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Construction Log and Photos:
Feb. 23 to July 4, 2003
*NOTE: Please ignor the grammar and logic in these posts, when I wrote some of
these it was late at night after a long day of boat building, thank you, -TS Drown.
- Day 137 - July 4th - Independance Day - Launched at lake Chebacco in
Essex, Massachusets Pictures
- Day 134 - July 1st - final prep before going to Massachusets Pictures
- Days 116-133 - Late june, made spars, fiberglassed cockpit and deck,
and finshed boat more or less Lots of Pictures
- Day 115 - June 12th - Rub rails arrangement and installationPictures
- Day 113 - June 10th - 2nd tone on the paint scheme, between the rub
rails gel coat.Pictures
- Day 111 - June 8th - Bottom Gel Coat Pictures
- Day 103 - June 1st - Sanding then Fiberglassing Pictures
- Day 102 - May 31st - fiberglass prep pictures
- Day 101 - May 30th, fliped boat pictures
- Day 100 - May 29th picture
- Day 97 - Memorial Day, planned launch day, oh well! I did a lot of
work on the seats in the cockpit, and I did them a little differently than
the plans too. Pictures
- Day 89 - May 18th I attached the steering blocks and
morepictures
- Day 85 - Painted the Cabin and the cockpit (with the seats off). A
special thanks to my mother who did some painting.Pictures
- Day 84 - I varnished and stained and glued all that I could. Red Oak
looks great varnished, beautiful, along with Mahogany. I attached the roof
at about 1:00AM, looks good, I do believe I will leave the overhang, it
looks nice. Pictures
- Days 81, 82, 83 - Finished the cabin roof. I biscuted the side
extentions on and glued with PL Premium Construction Adheasive, I am glad
my neighbor is lending me his power bisciter, 3/8ths plywood is a little
small for bisciting though. I think I will leave overhand on the cabin
roof.Day 81 Pictures
- Day 80 - MAY 12th, my 18th birthday. My parents gave me 2 lifejackets,
red and sporty looking, I am affraid they might clash with the boat. It's
a little suspicious that my father gave me an Extra Large and a Large when
only he would fit in the XL one. They also said they would get me the
hardware
- Days 73-79 - Port side put on. Various small jobs Day 75
- Day 72 - A grabed a few people who haden't helped before and had them
help me attach the aft starboard side, went well, I had to attach a small
triangle piece at the rear though. Pictures
- Day 71 - May 3rd, Attached the two fore side panels, cut the grab
rails from Oak PICTURES AGAIN, I am usinging a different
computer
- Day 69 - Bought a 1x12x16 Premium Red Oak board from Fullerton
Supply, it will be my rub rails amung other things
- Days ~55-69 - The cabin trunk was attached, small jobs.
- Day 48-55 - My neighbor helped put on the sides for a test fit to
correct
the angles, little jobs were done, forward hatch was cut, stringers for
the
cabin trunk were cut.
- Day 47 - Painted behind the lazarette and forward bulkhead.
- Day 44 - April 7th, 8" Snow today, I got out of school before lunch,
Steve
came over and the bow gussets were attached. Cabin bulkhead stringers
and the
lazeratte need to be attached and the sides can come on.
- Day 43 - 2 people came over today and the mast box was attached and
the
whole area got a coat of fiberglass resin (but without fiberglass). I am
debating on weather or not to paint some of the things before I put the
sides
on.
- Day 39-42 - Finished wheel at school. I worked on small things and
tried
to fair the angles on the stringers. The computer that I do these
updates
broke, so I maybe slow on Pictures (if any) and on updates. Day 42 I
took the
SAT's.
- Day 38 - I stayed after school and cut the rings and center circle
for the
wheel.Pictures
- Day 37 - I cut some more parts for the mast box, I cut the hull
sides, but
one side will have to be C-side facing out, I should have fliped the
drawing
when I was lofting. I also cut the seat partition.Pictures
- Day 36 - I moved some sheets of 1/4" plywood out to the garage and I
lofted the hull sides and some seat things. I also made all the web
sites for
the pictures and updates and such.
