I am building my 3rd boat, and Iain Oughtred designed Gannet dinghy. I am building her using 6mm Okoume plywood which I bought through a Brunyzeel dealer in Sydney (I live 4 hours drive south of Sydney).
This is a picture of Bella, my most recent build - she is a Snapper boat design from David Payne who lives in Sydney.
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My Gannet started as a strongback - we use I-frame floor joists for our strongbacks because they will not bend or twist
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I then made the moulds from 19mm pine from Bunnings (major hardware store in Australia) Moulds were marked out using a pointed scribe through the plans - worked really well, I cut out 2 sides at a time after screwing the pine together - cutout was on a large bandsaw run by the "Woodies" (local woodworking group I belong to - they have all the wonderful expensive tools I don't have mainly due to lack of space).
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I have a couple of assistants, who provide varying degrees of assistance:
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The stem is made from Oregon (Douglas Fir), the keelson is Hoop pine which is plantantion grown in Australia, great stuff with no knots and very straight grained. Transom is made from Australian cedar (bought via the Woodies mentioned above)
So, I have added the transom, glued in the keelson, cut the centreboard slot, added garboards, 1st & 2nd plank, have just added my 1st 3rd plank (i.e. just port side). My planks are 1st made as templates cut from cheap 4mm brace ply which is really lousy plywood but when you make an error (yes I made one :-) ) you just put it aside & make another. I am only making gains at the stem on this boat and the gains are short (8 inches) because the 6mm ply is fairly thin and I would prefer to avoid breakages around the stem.
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