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Work in Progress
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Everything the fleet has done lately, newest first.
Build Update Frames
Completed glassing of bottom and added stainless guard on bottom of keel.
Completed glassing of bottom and added stainless guard on bottom of keel. There are 4 layers of 6oz cloth minimum on the bottom with 6 to 8 layers on all inside and outside corners (including 1 layer of biaxial/mat).
Build Update Frames
Finished box keel and added longitudinal logs
Closed in box keel and added longitudinal logs. Already routed in the box keel are conduits for wire and cables. I also fitted the engine mounts.
Build Update Frames
Bottom and Box keel sized to accept engine and shaft length I had. From the start I decided to stretch the plans of the boat length by 18 inches (I will also add 2 or 3 inches to the cabin height). The depth is 12 inches and the sides of…
Build Update Plans
I purchased the plans from Fyne Boats in the UK (CLC agent) in 2022 but didn't start building until 2024. I live part time on an Aegean Island and finding and collecting the right materials can be difficult and expensive. I finally located…
Photographs Under Construction
Build Update Hull
Completed fillets on hull exterior
All wires have long been removed after the hull was tacked together with epoxy dabs between wire locations. The boat had been stored for the winter in an old garage, while I returned to the US for a few months. Even though I had covered…
Build Update Hull
Several days work on hull and daggerboard trunk. I throw a tarp over the boat after working whenever possible to keep our seasonal visitors from making a mess. Swallows above a build have to be a good sign!
Photograph Under Construction
If the boat is named after my granddaughter then the engine needs to be named after my grandson. (Laser engraved at my local library maker space)
Photographs Under Construction
Photographs Under Construction
Build Update Hull
Framing starting to come together
not alot latley but this is where were currently at
Build Update Hull
Getting the rough size and shape going
Keep Looking
This page is the work, in the order it was done. The other two are the boats it is being done to, and everything else that has happened.
Your Bench
A boat can be entered in the registry the day the plans arrive. Add an entry when you have done an afternoon's work, and it appears here.
