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Kennneee

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  1. Steve, is there much 3:00am thinking in this plan? Seems to be my planning time these days. Ken
  2. Steve- WOW! Your boat looks awesome. I think I might get a stomach ache trying to figure out want all of those conduits are for. Would love to know what you are planning. Keep the pics coming. Enjoy! Cheers, Ken
  3. Dave- Thanks for the kudos. Funny you should say all that since I periodically look at your Blujacket build and have moments of near panic looking at all of your thoughtful and amazing detailing. I think we all have a lot to learn from each other and that is the beauty of this community. I thought of calling you the other day to get some advice on a few of your details. I am away from home for a few days trying to think about somthing other than my OB26. BUSTED! What am I doing on this site?? Cheers, Ken
  4. Steve- The Festool stuff is really pricey but saves lots of time. Dominos are WAY stronger than biscuits. I have used them in lots of applications and never a failure. Check out the chairs in the link below. For years I did complicated and time consuming chair joinery and made these with dominos. They seem bulletproof. The time saving on this set was worth thenprice of the machine. https://goo.gl/photos/WgFq3WJjAQjQLLiPA cheers, Ken
  5. John, Thanks! Here is a link to some OB26 build pics. https://goo.gl/photos/42vU3BKQDsnMxbPp9 cheers, Ken
  6. Whoops- left these DOMINO pics out of the last post.
  7. Hi Guys- Here are some pics of the latest progress. The fiberglass work on the interior is almost complete. Needed a break from the epoxy work so I cut and fit the trunk cabin parts and carlins. My shop doors are not tall enough for me to remove the boat when the pilot house is in place. I will temporarily fit the pilot house and upper section of the aft bulkhead and remove it prior to moving Rosie out. I will use DOMINOS and fiberglass to strengthen the horizontal joint between the trunk cabin and pilot house. I have used these floating tenons for years and they are amazingly strong and easy to use. See the pic of the coaming joint. I laminated the trunk cabin front and used bead board as the inner face which I expect will look good in the finished cabin. The trunk cabin overhead will likley be made with the same bead board for the inside face. Graham designed the cockpit coamings to be set at a 4.3 degree angle. I was satisfid with 4.25 and hope the boat will still float. More pics here. https://goo.gl/photos/42vU3BKQDsnMxbPp9 Taking a week off to do some surfski racing and clear the epoxy out of my lungs. Ken
  8. John- we are in exactly the same place. I have just a little bit of glass work left and had to do something fun. Decided to build the cabin and go back to the epoxy/Glass another day. Why do today what you can put off...
  9. Nice work John! I know the feeling of being a bit burned out on fiberglassing! Are you planning to tape the bulkheads and transom above the bottom stringer height? Ken
  10. Damn, now I have to build another boat!
  11. Hi, I think there is a lot of truth in what Steve posted with a few other considerations. Besides the obvious like increased fairing, epoxy, glass, paint, more planking, etc., the 20 has quite a bit less "furniture" to build in the interior. The displacemet of the 20 vs. the 24 is not as significant as I thought having just looked at the specs. The OB26 has a displacemt that is around 800 lbs more than the OB20. The materials that go into a boat with that increased displacement cost a bit of money. Not linear for sure but significant. The other thing to consider is trailer, tow vehicle differences that might be different with a heavier boat. I sold my pick up truck around 6 months before I began the OB26. Figured my smaller vehicles would be big enough for any boat I was considering at that time. I will be looking for another truck soon since my car and van are not up to the task. Poor planning on my part for sure but worth stiring into the mix. One other thing to consdier is the larger boat will require a larger motor, more fuel, etc. For me, it is worth it to have the comfort of a larger boat but that is not a universal view. Once you have the larger boat you will likely never look back. The other thing to take into account when choosing which of these boats to build is how much plan detail you require or desire to actually build the boat. I have a set of study plans for the OB20 and the detaills in these plans are really impressive. If that level of detail is important I would check with Graham and Alan to be sure that expectation will be met with the OB24 plan set. In either case, the end result will be a beautiful and unique boat. Pick one and go for it! Ken
  12. VT boat, I went through a similar process about a year ago. Started out by falling in love with the lines on the OB20. Shorty after seeing that design my wife and I spent 6 weeks travelling around New Zealand in a small van feeling a bit cramped. When we got home and had to decide on a boat design to build we realized the OB20 might be a bit small for us. We live in British Columbia and have a lot of cooler, wet weather and realized we would use a larger boat more having a bit more room and a warm pilot house. Long story short, I am about to begin building the cabin sides on an Outer Banks 26. The OB 26 is a lot of boat and has been a lot of work. Perhaps the 24 would be a sweet spot for your your needs. If I had gone smaller I would be thinking about launching soon instead of rolling another coat of epoxy on the interior this morning. The flip side is we will likely spend a lot more time on ROSIE travelling to places that would be uncomfortable on a smaller boat. It is all a trade off. ENJOY! Ken
  13. Russell- THANKS for posting pics of your build! It looks great and it is really helpful for me to see how you have done things. Keep up the good work and inspiration for me to get to the next step. I believe the 16mb is a limit of the size of any one set of pics per post. I don't think any of my days would be complete without spending at least an hour messing around with computer stuff that doesn't work. Now, up to my shop with some good carrots to keep me moving. Cheers, Ken
