Hi All,
Have been at it all week solid! Friday and I am soooo pleased to tell you all that the starboard plank is now fitted, glued, screwed, rough faired and plugged up. Baring acidents, never to be removed again, by me anyway. A few things left to do on it, but its in, and fits like a gauntlet (I mean glove).
So a few pics of the happening follow.

Morgan couldn't resist taking a pic of my foot sticking out!

above and below preparing the frame ends.

I made a little dam, and filled all the frame end gaps with epoxy mixed with micro fibres.

Next came cutting the scarf joints.

Then spiling the plank cutting template, Morgan at the helm.

After cutting the plank out, our first trial fit.

 

Second fitting last night.

And this afternoon = the last two pics after gluing, and plugs in DONE

going to the pub now

Roy

 

Preping for Garboards

Hi all,

priming in progress

I emptied the fuel tank and salvaged about 32 galls from it. Have been running the engine regularly so I know its ok. Then lifted the tank out of the bilge, it had moved a bit, opened it up, yuck, it was very dirty. Two days later its spick and span above deck while I treat the iron frames with rust converter, prime them and paint. Only 2 pics today then.

rare view of my design (1994) fuel tank. 1st time removed.

All for now, back to the grindstone
Roy

Hull nears complition

Hi Guys and Gals,
Had a bit of celibration last night, as finally I have finished the hull planks.

Both Planks have scarf joints, the top one with two. This one took me over 4 days to fit before I was happy with the aft joint.

 This joint had only a 9" scarf as could not get access to the plank at 12". The plank had also been sawn a bit different from the others which left the grain edge on, this made it very stiff to bend and twist to fit.

Every morning at the bar, were I go to for coffee, one or more ( sometimes 6-10) of the local Iguana's come to visit hoping for food scraps, some are very big!

Fitting the last plank!

So the reason not feeling 100% this morning, planks now fitted and rough faired, all nails in ready for riveting, and plugging.

That means now I have the two Garboard planks left to do. They are a bit of a different animal from the others, needing to be bolted to the iron floors as well as screwed to the keel, no copper nails, they are both also going to be about 15 feet long. Screws are 2-1/2" bronze to replace the brass nails that had come loose and caused all those leaks in 2010/11. Not suprising really, a plain round brass nail lasting 75years is nothing to complain about, they got me to the Carribean before failing.
Well its fuel tank removal next, have to empty it first. Only way I can drill the new bolt holes required.
More coming.
Roy

Big Boat work

Hi all,
A few pics to show were I'm up to.

After swapping labour hours I spieled the 2 remaining hull planks, marked them out on the wood and cut them with Morgan's help today. Later using a Chain Saw! he cut the scarfs on the hull and I now have to fit the panks on the boat.

Meanwhile, the Deadwood has to be replaced and have started that too.

Its coming along ok, not the perfect wood to use, but, its strong and hard wearing and is used extensively for Dock planking here and in the states, its just called yellow pine.

The first plank then, was offered up this afternoon, after I finish these 2 there are only the garboard planks and deadwood remaining to fit.
Roy

Dingy saga ends

Hi folks,
Well just show the last photo's I have of the finish to builing of the dingey. Hope to carry on with the big boat now.

So as I disappear over the horizon on my way to the next great adventure, (coffee at the boatyard bar) I will post again when I have more pic's
Roy

Dingy Cont'd

Hi Everyone,
This week I got a bit short circuited, the yard finally gave me notice of moving. This meant cleaning the debris field around the boat, and, making sure I wasn't going to leave anything behind.
Thursday morning at 0800hrs I was ready and waiting. The travel lift though, didn't arrive till 1445hrs. I had become a bit restless during this time so trying not to wast the whole day decided to carry on with building the dingy. The following pic's are this time in reverse order = last one first.

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Turned over to finish the bottom,
note the oak outboard pad, an extra by me.

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Ready for prime coats

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Fitting and glueing the transom reinforcing 2

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Fitting and glueing the transom reinforcing

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fitting and glueing the seats 2

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Fitting and glueing the seats

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fitting and glueing the bulkheads 2

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Fitting and glueing the bulkheads 

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Pair of second hand oars donated by Peggy, and being in the process of being restored


















After moving it was the weekend before I thought of doing anything else, just trying to organise everything again, after the move was a pain. I had planned to only work on the dingy at weekends, so started that again. 
Now I was faced with the USA holidays, Tuesday Independence day, and 4 July. So being like a weekend I just carried on with the littleun.

Something Different

Hi everyone,
I am still at it, as previous I was doing the last set of hull planks, up to spiling the first one after removing the port bunk. This was finished on Saturday, but with the woodshop closed i had to wait till Monday to cut and trial fit the Plank. All done first pic, today I get it ready for nailing and fairing.

And now for something Completely Different

 

As I am getting closer to getting in the water, my mind has been flying ahead to the new problems I will face when that happens. Getting to and from my boat being quite important!

So the next set of pics is the cheapest solution I could come up with. And now with 'nothing to do till Monday' I had a time slot spare. Sunday till 12 noon, then the Sun would be too hot.

 

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 This happened to me before in 1994, just after my new Avon dingy and 3hp Marina outboard were stolen, in Falmouth, on my first journey to home. Llew will remember helping me build a flat pack dingy then.

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And Monday night all glued up under cover. Requires fitting all the other bits, but it would probably float if I put it in the ogin

Roy