Paint Day

Today the paint job is finally finished.  Well, there is still the roof to do with sand to make a grippy surface and some other sandy grippy bits, but the pray work is done.  I just hope the problem with the paint doesnt re-appear.So here it is in pictures.Masking yesterday magnoliaSlap some on hereLike thisAnd some hereAnd hereA few hours...

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Floors

The floors are going in! Southern Yellow Pine 4x6s bedded well in chapopote (roof tar).&nb...

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Down To The Finishing Off Jobs

Forgive me readers for I have sinned. Its been nearly a month since my last blog.  I am now just doing the last few little jobs that have been hanging around.I had the final bit of skirting board made by DW Wood Mouldings and fitted them along with the final bits of plinth.Same both sidesI have fitted the rear door vents. 16g SS special order,...

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Need to find something special for the Holidays

If you are looking for serious Holiday gifts, for others (or even for yourself), I hope you’ll hang around long enough to read this...As authors of a book that includes much common sense, but also some pretty specialized information, weve been particularly pleased, not just at the number of favorable reviews that weve gotten, but about where some of...

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Calendar Islands Yawl Modeling Continued

Fleshing out the Calendar Islands YawlModeling the InteriorWhile I am actually breaking out the geometry of the final 3D computer model, the interior of the "in-the-flesh" model was glued in yesterday and Ill prime it today.Cutting out quarter scale bulkheads for Calendar Islands Yawl interior.It never ceases to amaze me how everything just fits. Paper...

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Misty Moonbeam

Misty Moonbeam a unique yacht which was designed and built by the late Michael Corbin. For many years Misty Moonbeam was a familiar sight on the Medina River in Cowes.A previous owner writes "If you would like to see more of the interior of Misty Moonbeam - heres the link to an Album created April 2010 - which can be viewed page by page without purchase....

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Voice recognition software

I am writing this short post in order to test the voice recognition software embedded in Windows 7. It is my hope that I can write posts more frequently in this way and also answer my backlog of emails.My primary work is boatbuilding and design and I am finding it difficult to keep up with the administrative work which articles, emails, and the blog...

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This blog is being moved

This blog is being transferred to my own website. All the posts have already been copied over ...http://www.storerboatplans.com/wpThere is a good search function on the top right of that page.For discussion, podcasts and more on boat design, boat plans, boat building, boat repair, plywood, epoxy, amateur built boats, sailing boats, canoes, kayaks, rowboats, yachts and more.Best wishesMichaelfor General...

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First Mate Side Seat Rails

At the end of June 2011, I published a post about my idea for moveable side seating in cruising dinghies. The idea is that side seats can be used if prefered (although I like to sit down low in the boat with my weight near the windward turn of bilge) and can also be removed at a moments notice. Most importantly, if they are slid into the centre of...

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A Bit Council House

I have been up to quite a few things on the boat but nothing really blog worthy. I do have a lot to say about generators, batteries, alternators and charging but this is still a work in progress.I have put the 12v toilet back in and fitted a better design non-return valve.The 230v toilet was OK but had its issues, principally the amount of...

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Answers to a couple of recent comments

Here is comment received regarding Fleet:-How much does she weigh?What I like about flint is that the center of balance is over the center thwart making her easy to carry and light enough for this senior citizen to car top.Well, I cant tell you how much she weighs because we havent weighed her yet, but the material thickness is the same as on Flint...

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Love Love by Julien Berthier

French artist Julien Berthier created this boat. According to him, "Love love is the permanent and mobile image of a wrecked ship that has become a functional and safe leisure object".Im not sure the Health and Safety Executive would agree with him about the last part. Heres what the gallery that displayed it said. "For this piece he adapted an abandoned...

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Battens Cut and Fit

My battens have now been ripped and fit to the frames. I had to deepen the pre-cut notches to get the battens to lay flush with the frame contours. Per the "Boatbuilding with Plywood" book, battens should be installed after side planking, so I used some steel screws for temporary dry fit so they can be removed if in the way for subsequent work. They...

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A Dory for Gazela Primeiro and at the end tips on glass application

A while ago I received a nice email from Tony Souza regarding construction issues with a new dory he intended building for the old Portuguese barkentine Gazela Primeiro.Hello Ross,Thanks for your recent article "Stems and Trailers".  In that article you discuss natural timber vs plywood construction and show the merits of plywood glued lapstrake...

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About something you really need

Something you might want to think about, a bit of asshat humor, and in the "Wrong then Wrong now" department...I dont, as a rule, make pronouncements of the "everybody needs to have this" sort but every boat really needs some sort of emergency rudder that works if youre sailing out of cellphone range.Ya think?Fact is, building an emergency rudder that...

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Peter Duck

Peter Duck is a character in one of Arthur Ransomes famous children’s novels, in later life he commissioned Jack Laurence Giles to design a comfortable cruising ketch which was named after the character. The design was commissioned just after the war in 1945, built by Kings of Pin Mill in Suffolk she was completed in 1947Ransome is alleged to have...

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Sailing Model AMYA Star45 Class Construction Deck s Hatches

from John Fisher:Attaching deck to hullJohn Fisher photographerHull with deck mounted:John Fisher photographer--------------------HATCHES:From Phil Geren:The simplest hatch cover solution I have found for Star 45 is to cut a piece out of Presentation Cover vinyl, which cut-out is shaped like the hatch opening but 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch larger on all...

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