Fulmar Update... Planked!!!

[Lone Star]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid148/p321a6237b49cb2d70ca108dc2af7afed/f60d7990.jpg

Just released the clamps on the final plank a few minutes ago and took a quick shot with the digital camera. I am very pleased with the results and feel satisfied that I have given it my best effort. I've got 4 or 5 more shots left on my regular camera before I finish out the roll. I'll do a proper album update after I get those finished and developed.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Sweet! Now you get to turn her over. That sure is a fun moment. We had a little family ceremony when we flipped the Thistle.
Cecelia was 7 when she took this picture:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid21/p5caf73fa446c7dcb64cb7c94a8788885/fdb48bcb.jpg
The timer took this one right after the turnover:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid21/p3bc958a31de38147940e6d20c1757ea4/fdb48bc2.jpg

Is that a little speck of dust I see on the floor in the foreground? Shame on you. :D

Steven

[NormMessinger]

Pleased with the results are ye. I should say. You are going to be tempted to finish it bright. Thanks for the peak.

[JimM]

Lee
Wonderful job. Enjoy turing your fulmar over.

Jim McGee

[JimD]

Awesome job on the planking :cool:

[Venchka]

OK OK OK The boat is a beauty. Great job!

You can't possibly be building a boat in that garage. Elves come around in the night, sprinkle magic dust and POOF! A boat appears. Right? :D

Deep down inside, I think the biggest roadblock to my boatbuilding dreams is knowing that SWMBO will expect operating room cleanliness during the construction process. How do you do it? Is there some monster dust collection system just out of the cameras view?

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[Bill Perkins]

Great looking job . I've been working on concrete too . How are your feet holding out ?

[Garrett Lowell]

She's looking great!

[jlapratt]

I have been impressed with your craftmanship and cleanliness (insert big envy look here). I notice that the plank joints are close together and between molds. Are they scarfed or butt blocked?

Great job!!
Jeff

[videoguy]

Nice looken job Lone Star. But can I come down there and mess up your shop Just a little PLEEEEASE. smile.gif smile.gif .........Phil

[Bob Perkins]

Nice boat!

Don't let those messy shop guys pick on ya!

I like a clean shop too - tripping over stuff on the floor is a pain!

Take Care,
Bob

[Lone Star]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid148/pe7b35078e7d04d42f0cacb21b4b2b4a1/f60b859c.jpg

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement and even the ribbing about the clean shop. We all have our own little quirks. No fancy dust collection system or elves... just me and a broom. Though I did notice that about 10 years ago an elf infestation had occurred in my house. It's great! All the stuff that I left strewn about the house (coffee mugs, dirty underwear, etc) seem to be magically picked up, cleaned, and returned to the proper location. I figure it must have occurred while I was away with my wife on our honeymoon right after we got married.

Bill: The concrete doesn't seem to bother me too much but I probably spent as much time sitting in my thinking chair and staring at the hull as I did actually working on it.

Jeff: The joints are scarfed. I didn't worry about staggering them since I figured the scarfed joint was bonded with expoxy and was pretty darn strong.

Thanks again all!

[ 12-02-2004, 02:09 PM: Message edited by: Lone Star ]

[djtil]

Lee,

Good job. You and I are at roughly the same stage on our respective Fulmars. I just started to paint the bottom in preparation for turn-over.

I will be in Dallas later this month on business. It would be fun to get together and compare notes. Leave me a message or e-mail me if you would be interested.

Dave

[Don Olney]

Lee, Nice work, but you forgot to pick up that empty Heineken under the building frame. -Don

[Venchka]

Son of a gun. What a mess!

Good taste in boats, beer and obviously SWMBO.

Wayne
In the Swmap. :D

[slacker]

Super nice looking work! As for me, I'll just go on pretending that the layer of sawdust in my shop serves a higher purpose...cushioning, spill cleanup or whatever excuse seems relevent at the time :D

Darren

[Steve Lansdowne]

Fine work indeed, and, say, doesn't this represent nearly the half-way to completion point? ;) Thanks for showing all those east, west, and gulf coasters what us inlanders can do. Your planks look so shiny that I'm wondering if you epoxied them. Let us know when the big launch day arrives and perhaps we can get a contingent of Forum folks from central Texas up to help you do the job.

[jlapratt]

Scarphed is just fine; and Heiniken shows you have good taste also!!

"She's a beaut' Clarke!"

Jeff

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

Originally posted by Bill Perkins:
I've been working on concrete too . How are your feet holding out ?The best thing I did was go to HD and purchase enough basement carpet underlayment to cover the area where I built Dawn Marie. They use it in basements to seal out the cold and it is quite dense giving your feet that "cushy" feel when you walk on it. I didn't mind building in the garage over the winter a bit. Oh, the temperature? Well, hmmm... the Brits would say something like, "It was cool in the GARage." ;)

[ 12-03-2004, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Captain Pre-Capsize ]