Finally finished with the kayak! I have been having trouble posting pics. Here goes again
Just spent a large portion of today creating cedar sawdust. I routed the beads and coves on over 1000 linear feet of 3/4 in cedar strips for the...
Hello again friends! I was here a few years ago when I was building my 12ft lapstrake sailing dingy. You all were so helpful and encouraging....
Hello again everybody! It has been over a year since my last post. I built the lapstrake sailing dinghy with all of your help. I have started...
Woke up above the ground today, so I guess that makes it a "good day" I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas. flydog
My boat is too new for this! I believe that I have a case of galvanic corrosion on my recently built boat. I attached a brass half-oval to the...
Hey guys n gals! Hear's another photo on the water. flydog
Hello everyone! IIII'm back! After nine months of work my "second child" was born today! Her name is CHARLOU. She is 12 ft long , 48 in in the...
Hey guys, It's been a few weeks since my last posting. The sail arrived last week and I put it on the boat for a preliminary fitting. The...
Well I finally was able to put the boat on a trailer and get it out of the garage(temporarily). I am still working on the mast, boom, gaff,...
Then again a good friend told me a wooden boat is never really done. I still need to build the sail rig. I laminated some spruce tonight for the...
I've finished painting the bottom of the boat. Very tedious when working on a lapstrake hull. Seems to have turned out ok. I'm working on the...
I have put the first coat of paint primer on my (gulp!) wooden hull. I know it looks like a Navy lifeboat now, but I believe the color paint will...
Would it be a mistake to paint the hull of my newly-constructed plywood lapstrake dinghy with INTERLUX BRIGHTSIDE polyurethane? The Jametown...
I can't believe I have arrived at the finish stage of this project. To me this is the most tedious and important part of the build. All the...
I am a first time builder and am constructing a 12' sailing dinghy. I am trying to decide what type of sail to rig her with. I am unfamiliar...
Hey folks, Got my licks in on steambending for the first time. I had to make and place the floor frames. Seemed to go well. I'll find out...
At last I feel that I am going to have a boat! The thwarts are done. The forward and aft floatation box seats are finished, and I installed the...
Installed two of the thwarts today. It's almost depressing to know that the whole thing has to come apart in order to be finished off with paint...
Here is the bhook before an after. The designer had the outer stem planed off even with the bhook. I decided to "borrow" an idea from Ian...
