Best construction photos, under 16 feet

[Philip Maynard]

Design, builder, length:

Melonseed adapted from Chapelle small craft, Phil Maynard, 13'-8"

[ken_J_@hotmail.com]

That's a beautiful boat! How about some more pictures, and info on where plans can be found for it. I wish I would of seen it before I started my Bobcat.

[donald branscom]

Absolutely beautiful boat. Thanks for posting !
I always tell people to read Chappelle's "BOATBUILDING" and
AMERICAN SMALL SAILING CRAFT before they build a boat.

I built a model of the modified sharpie on page 51 of his BOATBUILDING book and was surprised how beautiful the design of the boat was, because the drawing just did not reveal certain aspects that you see in 3D.

Under 16' huh....how about 3 feet?

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[L.W. Baxter]

Lovely, Phillip.

But under 16' is awfully limiting! Lots of the best "small boats" are a little longer. I would suggest bumping it up to 20'.

That said, here's a pic of an 8' cross-planked pond punt I "designed" and built last year:

[outofthenorm]

Wow. That Melonseed is just plain sexy. I could stare at that all day long. Beautiful build! - Norm

[Philip Maynard]

Ken, I didn't post this to promote what I did, I really wanted to see everybody's projects, often the construction photo's are more beautiful and interesting than the finished boat. I do have offsets and lots of photo's on my website (which would be enough for a builder with some experience) but I never put together a real set of plans and probably will never do that. If you search the forum for melonseed you will find a lots of info, there are quite a few different versions out there. But if you have started it, I'd stick with the Bobcat, I bought Payson's book and was thinking about that at one time.

[Ron Paro]

Philip, I found that it is really difficult to narrow down my selection to a single construction photo from my recent 13'-2" Jimmy Skiff build. But when choosing just one, I settled on this one, because this was when I really started to feel like I was about to build a boat! That is a 'wicked' nice looking melonseed by the way.

Ron http://jimmyskiff.blogspot.com

[JimD]

How many cats do you know that can build a kayak?

[almeyer]

Almost finished when this photo was taken, as it was to be a Christmas present. Jolly Rocker designed by Jordan Wood Boats, modified for lapstrake construction. Four feet long.



Edited to add: Phillip, that is a good looking Melonseed. Do you have a link for more photos?

[Daniel Noyes]

well she is 18' overall but dory's are traditionally measured by the length of their bottom boards so that puts her at 15'8 building strong back called the "bed" is visable under hull, similar frames have been in use for over 200yrs.
Dan
http://dansdories.googlepages.com
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[Ron Paro]

How many cats do you know that can build a kayak?

JimD, Cool pic! I have a grey cat that likes to hang out in my shop with me, if I'm not making too much noise that is. But I have to admit, he didn't lend a paw when I really could have used one.

Ron

[marsbar]

Not as pretty as most, but this is me cutting the centerboard slot in my "Ellen" sailing dingy.

[JimD]

JimD, Cool pic! I have a grey cat that likes to hang out in my shop with me, if I'm not making too much noise that is. But I have to admit, he didn't lend a paw when I really could have used one.

Ron

Max's brother Teddy inspects the stern post



They jump through hoops, er frames, whatever



A cat's boat is his castle

[Jon Etheredge]

This cat (on top of the ridge pole) was building a strip planked version of the 13 1/2' MacGregor canoe designed by Ian Oughtred.

[ProaRotorhead]

16' Dierking design Proa, C. Loiselle's "Reve D'Isle".


http://home.hawaii.rr.com/rotorheadland/8003/

[pipefitter]

Beautiful stuff.

[Ron Paro]

John B,

That is a very cool looking kid size dinghy! My kids are all grown up now, so maybe someday I'll build somthing similar for grand children. Not that I have any grand children yet, but any excuse to build another small boat, right?

Was this built from plans? Who is the designer?
Nice pictures! - Ron

[mike hanyi]

well my Herreshoff Riviera is 16.4 or on the waterline under 16.
does that count?

mike

[Robmill0605]

16' Hacker Gentlemans Runabout I'm building

[mike hanyi]

looks mighty fair, she will be a sweet boat when ready, when you are done save the cradle for storage but then in FLA there is no winter!

[donald branscom]

looks mighty fair, she will be a sweet boat when ready, when you are done save the cradle for storage but then in FLA there is no winter!

Perfect job WOW!
Nice boat. What kind of engine?

[Philip Maynard]

Great Hacker, yeah Mike it show us the Riviera.

[Ocean Spray]

My Walter Simmons designed, 15'00" Ducktrap Wherry





My son in law Elvin helping my five year old grandson Christopher tighten the lap clamps

[Lewisboats]

Guppy...a work in progress (older picture)

[Robmill0605]

Perfect job WOW!
Nice boat. What kind of engine?

Thanks,inboard Merc V-6

[Caleb Chia]

Construction pic of my oss. Not a speck of glass or epoxy in this boat

Modified from Herb McLeod's design
Approx. 7ft long

[FSS172]

Let me brag on my kid. This Joel White Nutshell is his first significant woodworking project of any kind. Proud dad thinks he's doing a great job.... whaddayall think?