- Days 31-35 - I was pretty sick this week, but I still worked a
little on
the boat each day. I unsrewed the deck, cut some pieces out for the mast
box,
and tried to figure out how to get everything centered. I unscrewed the
deck
and tried moving things around a little, slightly narrowed the gap, but
not to
statisfactory levels.
- Day 30 - Somehow I moved the boat by myself into the 2nd garage, I
attached the deck but I have a problem, the centerline between the
foreward
bulkhead and the deck do not line up. PICTURES!
- Day 29 - Stringers were attached on the fore bulkhead sides, I had a
little trouble with the transome stringer, a tough curve, I ended up
just
cutting the curve, probably the best idea for that particular one, I
used my
first try as the stringer for the lazerate. I put a peice of 1/2"
plywood as a
schim between the transome and the stern block, since there was about
that
much space needed for a good fit. The transome was attached. I might
have made
the stinger attached to the transome that the deck rests on, it was
kerfed and
took the curve ok, I don't like kerfing because I looks bad and makes it
a lot
less structually sound than bending or cutting the curve, but since this
was a
tough curve, a 2 way curve, and it's a busy area, I tried it and it
worked
ok.2 Pictures
- Day 28 - Mar. 22- 3D-Day a friend came over today and we went to get
some
more 1" #8 Stainless Steel Screws, when we returned his father and
brother
where at my house voulenteering to help. Attaching stringers is much
easier
with more than one person. I glued and they pilioted and screwed. We
assembled
the deck, they had to leave soon after that was finished and my friend
and I
glued and screwed the hull bottom to the keel with 1-1/2 brass screws.
LOTS of PICTURES! I did some
major
cleaning in the garage/boatshop which involved taking all my stuff out
and
reorganizing.
- Day 26 or 27 - I attached the stringers on the bottom plywood and I
cut
the mast collar and rudder box. The deck peices were lofted and cut
out.Pictures
- days 19-25 - I did little work these days, I had a term paper to
write on
urban sprawl (I might post it on the site once I get it back), I was
catching
up on sleep, and I was watching the news a lot. I did cut the bulkhead
inner
cuts with the jig saw that weekend.
- day 18 - I got off early from school today, no... I didn't get to go
3d
today, but I did do alot, I finished the keel, no more work left, that
job
took me longer than I thought it would but it was dont and done well. Pictures
- Day 17 Tuesday - I moved things around, I sealed a few things, and I
got
ready for tomorrow, where I hope to go 3D! PICTURES
- Day 16 Monday - I cut the excesses wood on the stern block, I put
adheasive/caulk in a gap between layers, this gap might cause some
rotting in
the future, so it is very important that I don't let water or air in it.
- Day 15 two weeks! - today I cut 4 side peices for the bottom, there
should
only be two, but my circ saw was misbehaving, and while I was trying to
get
two symetrical, I cut into it. Now I have 4 unsymetrical boards. I will
figure
out tomorrow. I lofted the transome onto 3/8" plywood. Picts
- Day 14 Saturday - Some people came over today, I went out and bought
1x12
H&M Spruce (rought on one side) for panel jointers, I bought some
caulk/adheasive stuff and 2 gallons of fiberglassing resin. I glue the
keel
and screwed the pieces together, there was a problem there because after
I
made a pilot hole and my friend screwed in the #8 1-1/2" screw the screw
went
through the other side, so some had to be backed out. I think that the
pilot
hole my countersink/drill bit bores too deep of a hole (but with the
plywood I
didn't really have this problem), yes I also jointed the plywood
together (but
it needs to be finished, the sides need to be jointed).PICTURES!
- Day 13 Friday - Today I was busy and I had to catch up on sleep
since I
was up till 2 writting a paper in spanish. I still managed to do some
work, I
moved the plywood and set up for tomorrow which should be a big work
day.
Paul's Hardware (ACE affiliate) called and said that DAP Weldwood
Plastic
Resin Glue did not come in, I had is special ordered and they said it
would
come today. I will have to get something tomorrow that will work in it's
place. Today I also lofted the plywood rudder mount. Sorry, no
photographs.
