Category: Wooden Boats

April 23, I probably took 3-4 hours sanding to get most of the epoxy off and the wood fair for sealing and varnishing. It best to sand when the inside of your hull is bare, no obstructions! Then I put together the wheel housing and installed the wheel. I also built the 4 knees and…

April 22, today’s another hurry up and wait kinda day. I cut the gunwales and mixed up some epoxy and wood flour to a honey consistency and clamped them into place. Then I mixed some more epoxy and wood flour and filled all the gaps in the interior of the boat. This is very important…

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…