Category: Polliwog 7.5 – Sam Devlin Design

Thursday. I worked 5 hours today. I built and installed the knees, breast hook, gunwales and inwales. Here are a few photos.

Today I put in 5 hours building and installing the fore and aft bench seating. There’s also a photo of this mornings sunrise. Tomorrow I will move right to building the knees and breast hook.

Sunday, I worked a little less than and hour. I mixed small amount of 410 fairing filler and went about filling all the little pitts, scratches and pockets. Once dry I will sand with 220 grit and add a second coat of topcoat paint.

Today I spent a couple of hours sanding the high spots and applying a coat of West 410 fairing compound. Here are a couple of photos.

Worked from 8 – 11:30 am. Today I removed all the stitches and faired the hull. Then, I turned her over and filled the seams, applied fiberglass tape and saturated the tape with epoxy. Here are a few photos.

Worked from 8 – 11 am. Today I stitched up the side panels and transom. Then, I mixed up some epoxy/wood flour to a peanut butter consistency and tabbed the interior seams. Here are a few photos.

Worked from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. Today’s the first day of building a Devlin designed Polliwog for my 3-year old grandson Caleb. I lofted the hull panels and cut them out. Then I stitched the chine of the bottom panels and open and held them into place with a Spanish windless. Here are a…