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It has been cold – really cold for Weymouth. So much so that my most important boat building equipment froze overnight!. Ice in my espresso machine and kettle. My little space heater has been working hard, but I can’t do any gluing until the weather changes. If you go back a couple of posts, you… Continue reading Fun with a Router

Literally, I have made a breakthrough and here is the proof. A hole in my hull. I spent a lot of time worrying about this step. How do you get the angle of the drill right when the plan gives you one fixed point outside of the hull and one other fixed point inside the… Continue reading Breakthrough

Meanwhile while I continue with sanding, I decided to start on the deadwood (I know. All my wood is dead) as light relief. The deadwood has to fit the curve of the hull at the bottom (upside down as constructed) and provides a flat surface at the top tapering to a point at the highest… Continue reading Meanwhile, the Skeg/Deadwood

Despite the huge gap since my last post, I have been working. There have been gaps for holidays and other enjoyable interruptions, but mostly, this is just slow work. There is quite a bit of planing. And even more sanding. Sweeping up the shavings is somewhat disheartening. I paid good money for that wood. There… Continue reading More Fairing / Sanding

Those lovely lines produced by wrapping the planks around the bulkheads don’t look quite as smooth when inspected closely. Planks are rectangular in profile after all, and the layer of fibreglass needs a nice smooth base, so time to remove some wood. The first stage is to use a sharp fine set plane to remove… Continue reading Fairing the Hull (slowly)

Adding planks underneath rather than on top feels slightly strange. I clamped on a couple of brackets to support the plank while I clamped it in place. In the picture below, you can see the line of epoxy resin filling the groove in the plank, all ready to be fitted in place. The floor provided… Continue reading One side planked

It has been two and a half months since my last post and for most of that there hasn’t been a lot of boat building. Of course Christmas and New Year took time out, and having bronchitis didn’t help. However, work has restarted and progress has been made! Strip planking is complete to the keel.… Continue reading Another Milestone

I haven’t posted an update for quite some time, partly because updating the blog falls somewhat behind seeing grandchildren, boat building, u3a duties and even household chores, but also because another picture of two more strip-planks is not visually stimulating. However, I have now added my first strip-plank that did not need a scarf joint… Continue reading A Milestone of Sorts

I am making steady progress. Every visit to the shed adds another two planks. The closer to the keel I get, the more twist the planks have. At the stem, planks are vertical, while at the transom planks are now horizontal. I have shown in photographs below clamps being used to get the right twist… Continue reading Taking Stock