lewisboats

If you are willing to go just a bit longer... Summer Breeze uses only 2 sheets of plywood and some lumber...a nice boat all around. Pointy and with some load carrying capacity.

Here is some video of the maiden voyage (I think):

Bill...he's from Minneapolis and hopefully will make it to next year's messabout. New designated Rescue boat?

A right smart little ship

Sioux City: 7:01 am...out for delivery...YESSSSSS! I might get to wet out a bit today if it comes early enough.

That is what I keep sayin' when I'm tracking my UPS shipments . Following my glass cloth one right now...about 8 hours away so I'll see it tomorrow hopefully

Yep...Freeship and Delftship both. One has much the same as the other except for the heeled characteristics and a few other esoteric differences. Here is a multi-chined version with a Vee entry that I really like. The cabin roof has a bit of rake to it too...slightly less weight forward and a bit less windage.

Here's what I came up with after a couple of hours doodling last night. Runs about 12.5 ft/3.85 m LOA, 4.5 ft/1.4 m beam 27 in/.7 m high (I have a version that is 30" high which might be better). Length of cabin at shear level is 6 ft, and Cockpit is just under 5 ft long plus Daggerboard area. Daggerboard protrudes 3.125 ft for a total of 5.2 ft long with handle (whew!). Sail is Balanced Lug to 105 sf with 2 reefs. Mast is proportionally slightly aft of the position on the PDs. Displacement to the shown waterline is 750 lbs but the boat should come out around 180-200 or so. Thanks for letting me mess with it...I'm tempted to try a scale model for Gits and Shiggles. 30" version

Extremely way Cool! How long are the berths? How much nose room, toe room etc. Details, Details please. Permission to play with the cabin design and extend to 12 ft maybe...?

If you want to load a bunch of pics at a time...upload them to a free picture hosting site, then view the picture and right click on it. Go to properties or view picture info or whatever will give you the exact address of the picture then put that address between this statement {img][/img} without any spaces added in your posts. You can put multiple pictures in your posts this way and they never leave the original hosting site...they just show up here too whenever the page is viewed. When you type it yourself...do not use the curly brackets...use the square ones for the whole statement. I can't do it here and have it show up...it thinks there is a picture between if I use the real thing. eg: {img]http://angelfire.com/lewisboatworks/whatever.jpg[/img}

I love the fact that it was the box boats that made it across first...regardless of size or if they were first off the beach...

WHOOOOHEEEEE!!!!!!...She FLIES! Not the best in whisper winds...though none of the other boats were either. BUT...got caught in a squall and the wind picked up to about 20-25 mph...man I was flying. Half a dozen different folks said I was planing right along and everyone was amazed at how fast it was. I didn't get too daring...I only buried the lee wing about 3 inches into the water...I wouldn't let it get any deeper. Just that little bit of rocker I put in it kept the nose up enough that only once in a while did water come over. Mainly when I wasn't paying close enough attention. Only a couple of things I am going to change...the location of the downhaul and I need a traveler with a multiple purchase...that sheet is just too taught to hold by hand. My daughter would never be able to hold it in properly when the sail starts really driving. Everything else worked a peach. Unfortunately I forgot my camera and wouldn't have had time to take any pictures anyways and I don't think anyone else got any...they were more interested in the weird little Tri that got pooped and had to get towed in by a Lund with it's nose (s) pointing skyward. This morning we went across the lake for breakfast and I beat everyone else there...including a few who got launched before me. Had a hell of a time getting back though...directly into the eye of the wind. The boat may not be too weatherly or it might be the sailor. I still have plenty to learn and the boat might not be tweaked as well as it might. Still...I call it a raging success...I didn't dump it...I got it to plane a bunch of times and I barely even got my shorts damp...my fault. Oh...and sunburnt knees. Edited to add: Oops...forgot I want to change the tiller...too flimsy and I want to put on a hiking stick too.

Ok...final final update...She's as ready as she'll ever be for tomorrow. Got the decks back on, hardware installed and here it is: Driveway sailing. Installed hardware. http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Hardware.JPG[/img] Rudder setup http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Rudder.JPG[/img] Bead loop. http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Beads.JPG[/img] As soon as I got off work this morning I started...and finally quit at about 8 pm...23 hours up and working. Time for a shower, a TV show and bed. I'll get up at 0 dark 30 and finish packing and all the other stuff I need to do yet.

Probably final update until I get back from VaCa. Got the second coat on the deck tops curing now and additional coat on the Daggerboard and Spars. I think this will have to do...no sanding...nothing else. I just don't have time. I have a Bazillion things to do in the next two days...and I still have to work until Thursday morning and leave Friday so I will have to call it good enough. I'll mount hardware probably Thursday along with get the trailer ready. If I have to I'll bring tools and finish up at the Messabout Friday evening or early Saturday morning so I can at least launch it and get one sail out of it.

