Dinghy Build (On topic. Believe it or not.)

[Bruce Kershaw]

Started my 8ft sailing pram. The temporary form is all set up. The transom frames are made, and the laminated keel is out of the vacuum bag.

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[ChrisObee]

What design are you building or is this homegrown?

[Bruce Kershaw]

Sabotina... With a little homegrown thrown in.

[Konrad]

Pictures, man.  PICTURES..! 

We don't wanna READ.  :

We want PHOTOS...

[Bruce Kershaw]

[Greg Luckett]

What kind of wood is that on the keel and bow?

[capt jake]

Hey Bruce, it looks to be upside down.  It also looks like there are very large gaps in your planking....

Honestly, that looks really good!  I just had to beat Konrad to the punch.

[Ken_Potts]

(Jake) Hee hee!

Good looking start there Bruce!  Keep the pics coming.

[Bruce Kershaw]

I just had to beat Konrad to the punch.

The boy, I say, the boy must be slippin', son!  That little chicken hawk missed his cue. :

What kind of wood is that on the keel and bow?

Long answer:

We don

[Greg Luckett]

Bruce,

I thought it was Mahogany and had zoomed in on it trying to confirm.  I am never sure anymore where the little bit of Mahogany I get came from.  Several years ago I bought two boards, one 1-3/4x12x10ft rough, and the second 1-7/8x14-1/4x14ft.  I used most of the first one making the exterior wood work on a sail boat I refurbished.  It is very nice looking, clear lumber, but very expensive.  Many years ago, my first wife's step-dad was a lumber grader at a Mahogany importer in Gulfport, MS, and I was able to get it really cheap.  Not anymore...LOL.  Where does your shop get Mahogany from?

Your work on the pram looks really professional.

Greg.

[Konrad]

I was just so shocked and stunned that (after how many years now??) he's no longer able to use that top-drawer signature he had, which was:  "Shameless lurker.  And I never finished the stupid boat.."

That always amusd me. 

[Bruce Kershaw]

"Shameless lurker.  And I never finished the stupid boat.." That always amusd me.

I did not use the word, "stupid".

[Bruce Kershaw]

Where does your shop get Mahogany from?

I don't remember which supplier this batch came from. I did hear that they own thousands of bd.ft. that is already rough-milled and sitting in South America somewhere, but they're having trouble exporting it.

[Konrad]

He's probably right.  I doubt he said "stupid".

(It was just funnier in my mind that way)