Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

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  • amish rob
    Emperor For Life
    • Mar 2010
    • 24273

    #31
    Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

    Originally posted by Peerie Maa
    Well, the St Ayles skiffs at 22' are clinker ply, so it can be done. This plan is of a boat very similar to Peerie Maa.
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]41656[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]41657[/ATTACH]
    https://shetlandboat.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-73181
    I don’t need more than a few lines and numbers to build a boat, so that’s not what worries me.

    I will likely never have need to build and own such, anyway.

    Rowing and paddling are the opportunities I have most, anyway.

    Still, should I ever find myself forced to live near a shore, such a model as Peerie Maa would be nice to own and use, I should think.

    Peace,
    Robert

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    • Peerie Maa
      Old Grey Inquisitive One
      • Oct 2008
      • 62422

      #32
      Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

      Originally posted by amish rob
      I don’t need more than a few lines and numbers to build a boat, so that’s not what worries me.

      I will likely never have need to build and own such, anyway.

      Rowing and paddling are the opportunities I have most, anyway.

      Still, should I ever find myself forced to live near a shore, such a model as Peerie Maa would be nice to own and use, I should think.

      Peace,
      Robert
      I know that you are already well endowed in the boat department.

      However a Shetland model would make an ideal boat for taking a family for a pick-nick on that lake near you.
      It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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      • Peerie Maa
        Old Grey Inquisitive One
        • Oct 2008
        • 62422

        #33
        Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

        Originally posted by Chippie
        Can we come back onto an even keel so I can ask "what are these "splines" to which you refer. I have used them to add strength to a mitred corner for instance, but cannot see how the can be of use in repairs being mentioned?
        The split in this plank has been opened out to a constant width to take a spline glued in.
        Originally posted by Fredostli
        Now I have startet the work in fixing the cracks. I use some handtools like knife, saw and rasp, to make an even cut in the wood for the spline. On the picture you see the wood in the crack and it seems to be in good shape. It is still too cold for epoxy, so I must glue it later.

        The splits I have splined do not suit that method, so I have cleaned the edges of the splits back to clean wood and planed the splines to fit the cracks. As they were narrow the splines bent around the curves in the splits.
        It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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        • Chippie
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2013
          • 1483

          #34
          Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

          I have tried to edit the last remark re the cynical remark on repairs, but it isn't responding sorry.
          Never does for some reason.

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          • Chippie
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2013
            • 1483

            #35
            Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

            123
            Last edited by Chippie; 07-20-2019, 10:11 AM.

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            • Chippie
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2013
              • 1483

              #36
              Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

              123
              Last edited by Chippie; 07-20-2019, 10:12 AM.

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              • Chippie
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2013
                • 1483

                #37
                Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.



                Can we come back onto an even keel so I can ask "what are these "splines" to which you refer. I have used them to add strength to a mitred corner for instance, but cannot see how the can be of use in repairs being mentioned?

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                • Peerie Maa
                  Old Grey Inquisitive One
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 62422

                  #38
                  Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                  Originally posted by Chippie


                  Can we come back onto an even keel so I can ask "what are these "splines" to which you refer. I have used them to add strength to a mitred corner for instance, but cannot see how the can be of use in repairs being mentioned?
                  See my post #36 above.
                  It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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                  • Chippie
                    Senior Member
                    • Jan 2013
                    • 1483

                    #39
                    Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                    Thanks for the update.

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                    • SeanM26
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2019
                      • 643

                      #40
                      Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                      That is a beautiful boat. Unlike others, it doesn't look neglected to me. It looks well loved and enjoyed. It is hard to enjoy a boat when you can't use it.

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                      • Peerie Maa
                        Old Grey Inquisitive One
                        • Oct 2008
                        • 62422

                        #41
                        Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                        No piccies today. I sanded every inch of the outside, so there was lots of dust.
                        I dry fitted the outboard bracket that we used to have on her when Duncan and I used her for fishing, and have spot primed all of the wood that emerged during the sanding.
                        So there will be pictures tomorrow before I start work on cleaning out and sanding the inside.
                        It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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                        • tomwil
                          Member
                          • Dec 2012
                          • 43

                          #42
                          Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                          Hi Nick, it appears that I have the same kind of split in my boat that you have advised to place in a spline just like you are doing. On question, what kind of glue? Epoxy or type III yellow or gflex epoxy?

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                          • Peerie Maa
                            Old Grey Inquisitive One
                            • Oct 2008
                            • 62422

                            #43
                            Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                            Originally posted by tomwil
                            Hi Nick, it appears that I have the same kind of split in my boat that you have advised to place in a spline just like you are doing. On question, what kind of glue? Epoxy or type III yellow or gflex epoxy?
                            I am Just using bog standard thickened epoxy. I am aiming at thin glue lines so I do noy think that there is much room for Gflex to flex.
                            It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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                            • Peerie Maa
                              Old Grey Inquisitive One
                              • Oct 2008
                              • 62422

                              #44
                              Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                              OK, pictures as promised.
                              A couple of better shots of a completed spline, this one was fitted from the inside.
                              P1060433.jpgP1060434.jpg
                              This one shows why I went for skinny splines fitted to the cleaned out crack, rather than routing the crack open and fitting a thicker spline.

                              The outboard bracket.
                              First off I fitted an extra top timber to spread the loads into more planks.

                              P1060427 (2).jpg

                              The bracket itself was salvaged from a ply boat rotting into the turf on a cliff top. Peerie is the second of my boats to carry it.
                              P1060428.jpgP1060429.jpg
                              It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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                              • Peerie Maa
                                Old Grey Inquisitive One
                                • Oct 2008
                                • 62422

                                #45
                                Re: Peerie Maa, 40 years on.

                                All of the spot priming is complete, and the internal sanding is done, followed by the first white undercoat.
                                P1060430.jpgP1060432.jpgP1060435.jpg
                                Next undercoating on the inside, followed by the blue topsides. Then around again with a light sanding and a second undercoat.
                                It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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