Panels
Wednesday, I lofted and cut the two bottom and two side panels or planks. I worked from 8 am – 4:30 pm.
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…