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Thoughts and prayers are with Johnno. May he return Swiftly. Thanks for the post Larks.

I dont think people are supposed to post commercial links but this http://www.toplicht.de/en/shop/technik-fuer-die-maschinenanlage/motorhalterung/motorhalterung-aus-bronze-spartan is what kenjamin...

Slightly off topic but still related to wooden boat building: we organize the yearly Aruba Sailing Regatta and this year we would like to start with "building a wooden boat". This year a simple...

Mal,
Sounds like that bottom will be the strongest part of the boat.
I admire your effort on building the Sundowner. Not only the volume of work but also your apparent craftsmanship.
Do you...

Thanks for pics Mal. Awesome boat. So what will you do when the width is wider than a sheet? Scarph? Or simple butt join staggered sheets?
You must have read about my crack... Cant help but think i...

How is the bottom?

Congrats on the "purchase". Seat looks similar to your coquina.
Have fun

Glad you are on the water with her Tim. Would like to see her on it... Will you take the mtor along when sailing?

While inspecting all the seems between the planks and the stringers with a spotlight (on the other side), I found a 2 feet long "crack" between the third plank's upper section and the stringer it...

The mast rake on drawing is 3 degrees. Distance top of kinkplank to top of deck, not top of mast step, is 632. Location of step support is at 1100 and spot under the mast (1030+33+37(radius mast)).

Thanks for the info Bob. Seems that we have the same and correct information. The rake angle of the mast is visible on the scaled drawings so that I will take that off them. The exact position of...

Thanks in advance Bob.
I guess i can wing it somewhat since we are talking about 1100-1030=70mm, minus about 28 mm for the radius of the mast of about 55 mm thick, so i miss about 40 mm, 4 cm; that...

Does anybody know the position of the main mast support for the yawl pathfinder? The drawing states 1100mm (OC???) forward of Frame 3 and the hole in the deck/kingplank at 1030 mm aft edge. But...

Thanks Andrew, John and John. Just been plugging along, roughing it a bit with those planks and lots of goop. But now i get to make her pretty again. She sure looks like a boat now doesn't she?
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The king plank was made, and fit. I am not sure how it should look like at the stem, but I just made it touch the stem and will screw and glue it there. Maybe a small doubler for support. The...

Like this?
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More grins...
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Leave something for tomorrow. :) Looks impressive.

Still grinning. I like how the bow curves with concave, beautiful design.

Thanks for comment Fredrik.

@John, yes, the two remaing ones should be much easier. First the anchor well needs to be...

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The second row is on. Plank still need to be trimmed at stem and the stem itself will...

Thanks for input gents. Lots of learning to do from this side.In a way I am glad there is only one more plank to cut a gain in as the top plank will have an upper and lower rubrail attached to it. Oh...

The Goop will cover all ugly joins. Filling, fairing and paint will do their jobs admirebly in the last phase of this build. But how ugly does the stem with planks look now... I will need to keep my...

John,
two piece stringer is to ease bending. I was afraid the pitch pine i use would not bend and break. I could control the grain with 20x20mm pieces better then with one 40x20 piece. It did cause...

Looking very nice. Wow... Big and beautiful boat.

Too bad this rig doesn't take a jib. That would bring some balance to the helm.

:D

Thanks John, exactly what I was looking for.

In this post I also found what they did in the SCAMP design. http://smallcraftadvisor.com/message-board2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=584

The story of...

Anybody has any ideas on proper design of a hatch for a 9" round hole? I am thinking of making one out of 1/2" marine ply, over-sized with diameter of about 10", with three or four latches which turn...

Last week I ordered the gooseneck on rails, copied from Spartina's setup. But my "buy-itch" did not subside and I could not help myself and bought some more hardware... about USD200 worth. First I...

Tim,
No timeframe anymore for me. Just enjoying the build. Your sharpie is looking really nice.

Covered the bow inside section with unthickened epoxy for protection first. When planked up this section will be extremely tough to reach. Started covering open ended ply grain with epoxy also. Looks...

Andrew, thanks for ur thoughts. What do u mean by "even if u r'nt coating surface of ply"?
<p>I intend to paint all ply with alkyd primer twice, sand and coat with alkyd exterior paint twice with...

Having followed spartina's new dressing in cloth, the sails were specified and ordered. The sail production pipeline causes delivery somewhere in August. I have no rush since there is no schedule for...

With fulltime on your hands for a first build I would build the Phoenix, beautiful boat and very detailed and precise plans. Very useful boat so you may not need anything else. You could use the...

Port side garboard completed and dry-fitted to structure. Looks beautiful. But before I fix it I really need to finish and paint the inside of the hull. There is no way I will be able to get to the...

Hi Ed,

I had my grinder ready but did not need it at all for enlargement or re-positioning the notches. Everything lined up very well.

Rik

John,
Your build is beautiful. Indeed interesting to see it since it is nearly exactly the inverted process. She is purdy...

Hi Quest,
Yep, progress, not perfection, that's my mantra. One of the best things I learnt early on in my first build was a quote from Sam Devlin, which went something like, "the joins should not be...

Spiling the first plank was done in a different method I have seen but using the same principles: A straight stiff piece with 10" intervals was attached to frames. At each interval the distance to...

This is a good look of the boat right before planking starts:
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If all goes well, the 8mm ply will be in my hands soon, and I can start grinding off and make the bevels on the stringers which I have sweated over so much.

Looking at other builds, the feelings...

Cut and fitted starboard and port seat panels. Stern seat panel left to do. The boat is not 100% symmetrical at least the frames are not positioned exactly the same. Found that out after...

Hey Andrew,
that is what i am pondering to do yes, sharpen my chisels too... Thanks for the tip.

I think I have made a mistake... The bow stem does not have space to attach the planks to. I made the stringers come out too far. Good think stringers 2 and 3 are not yet fixed so those can be...

Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the feedback. Pic should be better now...

Before fitting all the stringers, the instructions are to fab and fit the floor and seats. So after fixing the port lower stringers, the raised floor panels were made.I used the joggle stick I made...

Since I had the bright idea to make twice as many stringers as the design calls for, because I made them half sized to get them bent around the frames, I gave myself a lot of extra work also. I know...

Looking good Quest. Blazing a trail you are! Keeps me at it too, although mine is a bit smaller.

Thanks John. Appreciate your comments on "Vanessa", as my daughter has named her now... She has helped me a lot holding up the stringers while I dry-fitted them. The Welsford boats are very nice...

Top stringers (2x20x20) are glued and screwed in place. Bottom 2 are dry-fitted. Things go slow these days but I try get something done each day. Even if it is adjusting the cover, clean the shop...

The stringers are made from two 20x20 parts to enable easier positioning. First all stringers are dry fitted. The first half were positioned today giving the first good view of " a boat".
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