| Light sculling trainier: Stitched together! |
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| Written by Jon | |||
| Sunday, 30 March 2008 18:00 | |||
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Well, I'd have to say it was a good weekend. On Friday night, I stayed in and worked on the boat some. Then Saturday Dad and I attempted to sail.Sunday there was no wind, which led to adventures of a different kind at eh Italian Festival in Ybor City (my liver still hurts from that afternoon) I decided not to glue the ends together first. When I got the side panels up on some horses, I laid the bottom panels on and started drilling some holes and running zip ties. I think I was in the garage for about 1.5 hours, but probably only actually worked for about 45 minutes. Once the holes were drilled and the ties in, I cinched it all together. For anyone who has not built a boat, it is hard to describe how sensual it is. Don't take that the wrong way, boat building engages all of your senses. The smell of the cut wood, the sounds of the tools and creaking of the bending wood. What struck me this night was the feel of the wood bending into shape as I tightening the ties. The hull came together so tight and true, despite my shaky cuts. I spent a good deal of time just absorbing the image of the flat panels bending to form. Wood is such a cool material! I decided to call it a night rather than push on to gluing the seams to avoid any rushing mistakes. In the morning Dad and I drove to St Pete to take Stormbringer out. For some reason, we decided that we did not need ice because we didn't think we would be having any beers. Well, once we were out searching for puffs, we really wanted a few cold ones. We made do with warm Amstel, it really wasn't that bad. The Moral of this story is always buy ice, because you will want a cold one, or even a cold water eventually. The wind totally died, so we headed in. When I got home, I picked up the hull and set it up on horses in the driveway to take some shots. After the photo shoot, I cut some small bilge frames for the cockpit between the two bulkheads. The bottom flattened out there and needed them for shape. When all is said and done, she is pretty tight. Some gaps exist in the keel seam which will easily be filled with the fillet material. Stay tuned for more, and check out these pics!
New Project: A Light Sculling Trainer
2 hrs in: Lofting and Cutting 4 hours in: Mistakes Confound and Compound 5 hours now: almost back on track Light sculling trainier on hold ~6 hrs total on the Light sculling trainier: some progress Light sculling trainier: Stitched together! Light sculling trainier: Getting Motivated Sculling trainer: Fiberglass taping started! 2 more hours on the sculling trainer New pics of sculling boat build Sculling boat makes progress Sculling boat has a name and a deck!
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