And finally...the B side all done...well almost...I need to slap another coat of epoxy to fill some of the weave where it soaked in too much. A light sanding to take down some of the higher spots and it will serve until after Vacation. Man....I am sure looking forward to this. I work 350 days a year and this vacation is the reward for all that effort! Just think...in another 3 years I get another week of VA-CA. I won't know what to do with myself. When I went into the military I got 30 days of Leave the first year and every year after that. Stingy Corporate Bastages...10 years of 6 day weeks to get 3 weeks of VA-CA! Shame on them.

More frantic work today...yesterday I just didn't have any energy to do anything but the dishes. Coated all the innards with epoxy...what hadn't been coated already that is. Did some more coating of the spars too and trimmed the excess cloth from the board. Here are the current crop of pics. A view of the internal structure...pretty beefy IMHO Close up of DB Case http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Case.JPG[/img] Close up of Mast Step with drain hole http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Step.JPG[/img] Mast Step and Partner structure: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Step_Partner.JPG[/img] Quick shot of spars curing: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Spars.JPG[/img] A side of the DaggerBoard: http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/ASide.JPG[/img]

B-side of board...but nekid Loin cloth draped but not pinned http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/ClothOn.JPG[/img] Soggy drawers... http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/WetCloth.JPG[/img] All dry now! http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/TrimmedBoard.JPG[/img] Actually...that was the A side that was already done. Boat bottom ready to sand... http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/BottomGlassed.JPG[/img] New toy...actually fairly old being a 1999 but almost pristine. http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/NewToy.JPG[/img]

Last touch up (weave filling) spots on the hull bottom done and one side of the Dagger board tacking up as I type. I'll know better by the weekend how much I will do to the deck before I leave. I may just glue it down and hit it with a coat of epoxy then a coat of primer and one of paint. Right now I am concentrating on the bottom so it will be waterworthy. I have to sand, prime and paint in the next 3 days...along with glassing the other side of the board and coating the spars. A couple of days in the sun shouldn't harm the epoxy too much and a good sanding when I get back will be needed anyways. I may just leave the deck with a couple of coats of epoxy as a sealer and forgo the paint...less to sand down later.

Quick update...filled holes, scratches and gouges...sanded and glassed the bottom yesterday. I'll buzz down the edges and fill the weave today then flip it and start on the top. Still got to glue the deck down, make and install the combings, glass the deck, sand and paint the hull and glass the board. I also have to finish up the spars...I think they will be left raw until after the vacation...I only have 10 days to get things ready to splash it. I will probably only give it a couple of primer coats and a single coat of white then finish it after the vacation trips.

No Fun no doubt

Check out today's Duckworks { http://duckworksmagazine.com/10/reports/june/index.htm } video on sanding and 'Glassing a mast...Pretty slick info.

When you sand micro balloons you cut into the balloons...leaves an untidy surface until you skim a thin layer to fill and seal 100%

I have a Makita and a DeWalt cordless...god sends when you gotta remove a lot of material in a short time. I use grinders at work all the time on metal so I have some practice with them. I did my Daggerboard with a power plane and the DeWalt...took about an hour and 10 minutes. I use a 60 grit flap wheel...(smuggled home from work) http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Foil.JPG[/img]

Well...I have been getting SOME things done...although not as much as I would like. I got the corners knocked off the spars and shaped the Daggerboard...It came out really nice...which is very much a surprise! I am waiting on some 6 oz cloth that I ordered. I got it at a good price but shipping was more than I expected. I don't know if I like the fact that when you order...you don't get informed of the shipping. The total price is emailed to you after they calculate it. I got 20 yards of 60" 6oz cloth for 3.94 a yard but the shipping came to 28 bucks. I though it was a bit steep but what do I know? {edited to add...yes I know...the plane is as it shouldn't be...I fixed that as soon as I noticed it. Too much of a hurry to get done. I still have to get some sleep before work tonight} Anyhoo... here are the pics of the recent progress. http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Fin.JPG[/img] http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Foil.JPG[/img] And here are some supports I made to hold up a couple of covers on my boats. I bought a plastic one for $14 and made these 3 for $18. 12" x 3/4" edge glued pine rounds, 2x2"s and some $0.78 Frisbee dog toys. Bought 5 and broke 2 drilling them. Used 2" screws and fender washers to secure. http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Supports.JPG[/img] Thompson with two of my homemade ones http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Thompson.JPG[/img] '56 14' aluminum utility skiff on Shorelander trailer...got the pair for $200... Notice only one support is in use...the crappy and expensive plastic one won't stay up in even the littlest of breezes. I gotta make another one! http://www.angelfire.com/ego/lewisboatworks/Stuff/Scowbuild/Fishinboat.JPG[/img]

Hit this link when you have an hour to spare for some eye opening building... http://www.nfb.ca/film/Cesars_Bark_Canoe/