Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

[Chris Woodward]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

That's looking really nice, Tony. Good to hear you here.

[tonyl09]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Beautiful boat and beautiful shop!

Will you be bringing her to the WBS in June?

I might visit the show, but who knows when I will have the interior finished. That cool winter delayed my epoxy work.

The greenhouse is a fun workspace, though it was hard to get far enough away from the boat to check for fairness when planking. We ended up putting everything in diagonally -- the strongback and 20' worktable -- to squeeze everything in.

Cheers -- Tony

[Bill Perkins]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Tony ;I did as you have done on the exterior of my lapstrake ply boat . Primed with epoxy ,then 2 part poly topcoat . !0 yeqrs later the coating was still perfect.I recoated because the green had faded some ;pure vanity on my part .

[Michael_Owen]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Beautiful job! I just met a wooden boat builder from Jamestown the other night in the parking lot of a Providence Whole Foods. He said there is a group of fellas that frostbite sail their Shellback dinghies down there. Always good to know more wooden boat folks near by.

Mike

[tonyl09]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Bill,

What did you use for the interior color(s)?

Tony

[tonyl09]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Mike,

The Jamestpwn frostbiting fleet started when a group of locals all bought kits and did a community build, somewhere on the Cape I think. They've been sailing for decades now. The Shellbacks have been passed along from hand to hand since then.

Beautiful job! I just met a wooden boat builder from Jamestown the other night in the parking lot of a Providence Whole Foods. He said there is a group of fellas that frostbite sail their Shellback dinghies down there. Always good to know more wooden boat folks near by.

Mike

[Bill Perkins]

Re: Should I ease lapstrake edges for painted finish?

Tony ;the floorboards are Sterling's Light Grey ( 2 part Poly) ,the structure primer grey .and the hull Cream . The primer is Petitt Protect Epoxy Primer 4700 Gray .I liked the color well enough and so stopped there .I was expecting some fadeing and chalking but haven't noticed either . No one comes in contact with it.

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[tonyl09]

Fitting the thwarts now. Then comes the inwale, spray rail on the foredeck, oarlocks, a handhold on each stem...

And a bunch of sanding and varnishing!

Tony

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[neil.henderson]

Hi Tony,
Just a wee hint - round the inner edges (top & bottom) of the inwale before you fit it into the hull. Much easier to do the rounding (I use a trimmer router) on the workbench than doing it on the boat. Nice boat by the way :-)


Regards Neil

This is part of my CY inwale shortly after gluing - not sanded yet!!
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[tonyl09]

Good Point, Neil. I'll do that except where the oarlock pads will go.

I dry fit the starboard inwale today, which involved some pretty fancy saw/chistle work where it fits under the foredeck round. Now I'll pop it back out for rounding and putting on the first coat of epoxy on the workbench.

Cheers -- Tony

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