- Day 12 - Thurday - It snowed and sleeted today and the roads were
real
bad, so I had no school. I cut an extention for my keel (my keel was too
short
because of an error) and started cutting out the bulkheads. I also made
a few
phone calls asking for spruce in 1x4", but to no avail.Pictures of the day
- Day 11- Ash Wednesay - Warm today after school, I wrote the tasks to
do
this week on the chalkboard and but it in the garage, it will now be
easier to
allot jobs to people loitering around my house. I cut the 16' stringers
at
23deg. angles today, one snapped because of a knot and while I was
looking at
that I messed up on the line, it should be ok I hope, the others turned
out
more of less fine. The cabin bulkhead is now being lofted on the sheet
of 1/2"
plywood. Work today was stalled because I left my plans at school and I
had to
drive back and get a janitor to open a classroom. Sorry, no pictures
today,
not much to see, just long pieces of wood.
- Day 10 - Tuesday - A very warm 40 degrees allowed me to do a lot
work and
with the garage doors open. I dry assembled the keel pieces, the plywood
was
lofted and I cut it, I moved the chaulkboard from an old clubhouse
turned shed
so now I will be able to have a large to do list, which will help me
assign
jobs to people who come over to help.DAY 10 PICTURES
- Day 9 - Monday - cut the inner keel pieces, started lofting plywood
Pictures
- Day 8 - ONE WEEK! I went to Philidelphia today, went to the Seaport
Museum, very interesting. I layed out all the center layer of the keel
and
stem and drew lines for cuts. I left space in the center stem at the
foremost
part for a figurehead to be inserted, or actually because I ran out of
wood,
but the first answer is the reason now! Also got some important feedback
from
the boat building forum. Pictures
- Day 7 - I layed out the inner layer, and planed out what I am going
to do
next, I also posted a message at www.messing-about.com a boat-building
web
site and forum. I went to Home Depot, saw what glues they had and bought
screws. Sorry no pictures.
- Day 6 - Cut the rest of the keel pieces and researched some more
about the
glue. Some friends came over to help PICS
- Day 5 - 2 people came over and helped this afternoon, I had them
just sand
a few things and make phone calls for me (I am looking for a source of
urea-resin). I cut out the stern pieces on my poor table saw, and smoked
the
whole basement. I also realised sometime today or yesturday that I
shouldn't
have made the center keel pieces and that reading the directions
multiple
pages ahead is necessary. My inner keel piece will now not be long
enough for
the stern blocks, I might have to joint an extention on. Also today,
while I
was cleaning up, my neighbor came over and very generiously lent me a
spare
table saw, portable jig saw, power jointer, biscits, wood glue, rollers
for
long boards on the table saw, a folding work table-thing, and a slice of
cake.
Today I also cut the longer outer stem pieces with the circular saw.
This is
the first piece that I cut well, very well. I am confident my skills
will only
improve. I also faired the curve the way the plans suggest, it worked
very
well. I also lofted another part and moved around the 1/2" plywood for
the
next step. Pictures! ~5
hours
- Day 4 - Today I mainly caught up on sleep, I took a nap during the
prime
working time and through supper. But I did loft the stern stem pieces
and made
one cut on the dinky table saw. My dad, upstairs, was bothered by the
smoke
from the saw, so I sanded some putty off of the keel layers and called
it a
night. pictures here ~2
hours
- Day 3 - Feb 25th: First caustalty of boat building: All of my
plywood fell
on the space heater overnight. THE PROJECT MUST GO ON! I Cut the other 2
layers of the keel, and I might use a different piece as the inner
layer...
Since I just bought 16' boards instead of 14' there is enough spare wood
to be
used as the rear stem of the keel. A friend came over today, he sanded
and
made a $10 donation. NOTE: no donations are too small! DONATE
TODAY!PICTURES ARE HERE! ~5 hours
- Day 2 - Feb 24th: Finished lofting keel and cut inner keel layer Pictures Here ~4 hours
- Day 1 - Feb 23rd: Purchased Majority of the wood, started lofting,
~5
hours
- Pre-Feb 23rd: got quotes for keelwood and plywood from a number of
lumber yards