Category: Wooden Boats

December 22, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 35. Today, I sanded the interior for the 1st coat of paint.

December 18, 2011; 6:00 am – 9:30 am; day 34. This morning I sanded off the high spots of the fiberglass edges, made and installed the two deck spurs midship in the cabin. I then mixed epoxy with WESTS 410 fairing compound and applied it to the cockpit deck and also a few places in…

December 16, 2011; 7:30 am – noon; day 33. Today I filled and glassed the cockpit deck, installed the bow “D” ring, then glassed in the anchor locker.

December 15, 2011; 6:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 32. Today I put epoxy wood filler in all the intersections of the floors and longitudinals then fiberglassed them. I then epoxied all plywood that will be sealed under the cockpit deck. I cut the 2) 8″ deck plate holes and fastened down the cockpit deck…

December 9, 2011; 9:00 am – 2:30 pm; day 31. Today I cut, fit, and installed all the bunk soles. I had a visitor today. Kirk Graham drove down from Port Townsend to check out how “Eider” is coming along. Kirk owns the original 1980 Sam Devlin built “Eider”. He was pretty stoked! I also…

December 8, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 30. Today I built the main cabin floors. At this point it’s hard to tell, but there will be a short, narrow hallway. I will make a padded filler for that area so as to make up a double bunk.

December 7, 2011; 8:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 29. Today I cut and fit the self-bilging cockpit floor. I added a 1″ slope toward the stern. I will add a bilge pump at the lowest point in the cabin that will pump out onto the cockpit floor. This cockpit floor will be permanently glued…

December 1, 2011; 8:30 am – 2:00 pm; day 27. Today I first added another coat of epoxy to the insides of the trunk panels. Then I took the centerboard blank and cut and planed it to its proper measurements. I then lined the balast hole with sheet lead and added some copper nails. This…

November 30, 2011; 9:30 am – 3:30 pm; day 26. Today I built the centerboard trunk, cut the hole for it in the bottom of the hull and laminated two pieces of 3/4″ ply for the centerboard itself. I then disassembled and fiberglassed the inside of the trunk.

November 26, 2011; 11:00 am – 4:00 pm; day 25. I started sanding the cockpit then moved to cutting the bulkheads to there proper shapes.