Scarfing is an 8:1 process of making 4′ x 8′ sheet plywood into longer lengths. In this case, putting 3 sheets together to make up one long sheet of approximately 19 1/2′. The photos here show how to scarf all 12 sheets at one time by staggering the plywood 4″ apart and using a power…
Category: Wooden Boats
Pelicano 18
The latest project is the Pelicano 18, one of Sam Devlin’s newest designs. I started this project on May 28. You can visit this page and watch Sam’s design come together over the next few months.
Polliwog – Complete
Completed and ready for new owner, Lynn!
Polliwog – Stage 3
Start; all inwales, knees, breast hook, aft bench and rowing seat are all glued and fastened. The boat will now be turned over for fiber glassing and the building and installation of the skeg. First coat of paint and 2nd coat of varnish. Stopped work Sunday, April 11th, at 10am
Polliwog – Stage 2
Restarted the project again today at 7:00 am. Finished building the boat and all it’s parts…minus the skeg, that will be built and installed when the hull is tuned over and fiber glassed. I milled the inwales and gunwales out of heavy wet red cedar. This allowed me to bend and clamp them into shape….
Start of Polliwog 7.5
This Sam Devlin Design was my first commission. I started on March 12 and completed it on April 17, 2010.