Primah

First we prime.

Bung and sand

All the screw holes are now plugged and the whole thing gets a sand job.

Side rails and caps

I decided to finish off the inwale with blocks and a top cap. I have seen boats finished various ways . Gardner shows this method and says it produces a good stout job and hey I like stout ! The thole pins will ride in this area producing a fair amount of stress so this construction can handle it. Beside if Hope had wimpy inwales the other boats would make fun of her and kick sand in her face...

Best seat in the House

Now its on to the Stem , caulking (with cotton in the bottom seams) and paint.

Thats where I left those pencils.

Roll me over

We flipped the boat last night. Now its time to think about a whole new phase to the project. I was surprised how light it was , we estimated it at about 150 pounds.

Floor is done

Well the floor its done! It was interesting working on the rear section as it has quite a curve to it. It requires you to plane a bevel on each face . Its kind of like making a barrel. Everything is planed fair and I just need to fill screw holes.

More Floor

The floor is a little over half done. Its starting to get close to the curve at the stern of the boat. The weather this week decided to turn cold , with upper 20's predicted tonight. So we are on hold till it warms up above 40 degrees at night. Shouldn't be to long. All the screw holes are filled and all but one frame is also in.

More screws on order we will use about 250 of the 1 3/4 and 100 of the 1 1/4. Jamestown Distributors loves me.....

End of the Weekend

Thats it for the Weekend. Now its time to clean up. The 3M 5200 adhesive gets everywhere !

We floor it

The floor is cross planked. Its screwed and glued to the sides and just butted up tight in the center. I can't see any light between the seams so that's a good sign. The whole boat is fastened with silicon bronze screws.

A new view

I have no idea what I am checking out. I thought it was a pretty funny picture. Anyways we plane and plane some more. Its neat working with a sharp hand plane and nice wood. But man are my forearms sore today ! Every thing is now flat, level and square. We are about 1/16 on an inch off at the rear over 16 ft. I think I can live with that!