Penobscot 17 progress

[kiwidispora]

.....this is taking longer than I thought it would...heaps of fun though!!! .......yeah keep saying that..

http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010840.JPG

Wai Knot (http://www.orme.com/boat)

[MARK@NOVASCOTIA]

Lookin good, keep us posted.

[landlocked sailor]

Yer almost there! ;) Rick

[Steve Lansdowne]

Take your time and enjoy the process. Likely you'll suffer "builder's withdrawal" when she's finally finished. Have you begun planning your next boat yet?

[L.W. Baxter]

Nice tiller handle. Nice workbench, toolbox, and tools, too, by the way.

http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010832.JPG

[Thorne]

Lovely, and almost done!

;- )

[kiwidispora]

spent the afternoon glueing little plugs in little holes

http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010845.JPG

[Trog]

Niiiice smile.gif

[PeterSibley]

My!!! Ain't she pretty....very well done sir ! smile.gif

[kiwidispora]

Haven't done much considering the time that has passed ...Did get my anthracite burning stoker to pump hot water through the floors though...and this is where most of my efforts have gone when getting shop time.
Plumbers turn their heads and laugh at my soldering...but it works....and now the shop is warm.
http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010863.JPG

I keep finding myself buying more expensive hardware and at this stage with as much work as has been put in .I decided to keep as much of it as brassy/bronzy as I could....that the why of the pintle and gudgeons
http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010867.JPG
....I just couldn't do it!!!!! and the brass plates are $60.00ish from sailboatstuff.com and come with a key, which is the cheapest I could find and about half of what others charge
http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010869.JPG
And here she is sitting waiting for some more clear coat , some sanding and the varnish.

I started on January 18th and it would have been nice to get her launched within the year...as my boated brothers at home keep asking "got a boat yet?" and then laughing when I tell them where I'm at.
http://www.orme.com/boat/P1010871.JPG

I off to Mainland Godzone...the big NZ for my Mums 70th....and if I get the chance will toss two of my brothers off their boats into the water!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Garrett Lowell]

She's coming along nicely! You'll be on the water in no time.

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Lovely job! :cool:

[Paul Girouard]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by kiwidispora:
[QB].....this is taking longer than I thought it would...heaps of fun though!!!

Hey mate very nice job , it always does , and it should be fun !!!
Enjoy your trip,Happy B-day to your Mum smile.gif

Finish with the attention to detail you've gone with so far,nicely done :cool:
Paul

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

WOW nice job http://www.woodenboat-ubb.com/ubb/icons/icon14.gif Im struck with the similarities between your tiller design and the tiller on my Dove, an Atkins Active III

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid159/pe23029c70434bef08049d010105cdb89/f4f3a597.jpg

I'm curious is this a common tiller pattern?

[pipefitter]

Very nice,we never figure in the build time,the time spent admiring...

[kiwidispora]

Joe,
I've been keeping a folder of boat idea photo's for a while now....turns out I shamelessly ripped off your tiller handle design.... :D :rolleyes:

Two more sleeps till the big bird.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

Originally posted by kiwidispora:
Joe,
I've been keeping a folder of boat idea photo's for a while now....turns out I shamelessly ripped off your tiller handle design.... :D :rolleyes:

Two more sleeps till the big bird.Cool I'm flattered smile.gif You did a nice job, I was wondering, thinking whoa that tiller looks just like mine and is it just like mine :D

[Norske3]

Lovely boat....like the "whiskey still" too. :D ...do you have drawings for sale...for the "still". ;)