Building a Nutshell pram with my daughter

[StevenBauer]

We reached a milestone tonight with our 9'6" Nutshell Pram project. My 15 year old daughter and I are building her as a tender to Talisman. It was a pretty big day here, Gavin graduated from High School this morning and then the youngest had her Middle School Spring Concert. And then we turned over the Nutshell.

[erster]

Congratulations are in order, indeed!! The feeling cannot be put into words when working with an offspring and reaching a milestone! Enjoy the time spent, too, as they grow up too fast.

[StevenBauer]

Just a few more:

A couple of weeks ago:











Sailing already:

[Canoez]

Congratulations! Sounds like today was a good day to be a Bauer...

[Michael Beckman]

Girls building boats?

doesn't get much better

[Paul Girouard]

Great day Steven And a "sticky" as well!

You sure she's sailin and not surfin

Ah, yes , I see the right hand on the tiller and a line in the left , there ya go

[JimD]

Congrats to you both, Steven. Did I ever tell you how much you remind me of my father?

[Dave Gray]

The smiles on her face say it all. Great concentration wielding that plane!

[emichaels]

Thats cool Steven. Getting close now.

If you need that rubrail material I had left over from Zippy, I took it out to Zephyrus, so you can grab it when you and the girls come out to visit us on the boat.

Eric

[Bill R]

Very cool.

[HR]

Looks fantastic, Steven. If Holly is having that much fun sailing it on land, I can't wait to see her smile when it hits the water!

[Dale H]

Just awesome, Steven, well done!

Thanks for sharing.

Dale

www.alistego.com

[Mrleft8]

Excellent!

[FSS172]

!!!!! My son is getting closer to finishing up his Nutshell too so I think I have a pretty good idea of how you must be feeling... Messing about with your kid is just the best isn't it?

[Paul Pless]

Big Congrats to the Bauer clan!

[davidagage]

That is just the best thing ever.

DG and CG

[gary porter]

Now thats education and quality time.. doesn't get any better than that. Congratulations..
Gary

[webfoot]

Truly inspiring, Steven. I hope to do that with my daughter in the next few years, too. Nice to meet you the other day and hope to catch you sometime this summer!

[JimConlin]

Excellent, Steven!

When I built my pram, my daughter was five, and she did most of the decorative painting. Tha pram is gray and has a very large shark mouth. We called it 'Nipper'.

[Concordia...41]

Great shots Steven!

She has your boatbuilding knack and her mom's beauty. That's a winning combination if there ever was!

Congratulations on the progress!

- M

[StevenBauer]

Steve,

she's lookin good - I think I see my cedar just behind the pram...

Greg

Cedar! Those are the mahogany cockpit seats from Talisman waiting for some varnish.

I'll drag down some cedar, though, and bring it up tomorrow.



Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. We cleaned out the interior tonight and rough cut the four quarter knees. Then the centerboard trunk, then the rubrails, then.....



Steven

[almeyer]

Those smiles are gold! Congradulations.
Al

[tattooed john]

Man.

She looks so happy and proud.

Nothing better than seeing a well loved kid.

Heart cockles warmed.

[Clinton B Chase]

Yawhooo!

Nice f/g on the chines.

Clint

[Tar Devil]

Last night I was showing my pirogue progress to my daughter. She asked me if she could take her dog Ember for a ride with her in the boat. I told her, "No, but you can take Ember for a ride in your own pirogue that we build together."

Nice post, great photos. Keep 'em coming!

[Chris Coose]

Man, you guys are cute.
Is this a tender for the big boat?

[Tom Robb]

Perfect, just perfect.
Congratulations to both of you.

My daughter, Lori stepped up to help (without even being asked) when I was building my shop so I can guess what a great memory this will be for both of you.

[Miami Mike]

Great Post!

I've had a rough day that has included a fire damaged building, insurance adjusters, zoning and code enforcement officers, a dirty grimy soot covered inventory, canceled deliveries, bank problems and little sleep. I'm now on my way to a night class in International Business where I have a presentation due that I haven't really properly prepared for and is probably one of the last places I want to be (I mean what University schedules a class for Friday night?)

Your post made my day.

Thanks for posting it and thanks to your daughter for her obvious glee!

Mike

[J. Dillon]

Congratulation Steven and daughter. So good to see a family project. Treasured memories for you all. It looks like your daughter really enjoy the project and the boat. I don't know which one the most. .

Your a hero in her eyes enjoy.

JD

[S/V Laura Ellen]

The best kind of boat building!

[Ocean Spray]

I'll echo, "The best kind of boat building!"

[P.L.Lenihan]

Now that's the way to do it! Lucky daughter and luckier Dad!!

Peter

[Russ Manheimer]

Finastkind; congratulations on the Sticky.

[Jay Greer]

Well, I just think this is terrific!
Jay

[TimmS]

I'm new here can someone advise me on posting photos? the ones above are very nice.

[pipefitter]

Way to go on a great project. I am to do the same with my son after summer is out and school starts again. When his girlfriend that keeps calling asks him what he wants out of this 'relationship', I hope he says "sandpaper. . .lots and lots of sandpaper".

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

It's threads like this that make me love this place.

[Thad]

How did I miss this thread? Congratulations, all you Bauers!

[PeterSibley]

Congratulations Steven ,you are doing well ...in many ways !

[StevenBauer]

Thaks again everyone. It looks like we'll be bringing the Nutshell to the WoodenBoat Show to be in the I Built It Myself area. See you in Mystic.


Steven

[Canoez]

Bump. Because this is great.

[Rob Hazard]

Wonderful! She'll remember this her whole life!
Are there any in-the-water pictures yet?
I hope to make it to Mystic. If I do, I'll be sure to stop by to admire your work!

Cheers,
Rob

[Ed Harrow]

Nice work, happy memories, I love the photo of her wielding the plane.



Do you hire her out?

[Hughman]

You GO! girl!

[Jay Greer]

My son and I are stoked by your project and so is my grand daughter!
Here is Cambria age eight planing a chamfer edge of "Bright Star's"
cockpit seat hatch gutter mouldings.

[brad9798]

Great stuff, Steven.

[StevenBauer]

We're still plugging away:










Steven

[Spin_Drift]

Wonderful dad and daughter time spent doing a project that will bring you joy for the rest of your lives...

Fantastic... More photos please...

[StevenBauer]

We got lots done today:




Younger sister helped, too:




It's hard work in the boatshop sometimes:








Steven

[Spin_Drift]

Boy, that's some nice boat and a fine family you got there...

You must be elated...