Category: Wooden Boats

Today, I removed all wire stitching and filled the holes and seams with epoxy wood flour. Started 10:15 am and ended 2 pm.

June 23 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm: epoxy wood floured the two bottom panels to the bulkheads, longitudinals and the keel seam. June 24 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm: cut limber holes and fared out all hard to get to hardened epoxy wood flour application. June 25 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm:…

Today, I started at 7:00 am setting the #4 bulkhead and finishing strongback set up by 9:30am. I started setting the bottom panels at 9:45 and continued to get the bottom panels set and the bow stitched. The inside bottom to the keel, bulkheads and longitudinals are ready for epoxying. Finished at 1:30pm.

Today, I set up the strongback to support the bulkheads. I was also able to set bulkheads one through three. Started at 11:00 am and ended at 5:00 pm.

I finished laying out and cutting all bulkheads and longitudinals that I started last night. I was also able to build the transom jig and put the 4″ curve in the transom. Started at 8:00 am and ended at 4:00 pm.

Tonight, I laid out the #1 bulkhead and the forward longitudinal. Started at 7:00 pm and ended at 10:00pm.

Today, I fared all the exterior panels and beveled the interior edges 45 degrees. Started at 12:15pm, ended at 3:00 pm.

Today, I worked on the lofting layout of the two side panels. You can also see the bottom chine and the top sheer. I then will set these aside and stage the next sheet of 1/2″ plywood and the simply trace the two freshly cut panel onto the staged sheet. Started about 5:15 pm and…

This next photograph shows the plywood going from 8′ in length to nearly 20′ feet. This is not done with clamps or anything special. This is done on the wooden lofting floor with sheet rock screws; very simple. The key here is to use poly, and I use large black poly garbage bags. These need…