Whitehall test photo post

[Tonyr]

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2134066854

The first and second attempts failed (yes, I have done a search of all old posts on how to do this - it just won't work for me!). Trying to put and at the beginning and end seems to do nothing.

This is the third (edited) attempt. Presumably, if you cut and paste the above address correctly, you will end up at the picture on Imagestation. Seems pretty clumsy, but let's see if it works.

[ 12-14-2004, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Tonyr ]

[Tonyr]

Bingo, sort of. I will see if I can find some better pictures to post.

Tony.

[John Bell]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid150/pf1c955321fc7f2f339bb619c5c051f3d/f5e8aeb3.jpg

[Donn]

Tony...you were putting the address of the page containing the pic between the IMG tags. You need to use the address of the pic itself. It ends with .jpg

[almeyer]

Nice looking Whitehall, Tony. Post some more pics on your Imagestation site, we'll help you get them here if need be. :D
Al

[Tonyr]

Thanks for the suggestions and help. I have posted a sequence of the building on Imagestation, with enough detail to get a good sense of the overall design and the interior layout. I doubt that it is worth while bothering to post any more photos here, since it is easy to see them on the Imagestation link.

For those interested, I used 3/16 inch yellow birch strips, 1" wide, starting from the tree, and using my bandsaw for stripping. Never again!

The epoxy was mostly MAS with the slow hardener. I liked it, although it seems hard to buy in this area today since the main local marine distributor has changed to the East System line. The good news is that that works well too.

Tony.

[abe]

Another whitehall that looks good from here, and a stripper to bat! Nice job Tony! Is this your design?

abe

[Tonyr]

Abe, no. It is a much modified John Gardner beast (as in Building Classic Small Craft), best described perhaps as "after John Gardner", since I can't hold him responsible for the things that are less than "pure", if you are a real Whitehall freak. The overall dimensions are certainly his, though.

I seem to find reason to do yet another bit of tweaking each spring, but I am pretty pleased with the present status. My local sailmaker, Dave Martin of Fredericton, did a very nice job of implementing my crude sketches, and the boat goes really well. His only apparent mistake was to have the top batten parallel to the lower ones, but starting against the yard. In practice, that won't work, since it results in the batten sticking out from the yard like a flag, whether you like it or not i.e. you can't furl the sail! A top batten has to start below the yard, and run at a sharp angle up the sail (this only applies to a full batten sail, of course).

Tony.

[ 12-17-2004, 08:09 AM: Message edited by: Tonyr ]