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[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

AmyJ. I can see you only use the best materials, and this is what counts at the end of the day.

It is well known that I ALSO only use the best and most suitable materials for boat building.

Ashley

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Well, between mowing the lawn, doing the washing, and throwing the neighbour's stupid goat back over the fence (and then fixing the fence) I got some work done on the boat. All shear webs on the keel are in,

the stringers are fitted, and the whole thing faired up, ready to fit the bottom.

Whilst a lot of my work is some what rudimentary, when it comes to fairing up I'm rather fussy. None of my boats get fibre glassed, and I pride my self on none of them leaking a drop. My first step is to get it close with the power plane.

That's a cheap (NZ$30) Chinese job, that's more than ten years old, and has built 3 or 4 boats!

Next I use one of my most useful tools.

That's a farriers rasp, (used for dressing horse hoofs). Some 14" long by 2" wide. I work this athwartships to get the bevel bang on.

I then go over the top fore and aft, with the smoothing plane, to take out and humps and hollows, being very careful not to change the bevel.

I then lastly go over everything again, very lightly, athwartships with the fine side of the rasp. The bevelling at the bow is rather tedious to do.

The owner came over to check out progress, so I dragged the boat out and flipped her over so she could have a good look.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Stupendous AmyJ. Simply fabulous. Building a boat on your own in a garage when most of us think it is rocket science.

Washing….do grass skirts take a lot of washing ??

Ashley

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Why thank you Ashley.

Yes, the're a real swine to get the grass stains out off….

[Andy CParticipant @andyc56856]

Touché Amy J. Loving the build. With her sitting outside the right way up, you can really see the shape. Great stuff.

Andy.

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Andy, good to hear from you. I'm glad you're enjoying the build.

As for that young Ashley, such an up start!

Well, due to too many chores and only one pair of hands, I'm down to one day a week on the boat at the moment…

Due to my indiscriminate use of both untreated and treated pine, I've creosoted the vulnerable spots, and painted over it with my home made paint, which the creosote won't bleed through. (Just in case any one thinks I've concocted some brew of egg yolks and chalk, here is a close up of my roof rack, painted with my home brew, and after having all the building materials for the boat dragged on and off…)

….oh and the roof rack is welded up out of discarded weed eater shafts….

The paint is also super fast drying too.

The butt straps for the bottom panel joins are mitred in.

This locks them in place and means they can stand the hammer blows of driving in the nails.

The first bottom panel on.

The butt straps for the next panel were put in, and the next panel put in. I managed to put on about 2/3 of the bottom before dark.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Very impressed with your DIY glue and now………..Paint!

What else, have got up your sleeve, Amy J?

Bob

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Bob

Currently working on a resin for fibre glassing, and, err….my arm!

Amy

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

More of annoying the neighbours today with whinning power planes, loud hammerings and the occasional sweet and gentle expletive…(mind you the neighbour was making his share of noise too)

Transom ply on. By overlapping the ply bottom, a bigger gluing and nailing area was gained.

The gap between the bottom panels was filled in with a strip of timber…..

…..and a capping strip of 1/4" ply glued and nailed on top. The bottom was planed and sanded back flush with the sides, and nail heads punched and filled.

The reward for all my fussy fairing up….

nice tight seams…

[IAN_IParticipant @ian_i]

Hi AJ…

This is one very good build and solo …

you are an all rounder, have you built on this scale before?

As you are using some master class methods..

Regards,

Ian

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Ian

Thanks for the praise

This is the biggest I've built to date.

I built this 14' skiff earlier in the year.

Aj

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi all

Well the first bow panel is on…

I've opted to use two layers of 1/4", rather than a single layer of 1/2", to save an awful lot of struggle!

Getting a good fit along the chine is a bit tricky, as there is quite a bit of 's' curve in the panel edge. Seemed to go all right though, thankfully.

Many will tell you that you cant put a compound curve in sheet ply, but you can, to a greater or lesser degree, depending on the stiffness of the ply.

