Category: Wooden Boats

On Wednesday, September 8th my wife Jody and I launched “Rachel” (Pelicano 19) on a public boat launch in Olympia, Washington. We had a 115 mile journey ahead of us to get to the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. It was overcast, and the water was flat and smooth. Over the last 25 years, Jody…

On August 28th, we launched “Rachel” on a perfect day on Puget Island. Based on Sam Devlin’s Pelicano 18, she measures 19 feet and sits smartly in the water (www.devlinboat.com). A special thanks to Johnny G who has helped in innumerable ways and to my family who came out and celebrated the launch with me….

It’s a beautiful day on Puget Island, and she’s on the trailer headed to get the motor installed.

I sanded the white and put the first coat of varnish on all bright work, then left for Longview, Washington to pick up the custom cut safety glass for the windshield. I got back to the shop at noon and put on the 2nd coat of varnish. Tomorrow I will put the 3rd and last…

Today was a busy day of coordination. After making templates for the windshield safety glass, I drove to Longview, Washington, dropped off the cuddy cabin foam for the cushions to Longview Upholstery and dropped off the glass template to Twin City Glass. I then connected with the canvas guy who followed me back to the boat shop…

Reassembled and epoxied the fir windshield together. I also cut and installed all the Douglas fir wood plugs and applied two coats of paint to her exterior.

Sanded the wood filler and then built the fir windshield. Started at 7:45 am and ended at 3:30 pm.

The inwales around the cockpit were built and installed today. Started at 8:00 am and ended at 1:30 pm.

Today, I built and completed the companion way hatch and door. Started at 1:00 pm and ended at 6:30 pm.