October 22, 2011. Today I started at 8 am and ended at 2:45 pm. I finished up the framing and setting the bulkheads and transom on the strongback jig. I may take tomorrow off 🙂
Current Projects
Eider: Strongback Frame
October 21, 2011 from 10:15 am to 4:14 pm. Today I started building the strongback frame to set the bulkheads at their proper stations. This whole process is a time taker, and rightly so. This is like pouring a foundation for a building. Making sure all your forms are spot on before you add cement…
Eider: Laying Out the Bulkheads and Transom
October 20, 2011. I started work at 9 am and ended at 2 pm. Today I laid out all the bulkheads and the transom and cut them to size. I also had a visitor. One time a Columbia river whitetail like this one just didn’t watch me work, the little guy walked right into my…
Eider: Lofting the Hull Panels
October 19, 2011. I worked from 9 am -3 pm today. I lofted all the hull panels and cut them to size. Tomorrow we tackle the bulkheads.
Building Eider
October 18, 2011. This is the first day of building Sam Devlin’s new plans for his trailerable sailboat “Eider”. This gaff rig sloop is approximately 18′ LOD. I started at 7:30 am and ended my day at 2:00 pm. I first laid out the seven (7) 4×8 sheets of 1/2″ plywood and scarfed them at…
Firewood and Eider
October 15-16, 2011. This weekend Jody and I completed our last outside job, getting the last 1 1/2 cords of firewood bucked, split, hauled and stacked in the new woodshed. Here are a couple of photos of my driver, she’s a good worker! This coming week I plan to start on Sam Devlin’s newly re-designed,…
Building a Shed, Getting Ready for Fall
October 1, 2011. Hi all, sorry for not writing for a while. On Jody’s and my return from the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival I had to deal with getting some stuff done before the fall rains. I have been building a firewood and storage shed. I have pretty much completed this project except I’m…
New Zealand to Port Ludlow to Port Townsend
September 12, 2011. Here are a couple of photos that were emailed to me by Pete Leenhouts. Pete is on staff at the Northwest School for Woodenboats at Port Hadlock, Wa. The first photo is of Jody and Macksey on “Rachel”, and the couple on the dock are Denny and John Welsford. The second is…
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival – Last Day
September 11, 2011. Sunday, this is the last day of the Festival. This year was as good as it gets if you’re a boat person. The weather was perfect!!! The boats that were exhibited were exceptional, the music, food and special classes were all great. Our boat “Rachel”, hull one of Sam Devlin’s Pelicano series,…
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival – Day 2
September 10, 2011. Today was like all the other days this week – sunny and warm. I was talking with Jody this afternoon about the hundreds of people walking by our boat. These folks are of all shapes and sizes but all are clean and orderly, even the kids. I guess boat people are just…