[JimD]

Pride justifiable

[Lone Star]

Design: FULMAR (by Iain Oughtred), Builder: Me, Length: 15 feet 20 inches (OK, so I cheated).

[Ron Paro]

Design: FULMAR (by Iain Oughtred), Builder: Me, Length: 15 feet 20 inches (OK, so I cheated).

well she is 18' overall but dory's are traditionally measured by the length of their bottom boards so that puts her at 15'8

I don't know who should get the award for most creative measurement, Lone Star, or Dan Noyes??

On another note, every time I think that I am limited by my workshop space, I'll draw on the inspiration of the several photos here which show quality boat construction being done outdoors. Especially the more rustic settings!

Since it looks like others also had a difficult time choosing a single photo, and included more than one picture, here are a few more of my favorites from my recent build.

Design: Jimmy Skiff from Chesapeake Light Craft, Builder: Ron Paro, Length:13'2"
http://jimmyskiff.blogspot.com

[Audioten]

Finaly i got started on my own Rascal by Ken Bassett. 14' 10"

The picture where taken today, 8 day after i started working on it.

[Philip Maynard]

Ahh some really nice boats, I really like the Oss, pretty basic working conditions to.

Here's another of my melonseed.

[Ron Paro]

Philip,
Does gravity work a little differently in your shop, or is that image upside down? It looks like the saw horses are at the top, but I really don't understand what it going on with the chalk line??? Maybe it just that the heat and humidity here are getting to me, and I'm not seeing clearly through the sweat dripping off my forehead.

Thanks for starting this thread. It has been fun to see other construction pics. - Ron

[J. Dillon]

Beautiful stuff here. It looks like this is turning out to be a boat porn thread.

JD

[Jim Ledger]

FSS172, you should be proud of that fine job your son's doing on that Nutshell. Is he making the sailing version?

[PAJ]

encouraged by comments on creative measurments and rustic workshops here is my youkou lili - illustrating perils of building outside in Florida. Luckily the boat did better than the uprooted ficus. As to length - I thought 5m70 was under 15ft 'til I tried to get her on my 16ft trailer!

[Philip Maynard]

Ron, yeah that's my upside down underwater shot". The bottom plywood looks curved but it's really just perspective/foreshortening effect. I apologize for the large scale, I did not realize how big that photo was until after I posted it.
Caleb, I see your chines are inside, how did you get that to work? did you have to lengthen the sides? shorten/narrow the bottom?

[FSS172]

FSS172, you should be proud of that fine job your son's doing on that Nutshell. Is he making the sailing version?

Yes he is... the fun thing is that we're both building the same boat - he in Arizona and me here in Pennsylvania - family boatbuilding via internet... However, in mid-build, it turns out he needs to move back to the east coast - to the DC area... So now we hope to be able to have both boats in the water at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival this fall in St Michaels MD. Given the time and energy it takes to move and settle into a new place, I don't know if he'll have his sailing rig done by that time but we'll see. It'll be fun any way it happens...

[Caleb Chia]

Phillip,
No I didnt change any of the dimensons of the sides, but the bottom must be a bit bigger I guess. I just adjusted the beam and rocker and flare untill it looked right. You need to calculate more complex bevels with the internal chine though.

[maddyfish]

Here's my puddle duck nearing completion

[maddyfish]

Why is that so big?

[ByronB]

Spartina during build.

[LLaver]

Oughtred Elf, getting there slowly.



Garbourd planks on



final plank



still lots to do on the interior

Lee

[eastern270]

I will try to post a picture for the first time of my poulsbo boat project I have been working on for about a year now. Plans called out for 16' but I have stretched it to 17' so I'm only cheating a little on the post. I am building it cold molded. triple diagonal layers of 5/32 okume ply. I have just finished the second layer but no pics of that yet. i hope this pic comes out. Again it is my first try.
I tried to post a pic and it says my file is bigger than 97.7 kb which exceeds the limit of this forum.

[DGentry]

Here's a boat I made for my godson this Spring - it's well under 16'!


Add a bit of inlay:


Done!

[Caleb Chia]

Bet mine's smaller.
Round bottomed too.
Weighs only about 1.2kg




Sorry its not a construction pic, but all my construction pics got lost somewhere.
It's made with 3mm thick douglas fir planks fastened by toothpick trennels. It was quite tricky making the gains. (is thatwhat they're called?) I used a sander but they still came out very messy. I'm quite proud of the knee joints though, all hairline accuracy.

I made it for my nephew who lives in Perth, and I finished it a few hours too late so I had to send it on the plane with the Deks Olje still sticky and emitting highly flammable vapours

Sorry the pic dosnt show much detail, but the new mum was more interested in the baby than the cradle when she took the picture. There are actually bottom boards under the cushion.

[Alex Low]

William Garden TomCat - 12'6"

Clamps baby. Clamps!

[TomHaven12]

Thinking of building a Haven? Visit the Haven Forum:
http://www.testrong.com/forum4/index.php

[landlocked sailor]

Resurrecting an old thread when I found this old picture of my Bolger Lily build. My baby is 18 now! Rick


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[landlocked sailor]

Always liked this one too. Rich Kolin's Catherine all planked up in 2003. She is still at that stage. Rick

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