SS@G Northwind

This boat wooden copy of the Sea Wind . The boat Verlan Kruger paddled over a 100,000 miles. I hope this boat will answer all my needs for long trips plenty capacity for storage under 2 five ft decks and a big open 7 ft cockpit
It is called a decked canoe .

The boat will be constructed from western red cedar, white pine ,some strips will be 1 1/2 by 1/4 and some will be 3/4 by 1/4 covered with epoxy and 6 ounce e glass inside and out. Here we go

Cut some strips and laid out a couple panels today




Ron

 

This will be a fairly complicated build , the hull has 12 panels. I have them glued up drying.
Ron

 

Can you post / link to some drawings?

 

I will build different decks and cockpit, the boat is 17 ft 2 inches long 28 1/2 wide.
Ron

 

Got all my forms marked and cut ,all the panels run through the planer yesterday
It is going to start looking like a boat shortly.
I love the planer it has saved me at least 4 days worth of sanding and does a slicker job.

Now the fun part starts
Got her stitched up ,ends pulled and glued , part of the tacking done .
I sure like the lines of this boat


The ends were a pain to line up. After I got them lined up I ran a small end pour inside to hold them



I think the pine and some of the sap wood I used will look good





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Ron
PS Looks like it needs to shave

 

One day you have strips glued. Two days later you have a hull.

On my next stitch project, I'm going to try to do away with a lot of the stitching by using packing tape. It's amazing how tenaciously it sticks to epoxied panels. I think I've had the sticky stay on the panel when trying to remove the stuff. It's tensile strenght is great, too.

 

Thats one nice thing about this building technique , Panels I can glue up three at a time, these panels start out flat so I dont have to sand I just run them through a planer,putting a stitch and glue hull together with plastic ties is a breeze ,just 2 saw horses and a drill and you get after it.
The boat I raced last year was a stitch and glue and was built in 15 days start to finish.
Ron
I have tried tape , staples, hot glue and I keep going back to this method

 

Got a little more done on her today , she sure is light .







Ron

 

Between laying out my shop and trying to get some done on this boat I havent posted to many pics.
Well here is a few.
Bulkheads built glassed and fileted in



started gluing the shear strips. That sure does start shaping the boat up.

Here is a close up of the seams , they still need a little sanding



same area wet down with water



and backed up to show some of the color of this boat.



After a saturation coat I will go back and match the color of the different areas filling in the stitch holes.

Thats it for now.
Ron

 

I had a pretty good day on the Northwind today.
Got my decks layed out ,glued up and planed . Have them tacked down and rough cut.


These are the dropped nose balanced de3cks I like.



she is really starting to shape up



she came out with about the look I wanted


Thats all for now.
Ron

 

Curious why you went with the open cockpit.

I think of a spray skirt, and hence a cockpit ring, as absolute necessities when paddling, and so a sit inside boat with an open cockpit confuses my little brain.

Could also be that it's warmer where you are too.

 

The Seawind of Verlan Krugers had this same size cockpit,but hang on we aint through yet.
Yea TX weather is hot it was in the 90 today.
Ron

 

I got to wet the whole hull down today and I sure like her looks and lines.
Like Darrel says wetting her down all the way gives you and i deal of how she will look.








Be a few days before I can get back on her.
Ron
Hull is still light

 

That's probably the difference. While we may get temps into the 80s maybe once a year, the water is seldom above 65. It's wetsuits all year round and getting a good splash into the boat doesn't make for a pleasant experience. I guess it also makes a difference that I do most of my paddling in saltwater, so waves or chop are always a possibility, not to mention rain.

 

I dont even own a wet suit, lol Most of my paddling is rivers and freshwater lakes. cold weather gear for me is chest waders and gloves .
I hate cold
Ron