Now to repeat the whole operation three more times…..

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

AmyJ.

Save yourself some hassle…get a heavy mate to sit on the thing whilst nailing down, and skin in 1/2" in one go!! (no names suggested)

PS. Nice sharp pointy fast bow…. like it

Ashley

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Ashley

Glad you like my pointy nose!

To bend the 1/2" ply around would require spanish windlasses, boiling water, screws and the whole nine yards, hence the 2 layers of 1/4"!

I've had a re think of the compound curve thing, and am going to have correct my self. To dish a sheet of ply you would have to either stretch the middle or compress the edges. Clearly that's not going happen. So I went over the bottom with a straight edge and found that the bottom section is a section of a cone, with the apex about 3 feet above and somewhat to the left.of the bow. Of course you all knew that, but I'm still coming to grips with developed surfaces!

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Well the hull is completely planked, lower cut water laminated up from my scrap ply, and the spray rails are on. All the nails have been punched and filled, and the bottom sealed ready for painting. Once painted I'll build a cradle for her, and flip her over…

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

AmyJ; You are such a nice girl, building a cradle for your baby.

How much work is left?? ​Unfortunate picture view, keel looks a bent as an E.U standard Banana (obv I know that is not the case). What colour do you anticipate this being or do you have to collect the rock and grind the pigments yet?

PS Don't let Bob see the state of the floor!!

Ashley

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Ashley.

Our standards dictate that bananas bend in one plane only, so the keel is straight!

Very blue was requested. I have yet to find a suitable blue pigment. ( it would seem that ground cobalt is not available at my local hardware shop) so acrylic house paint it is. 4 coats of sealer, 4 of paint.

The hull has been turned and put on the trailer.

A suitably placed coach screw in the transom and stem, and a handy billy on each end,

Lift one end then the other, and she just rolls her self upright. Roll the trailer under and lower away. Easy.

Because the shape of the stem, and the line of the sheer has such an effect on the boats appearance, I like to get the boat out of the shed so I can eyeball it from every angle to get it right.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

AmyJ. Great shape on your rear end if you don't mind me saying. Looks very fast now we can see it in the daylight.

Find another hardware store, wot no ground cobalt?? what sort of shop is that!

Ashley

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

My rear end is getting more shapely all the time!

I walked into the chemist the other day and asked for two drachmas of sugar lead, and got a blank stare! what's the world coming to….

[IAN_IParticipant @ian_i]

Hi AJ..

You are well under way with the build and it is looking great, don't know how you find the time, but it is well spent.

The colour scheme is all your own idea or from a master plan.

Regards,

Ian

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Ian

How's things?

Really struggling to find the time at the moment, Haven't touched the boat this week.

The paint scheme is getting made up as we go..Lol

Aj

[IAN_IParticipant @ian_i]

Hi AJ…Things are busy her to, all designed to stop me enjoying the hobby. As auntie from Australia is coming to stay in the spring and I am required to decorate the spare room….lol. But will enjoy, when I get back to it, I will look out for an update as you get back… Regards, Ian

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Hi Ian

There is always something to stop us getting on with the things that really matter! hehe

[Amy jane SeptemberParticipant @amyjaneseptember49770]

Well the weather has been awful here for the last couple of days, so a good excuse to shut myself in the garage!

Had enough fine weather to get the sheer line sorted first though…

Then it was back in the garage, and off the trailer, to get her to a decent working height.

All the deck framing in, and anchor well built.

Foredeck on

The underside of the deck was given a few coats of sealer first, as the underside of the decks is always the first place to go, if a boat is going to rot.

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Anchor well indeed…its the tinnie store surely ! Are you having a hatch on the 4X well or just a combing?

Looking good on top, nice curves. Are you fitting internal buoyancy (polystyrene/gallon plastic containers or what have you) at the bow/stern/wherever or no?
Ashley

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