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Bee I hope that that's iced coffee.

Thanks I knew there was some knowledge there!

Let's see if this old thread will open. Is the jam cleat a simple v groove or is there something exotic hiding there? I've put v's in pvc pipe, like the wood idea.

Thanks for posting this, took me a while to look up the scripture(knew there must be one). I may have to make something similar for my grandkids someday. Andy

Welcome back Mick, been missing your pictures, especially the country side and water.

Some of you may remember about 5 years ago I built a camo “17 lb” pirogue with a luan or maybe sandeply bottom, no fiberglass. Of course being stored outside the bottom didn’t last long. My Bride has a vivid imagination and an eye for colors, she took over the boat. It now is the main attraction...

Just a little time for boat building today, still playing with the tumblehome/deck. But I’ve come to a stopping point, for a while at least. It is time for us to be back in Kansas. Joyce’s Texas oncologist is turning her treatment back to the Kansas Doctor for a while. The plan is to return to...

Thanks to both of you Gentlemen, at least I understand the basic concepts enough I can have fun building "freehand".

Thanks my bride makes Amish oat meal and keeps a container in the fridge. Makes a good quick breakfast.we we will definitely try this.

Thanks for the encouragement. As you know this is a lot different than building from plans. More fun and good exercise for an aging brain. It's kind'a hard to keep my primary objective of making panel templates for future use a priority. Not much boat work today, most of today was spent with...

Spent most of today's work on refining the tumble homes to make a good usable pattern. The were good enough to stitch up, but I wanted the ends to come together without pressure. With that done I used cardboard to pattern and cut out the TH supports for the widest point, then managed to glass...

My theory is that if the boat is glassed after it is in it's final shape it would be stronger, no pressure to release.But that runs counter to stressed skin construction. I think I'd better leave that thinking to the engineers! Andy

It split length wise in relation ship to the wood strips. I think you may be on to something about the orientation of the strips. The wood seems to be more brittle than usual but I've built 9 boats with the strips parallel to the edges and NEVER broken a panel, using tight bond only. This is the...

The tumble homes took a turn today. I was working out how to terminate the tumble home into the decks,when I remembered my objective was to create a set of patterns to use in the future. So I diverted my attention to making the full length tumble homes fit perfect (better). Of course when I was...

Thanks, there's some good stuff on that channel

Thanks for sharing

Today I lightly sanded the wet out coat on the outside and wiped it down and put on the first fill coat. This was a good time to put a 4th layer of cloth over the end stems. I like to have extra cloth in the most vulnerable wear areas.I cut some scrap cloth on the bias so it would lay smooth and...

The edges of the fiberglass on the keel were sanded first thing this morning. the ragged edges were not easy, I should have used the masking tape technique to make a smoother straight edge. I’ll do that technique on the two cloth panels today. This shows the masking tape edge where the seam of...