20' Whitehall and Oars

[Tom Hoffman]

Just posted some more pics of the Whitehall and some Oar Jigs and rough blanks for oars.

Am Planning on Glassing this weekend, if I can work it in between all the family weekend stuff.

Need SWMBO to help.

Tae a look and let me know what you think.

Tom...

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[JimD]

Tom, sure is looking good. I think you mentioned this before but is this Glen-L's Whitehall stretched?

[Tom Hoffman]

Jim,

Yes that is correct, the standard from Glen-L is a 17' model. I changed the bow angle and the transom angle to more closely resemble the Liz and the Bangor Packet. Both have a long bow and a radically raked transom. I compromised on my Transom and only raked it back about half of what the other two boats have. I also moved all the stations 3" further apart, it worked well on all except the one closest to the transom, it was in the wrong place and had to be moved after I got the gunwales and the first strip in place. Not really a problem as I used screws to hold the stations upright on the strong back and could get to them easily. Biggest problem I encountered was trying to do it with out staple marks at every station clear over the entire boat. I did get it done for the most part, but it did leave me with a lot of imperfectly glued strips because of the bead and cove. Had a lot of filling to do. That was a pain.