Olympia Wooden Boat Show - early results

[Steve Tarry]

Ah, but would one glass over such an uneven surface or glass up to it and epoxy the stuffings out of it from there out to the end? Perhaps Johanna could lend some observations on that eagle and how it was done?

[capt jake]

FWIW, I am having an eagle head carved that I will apply at a later date. Not sure how just yet, probably a couple of dowels.

[Frank Hagan]

I had the pleasure of exchanging e-mail with Barry a few weeks back and largely because of his encouragement' date=' I have just ordered my plans. Here's hoping that "Svenska Flicka" turns out as nice as what the rest of the Puget Sound crew has done. "Svenska Flicka" translates as "Swedish Girl" and is named for the aforementioned wife, Inga. I plan on carving a gorgeous blonde lady as a figurehead and having it match Inga's profile, as much as my minimal artistic skills allow.

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That's a great name for a boat! I'll bet you won't find any others with that name (unlike "Sea Wolf", "Ghost Rider", etc.)

There are a lot of us who wish we could carve ... the Weekender just begs for a figurehead on that clipper bow (one builder carved a great looking eagle). I could try, but so far in my carving attempts all I've been able to make are shavings. :roll:

The Weekender will do better than your 12' boat in chop. I don't like sailing in chop in mine, but some of the better sailors say to induce enough heel to present the hull side as 'V' bottom, and it reduces the chop. The one thing that is a concern is swamping the boat in waves ... that's how most boats sink. So you might think about adding foam flotation like most of us have behind the seats (and other places if you can!)