Waste no time!!

[Craig]

That motor is almost as old as I am Oyster! Will I see this boat at Atlanta?

[Guest]

If this weather will moderate a bit, I will at least have it ready for the water. I can borrow a set of sails, if I desire, but may not even do that. Time will tell.

[Guest]

To keep track of the continuing project here.. as I am in the final rollover, and finish work. I put a coat of barrier coat and two coats of ablative bottom paint. The transom will need varnish and a standoff for the rudder after the fact.

[Steve Day]

Mike,

I have been away from the site for a while working up to the move to Alabama and trying to get a few work projects done before retirement. I was reviewing a few old posts and was happy to see the latest on your project. She is looking pretty good!

It will really be nice to see her on the water this summer. Thanks for sharing her construction with all of us.

Steve

[Guest]

Well, my shop cat and I shed a bit of light on the boat today, checking out the lines and roughing in the rails. I notice a bit of distortion in my screen with the aft shot, showing the stern a bit taller, but it surely is not taller than the middle section. I clicked on the thumnails twice and it shows better.

[Craig]

She's looking good Mike!

[Steve Day]

Mike,

Nice Work!

I gotta ask; Does the cat sail, or is he/she just a shop cat? I suspect the cat is good company when you are contemplating your next move in the shop.

When are you going to get the boat wet? I see it is already on a trailer.

Steve

[Tim Diebert]

Fantastic Mike!

A one of a kind masterpeice for sure.

I would like to thank you for posting the entire process here. I have really enjoyed watching. I have learned a lot.

I hope she performs as well as you intended. The sailing images will be great..... and looked forward to.

[Guest]

Thanks guys. Actually, no the cat does not sail with me, But one thing that cat does is inspect my work each and everyday. He[fixed] likes wood shavings and high places. I was going to wet the hull today, but other work has gotten in the way. The real reason was to learn a bit about placement of several added items of wife interests, :wink: like creature comforts . I also wanted to tweak the angle of the mast before the placement of my seat thwart and the aligning the hole for my mast and boring for the mast step. Lots of custon work left to be done, that requires some down time for gluing and curing of the glues. May is coming quickly. I am getting antsy.

[Barry Pyeatt]

I like it! I think I want to raid some of the lumber piles you get your scrap from.

Very interesting building process, Thanks for posting the progress photos and the ongoing dialog. Facinating to see this done.

[Guest]

Actually the fun part is about to begin with the washboards and interior seating arrangments and the varnished trim finishing up the coaming and centerboard trunk. I have a nice acquisition to my used and not yet used material with the procurement of an old weekender with a bowsprit made in heaven just for this boat. It took a bit of finesse to remove it, as the previous owner installed it with iron fasteners.

So I rang the heads off, and used a bit of persuasion with some custom made wedges and removed it from the bow of it. I will be using it after making a pattern for making a new one for that rebuild, since that hull is pretty far gone. I will be duplicating the boat from the parts of it for an alternative school kids project. Its really hard not to pass up this opportunity to stay with the theme of recycled and slightly used but not abused parts. Thanks again for the kind thoughts and for Frank allowing me to document it here on this friendly forum.

Oh, did I tell you about my new, not so new Weekender project?? :wink:

[Guest]

I'm so excited, I can't hide it, I'm about to lose control, but I like it...............at least I do anyway, in person. :wink: Glue in place and will cut it to fit the outside tommorrow

[Guest]

Well, I finally put my outer stem on, shaped it, and primed it with the barrier coat from Interlux, and have some of the mahogany left, so in lieu of a solid painted deck, some trim along the rub rail, and will be using it for the king plank and will fill in with a lighter, not yet found, :wink: lighter wood for a contrast.

[Guest]

For the record:

Well, its a bit unorthodoxed for sailboats, but I decided why be norm, as usual. 8) This is what I have ended up with after struggling with woods and designs for my deck. I still will need to install the coaming and will need to sand the seam compound down, but I will live with this for the season and then decide if I can deal with the covering boards like this feature.

It shows a bit distorted in this size, but I clikc on the shots twice and it seems to clear up for me.

[Tim Diebert]

That rascal just gets gorgiouser and gorgiouser Mike.

What seam compound did you use? and how are you going to sand it off?

Or, how did you sand it off?

[Guest]

I used epoxy, pigmented with white, thickened with cabosil enough to a heavey slurpy mix. I use my old faithfull 6,000 rpm. Milwalkee 8" grinder, and then finish it with a eight inche rectangle sander. I applied a coat for checking the hull sides of semi flattened topcoat paint, using Brightsides flattening agent which works in most all oil base paints. The hull is a bit off white or Oyster white[yes of my own mix of half cans with the film taken off of it. :wink:

[Guest]

The mast is roughed in and all that is left is the trimming out of the centerboard trunk and the seats inside. I will be using an open grate , SYP, and ceiling strips on the inside hull sides, all varnished cypress. I am pushing for a launching in the first week of June, unless the weather turns sour for finish work, and I can stay on message. :wink:

[Steve Day]

Mike,

Looks great. I will be anxious to see her in person one day. You do really great work.

BTW, congratulations on the alternative school project. That is a really great way to get some of those kids some real life experience. Maybe you will cause some of them to take up the vocation/avocation of boatbuilding.

Thanks for keeping us up-to-date.

Steve

[Guest]

Well the fun has begun. Three coats of buildup varnish on my now "traditional runabout sailboat" as its being called by some folks.

Click on twice for clarity.

[Frank Hagan]

I'm on a fast connection this time, so I did click on the picture ... wow! You mentioned the book-matched grain, but everyone really should take a look at it in the full size pic! Absolutely beautiful!