Belhaven #21 goes 3D

[Larry Q]

Well, I finally went 3D with my Belhaven today after taking a couple of months off from boat building to take care of my other life. Yes, I know. Boat building should be my only life ...

This is a really big boat once it comes together. I had gotten used to seeing a pile of plywood in the garage and now I have a boat. The whole process went pretty well. I am still fighting the foot to bring it together but I ran out of daylight and energy. I hope to get the foot done and move on to the inwales and tabbing tomorrow.

I did notice one thing that looks like a problem. I have a definite hollow in the starboard bottom between Bulkhead 1 and the Temporary frame. I can stand on the spot (which is a bulge from the inside) and get it to settle down, but it come right back when I take the weight off. Is this normal with the butterfly method? I am hoping that finishing the foot and installing the inwales will straighten this out.

Here are some pictures.

[Scott Dunsworth]

Looks good from here!

I would make sure your building frame is not forcing the hull to a undesigned shape. The only real problem I had was with the bottom where the keel lays, it didn't want to come together in the center of the boat.

My frame supported the hull at the back seam and just forward of the temporary frame 8 inchs or so.

I wish I could help more. I wouldn't tap it until you can get that bad place to lay right.

Scott

[Larry Q]

Thanks Scott. I just went out this morning and checked again and the hollow is still there. I haven't finished tightening the bottom seam all the way back either, so I'll see how it looks when I get everything tight.

[Norman Colter]

Cool, looks good. Totally different from the princess.

Have fun.

Norm

[Travis Votaw]

Looking Good, Larry - nice to have help when you need it. I pulled Pilgrim, my Princess 22, over to Hefner yesterday to take a sail, but couldn't launch because the lake level was too low for using the floating piers on each side of the ramp. Since I was by myself, I didn't want to try the other ramps.

Give me a call sometime if you need a hand moving the boat, etc. I live in Edmond.

216-9835

[P Doug (WA)]

WOW! That must be exciting, a pile of plywood that becomes a boat in short order! Well I realize it is more work than that but still, I know I'd be excited. Please keep posting progress photo's.