The goal for this month is to get the hull sealed, faired, sanded, skegs attached and painted.
Funny little coincidence the other day.... We have been busily cleaning out of current suburban home for our downsizing to a smaller urban dwelling. I came across a set of plans that I purchased set of plans from Woodenboat Magazine for a 15'8" Stickleback rowing/sailing dory. Never built the boat and lost the plans for two and a half decades. So the morning I find these I see a comment on one of the boaty Facebook pages I follow from a fellow looking for recommendations for a Swampscott Dory to build. I contacted him and offered the plans for free and he was delighted. My only condition was that he send me a pic of the boat whenever he finishes it.
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| Meekus is having second thoughts about giving these up plans. Over ruled. |
With the imminent flipping, finishing and moving house in the next couple of months the need to procure a trailer is becoming real. After checking out trailers and the web to see what other SCAMPer did I decided to buy a SCAMP specific trailer from Gig Harbor Boats in Washington State. The reason for this is that because GH builds the fibreglass SCAMP and have dialed in the trailer design and will sell this separately. GH is located about three hours drive from me so the logistics cking up are good. Order placed for trailer with optional hinged tongue and spare tire with holder. Told is should be ready in 3-4 weeks. Tick!
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| Gig Harbor trailer (photo from GH website) |
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| Second (and in some areas third) epoxy sealing coats. The wood looks too pretty to paint over, but I will. |
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| This is the hull paint. Needed only two quarts but suppler tells me now only available in gallon kit and they shaved some off the price. To be fair the price for two quarts was basically the same so now I can be generous with the coats and use for foils also. |
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| Prototype tiller drawn on and cut out from 3/4" plywood scrap from building frame |
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| Two tiller blanks laminated together for final thickness. Radius edges now for custom fit... |
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| Foils, tiller and rudder cheeks now to be finished up |
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| Picked up the 1/2"x 1-1/8" x 6' UHMW for skeg protection. |
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| Rudder needed to be planed down a bit to fit between the cheeks |
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| Fitting the cloth |
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| Apres the epoxy |
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| Looking all shiny and pretty! |
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| The Hutchins 16" flexible speed file does a nice job fairing the contours |
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| First coat - ya! |
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| The first coat brought up some minor surface defects that required filling and fairing - worth the time to do |
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| Final coat - nice! |
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| Trimming the UHMW runners to length |
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| Runners installed with ss countersunk screws and 3M 5200 adhesive |
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| Drilling holes for lifting/lowering rudder lines |
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| Drilling tiller bolt 3/8" hole |
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| Flipped back upright and awaiting final paint and hardware |
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| Enjoying a break at Postmark Brewery whilst participating in the East Vancouver Culture Crawl |
Randy, your boat is looking really good. I love to see the color being added. It breathes life into the little vessel and gives it life and emotion. Your progress has been deliberate and efficient. Doesn't it feel great to be at this stage?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I may be putting together a Scamp gathering sail at Flathead Lake, MT next summer. Just toying with the details now...maybe early August. Might you be interested in coming? Excellent sailing lake with crystal clear water surrounded by every greens.
Thanks Brent. Slow and steady for sure!
ReplyDeleteTotally interested in the Flathead Lake gathering. We will be in the Nelson BC area at that time with SCAMP so perfect timing.
Cheers!
Randy