CS17 Hull110 inwale clamp farm

[Scott Dufour]

When I put in the aft bulkhead yesterday to test the rocker, it was pretty far out so I spent a few hours tweaking and tightening until it was right. I think I'll leave in all the bulkheads to force the rocker while I tape it.

Put on the port side white ash inwale this morning. Banged my finger with a hammer trying to bring the inwale up to the edge of the ply. My workshop helpers learned some new French words as a consequence. :oops:

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[Joe Nelson CS#35]

You can tack the hull together with spots of epoxy and wood flour...then remove the stitches and bulkheads. Just make the tacks smaller in thickness so that when you fillet over them they will be covered.

[Frank Hagan]

Cute helpers! Its always good to see kids around dads around boats! I also like the "artsy clamp farm" shot.

[Scott Dufour]

Thanks Frank: their help usually slows things down quite a bit, but it's worth it.

Joe: I think I'm going to try the tack method you suggested. My main concern is near the chine near the bow where things get really flat. A tack there will have almost no bulk to it because it's beginning to get more like a butt joint. I think I might go with little strips of fiberglass across the seam between the ties. Then with held breath, cut the ties and pull them out.

[Designer]

Scott,

Typically you don't need much strength in that forward area. The gap is usually on the outside because of the angle that the sides and bottom meet so I like to fill that gap from the outside to make it strong enough to take out the ties.

[Scott Dufour]

Thanks Graham. That's what I was looking at today. It's hard to tell just by looking at the boat where all the forces are. Other than at the centerline at the bow, it seems that the rest of the panels / seams are under fairly well distributed pressures. I'll tack and cut and deal with whatever happens.

[Guest]

Scot, the boat is nice. But your crumb crunchers are super. Don't even think about the extra time spent with those kids, while doing your project. Just don't let any mixes and chemical be in a fluid state while thos guys are in the shop. It just nice to cut out toy boats that will trail behind the craft when you are done. In the mean time take lots of pictures of them now.

I must sneak in a shot here of my now oldest, when he was just a wee tot. ANd yes, it had plenty of wood and varnish on it.

Since then, he has enjoyed two transatlantics, transpacifics, the south pole twice, north pole, Persian Gulf, and all of the Caribean Sea. It gets in their blood. Many hours are consumed in their growing years, by both together, doing just what you are doing now. These guys actually learn about tools that cut off things, and real creation and evolution, the ever evolving process of a boat, over a period of time. "Patience", something that is lacking in today's world. Let this be a lesson for all timid at heart, to just build your own boat if you have small children.

Oh by the way, nice progress. Wow, I get mushy sometimes, when I see smiley children's faces around boats. :cry:

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