  14. A first, WOW! Not sure I should be proud of that one.
  15. Well, you are both on the right track. It was indeed me punishing myself in front of the Canadian Gods of Boatbuilding before my wife had a chance to do it for me and for not taking up a saner way to spend time such as stamp collecting. My dislexia had me set the head stand up in the wrong direction since I wanted to get a final glimpse of my work as I had been seeing it for the last few months :). In any case, that was one ugly Girly Man best viewed upside down. Carpal Tunnel much improved!! Amazing what a few months away from beating the daylights out of my body can do. Dave, you hit the ring nail on the head about seeing the boat upright. Was a real shot in the arm to see the hull upright and a welcome break from twisting and contoritng my neck to try and see if everything looked right! The blank canvas ahead is both exciting and a bit daunting. I look at your beautiful Bluejacket build pictures occasionaly and it is inspiring but also a bit intimidating to see how much lies ahead. Your boat is BEAUTIFUL!!? Will it get wet soon? Cheers, Inverted Ken
  16. Don- This is a perfect example of mission creep. The original plan was to build an OB 20. Long story short it got enlarged to an OB24 and then I asked Graham for a few modifications and the OB26 was born. I should know better:). Ken
  17. Thanks Steve. I wonder about the weight myself. The plans are a work in progress and Alan is currently doing a weight study. I will let you know when I have more info. dheers, Ken
  18. Hi All- We flipped ROSIE on May 31st. Had a great group of friends and additonal help from the local lumber yard's truck. All went well with a couple of exciting moments. So glad to have many competent hands to help! This was the first time I was able to step back far enough to see the full beauty of the design. The interior is now a blank canvas and I have been busy fiberglassing. Here is a link to a time lapse video of the flip. https://goo.gl/photos/dKi8RKyEjw4PAjvW7 Cheers, Ken
  19. After a 3 month break to get some sun and let my hands heal I got back on the project in the middle of April. It was hard to be away for so long! When I left it was time to start fairing the hull and begin fiberglassing. I have been getting a bit of help from a young women, (when did 32 become young?) who wants to learn about boatbuilding and woodworking. Up until now this has been a solo project. Great to have another set of hands mixing epoxy and spending some time behind the torture board. The enthusiasm of youth is wonderful! The hull is quite fair at this point, all exterior fiberglass completed, and antifouling paint applied to the DWL. I will raise the antifouling up a few inches after flipping and the bootstripe and finish LPU is applied. Having the DWL readily marked will make leveling easy after the flip. Should flip "ROSIE" over in a week or two after spraying some high build and finish primer to the topsides. Used Interlux 2000e barrier coat on the bottom and will apply Alexseal epoxies and LPU on the topsides. I am very excited to see her coming to life. The lines are a thing of beauty. Hat off to Graham on his artistry on this one! Here is a link to a video of one hour of fiberglassing condensed into 17 seconds. Would love to figure out how to do that in real life! https://goo.gl/photos/VKMFMhzLk9Qz8edL6 Here is a link to a photo album with captions of the build so far if you want to see more detail. https://goo.gl/photos/42vU3BKQDsnMxbPp9https://goo.gl/photos/42vU3BKQDsnMxbPp9 Cheers, Ken
  20. Hi Guys- thanks for the insights! Since my own personal edge isn't as sharp as it once was I might has well keep the edges a bit soft on my chines... Glad to save some work and be able to get back to the Torture Board. Cheers, Ken
  21. Wondering what some of you Bluejacket Builders did? Any guidance from Tom on spending time sharpening the edges? Thanks again. Ken
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