Worked from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. Today’s the first day of building a Devlin designed Polliwog for my 3-year old grandson Caleb. I lofted the hull panels and cut them out. Then I stitched the chine of the bottom panels and open and held them into place with a Spanish windless. Here are a…
Category: Wooden Boats
Abi-Gale: A True Rudder
Last year I built a small 3 strake pram for my grand daughter Abigail. I did a little multi-using by using an oar to make up part of the mast assembly for a gaff rig cat. I also used the other oar for the rudder. The mast worked out but the oar for rudder did…
Shop Doors
The last couple of days I built my old friend Jerry Johnson a set of large shop doors (6’x11’6″each) replacing a 10’x8′ overhead door so he can remove the 26′ fishboat he’s just about to finish from his shop. I also sanded and added a coat of Cetol to “KyleeLilly’s” interior. Two more coats to…
KyleeLilly Touch Up
Over the last few days I have done a complete sanding to my granddaughters, Kylee and Lillian’s Ladybug wheelbarrow boat designed by Harry Bryan. I put 4 coats of Cetol to “KyleeLilly’s” brightwork and a fresh coat of Easypoxy to her topside. Once dry I plan to work on her interior.
Rachel – Yearly Maintenance
Sorry for not posting for a while. The last couple of weeks I have been taking my time doing the yearly maintenance on “Rachel”, my fish boat. It is a Devlin “Pelicano”. Yearly maintenance for me means sanding all topside paint and brightwork and applying fresh paint and varnish (cetol). This year I also built…
Eider: Getting Ready for Port Townsend
August 30, 2012. Over the last couple of days I’ve put Vanessa on her trailer and getting her polished up for the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. The very hard part about the timing of the show is that it is right at the peak of the Fall Chinook season. Here are a few photos.
Sculling Oar for Vanessa
Today I spent 2 1/2 hours building the sculling oar for Vanessa. Tomorrow I will sand it and add a 2nd coat of varnish and then do the same the following day.
Eider: Elochoman Slough Marina, Wooden Boat Festival 2012
July 22, 2012 Elochoman Slough Marina, Wooden Boat Festival This weekend was Bald Eagle Days for Cathlamet, Washington. On Sunday from 9 am – 2 pm was the wooden boat festival part of the weekend. There were many great wooden vessels from the Portland/Vancouver and outlying areas. It was a great day for me and…
5×10 Devlin Skiff: Finished
May 20, 2012; worked from 9 – 11:30 am. I put the last tip coat on the inside and last coat of the varnish as well. She’s finished and ready for raffle tickets :0)
5×10 Devlin Skiff: Interior First Coat
May 19, 2012 worked from 9:30 am – noon. I painted the inside with its first coat and added another coat of varnish.