A few more old photos

Here is the aft bottom panel ready for a dry fit.

The first layer of the bottom being attached to the sides

When I started installing the bottom's second layer i got a bit lazy and put a pattern cutter in the biggest router that i had (3hp) and just went crazy.  I made a lot of dust but it only took a couple of min. and worked perfectly. 

Here we are sticking the two layers of bottom together. 

Theres a sexy hind quarter, with the bottom on it really starts to look like a boat.

Sweet.

History

Here are some older pics from before the blog began.  I have been working on this since January of 2008 so there is kinda a lot but I will pack it in there. 

Here we have a decent side shot of the building jig.

Here is the stem, it was a lot of fun to make with hand tools.  A good learning experience. 
Here is a pair of bitchin' saw horses that i made out of a busted ass shelf that i found in the garage. 

Sexy look at the Chine as it sweeps gracefully around the moulds. 
This is my clamping fixture made of garden stones.  Laminating the transom.

The roll over

So we begin in the middle. The roll over party was a great success. The Boat didn't get dropped(main concern) and evreyone ate drank and was merry. It would have been nice if it had not snowed, boo, but nevertheless the ship is rightside up and work may begin on the inside

After the garboards, i started puting on the next set of planks. The cool little ramps at each end of the previous plank are called GAINS and they let the next plank sit fair at the bow and stern. Also a shop shot in the summer night and a view of the bow comming together. The long sticks let me clamp the seams of each plank lap.

Planking (the beginning)

In june of 2008 I began planking the sides of the boat. I knew that this would be a challenging stage of the opperation, and I was right. Glueing up the scarf joints is in the past and they were actually a lot easier than I thought they would be. Spilling no the garboards (or the first planks that meet the bottom of the boat) was probably the easiest. I used red rosin paper to get the shape, cut them out oversized and used a lot of clamps and screws to put them on. Once i faired them up that is.