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 🙂
Category: Wooden Boats
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,…
Port Ludlow With Rachel
On September 6th, Jody and I arrived at the Port Townsend Boat Haven boat ramp at 9:30 in the morning. It took us 4 hours to tow Rachel from Puget Island, Cathlamet, Wa. After some shopping, we launched her at 11 am and made way south to Port Ludlow. We plan to cruise the Sound…
Abi Gale Sail
This last Sunday a friend, Peter, who has years of sailing experience arrived. I rigged Abi Gale with a gaff rigg, spirit boom set up. We had a very light on shore wind and launched her from our little beach on the Columbia River. It took Peter a minute or two to get situated, and…
Goodbye Island Maid II
Last week the “Island Maid II” was sold to a gentleman from Cape Cod, MA. The Island Maid II has been in our family for 8 years, and during that time she was re-fit and converted to a wonderful cruising passage maker. She not only took me on a wonderful vacation up the inland passage…
Abi Gale – Cathlamet Wooden Boat, Show Best in Class
It’s been awhile since my last post. I finished “Abi gale” and entered her in the Cathlamet Wooden Boat Show. She won best in her class! I picked up her sail last week and still need to rig it. Hopefully, I’ll get to it this coming weekend, so I can post a few photos of…