Category: Wooden Boats

After finishing up the hands sawn deck beam for the companionway, all the deck beams were complete. These deck beams make up the ceiling for the cuddy cabin. I then finished building the cabin itself. Next come the building of the companionway hatch and door. Started at 9:45 am and ended at 5:45 pm.

Today, I wood flour epoxy glued the side cabin walls to the hull and cut and installed all the fir cabin ceiling beams. I should have the cabin completely constucted tomorrow. Started at 8:00 am and ended at 3:30 pm.

The interior was sanded interior to prep for the 3rd coat. I also built and installed all walk around gunwales. Finished the day by painting the 3rd coat of paint. Tomorrow I start building the cabin. Started at 6:00 am and ended at 5:00 pm.

Today, I finished the galley shelf, made up the patterns for the cuddy cabin cushions and painted the 2nd coat of off-white to the interior. Afterwards, I drove to Longview, WA to drop off the cushion patterns and order the galley sink – they had a nice little stainless steel 10″ round one. Started at…

It was a long day: I sanded the interior in preparation for the second coat of off-white. Cold-molded and fiberglassed the fore-peak that’s for the anchor and rope. Drilled 1 1/8″ scupper holes and installed the pvc pipe for both the aft deck and the motor well. Installed 2) 1 1/2″ S.S. “D” ring in…

July 28 from 12:15 pm to 6:00 pm: milled ash, fir and cedar. Then disassembled the floors and sole and sanded to prep for fiberglass that will be taped to all interior seams. July 29 from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm: fiberglass taped to all interior seams . . . very nasty job!! July 30…

I custom cut each spur and mounted them. I also cut and temporarily installed the cuddy sole. Started at 8:30 am and ended at 3:30 pm.

Today, I worked just one hour to finish the webbing of the floors that support the cuddy cabin mattress. Started at noon and ended at 1:00 pm.

Today, I finished up the stern and then moved forward to build floors for the plywood sole. As you can see, the bulkheads have been cut to accommodate. I also started working on accommodating the Cuddy Cabin configuration. Started at 8:00 am and ended at 6:00 pm.

After cutting up the frame that held the bulkheads for fire wood and cleaning up a bit, I visited the person storing my motor to get the template for the transom. It is now the proper height to receive the 50 horsepower, Honda 4-stroke. I pre-drilled the holes in order to apply epoxy to the…