A brief summary:
After connecting the stempost and sternpost on Saturday and allowing to dry overnight, the next step was to attach the ribs and rubrails on Sunday.
What could be easier?
Oh, it will, will it?
My eye had a devil of a time determining when the ribs were in the correct position, and I doubt they did all that successful of a job. It's hard to tell from these pictures, but I fear the craft is not, strictly speaking, symmetrical or square. I don't know how this could have happened, as the sides are of the exact same length, but there it is. I e-mailed Fred about this result, and he replied with the encouraging
Symmetry of form, for the most part, is overrated.
In any event, here lies the craft, with ribs and rub rails attached:
And from above (Henry's room):
There's very little left, construction-wise. To attach the bottom, I simply flip over what is currently on the sawhorses: boat, upside-down on the sawhorses, big sheet of plywood laying on top. Trace the outline of the boat (leaving about an inch of spare room all the way around the perimeter), cut it out. Lay over the upturned boat, glue (and screw) down. Add weight*. Leave to dry.
That will be the boat. It need only to have the bottom piece "faired" -- sanded down to make smooth edges-- and then fiberglassed, and then it will be finished.
I had some trouble sleeping last night, and got a cockamaimie idea for the boat at about 3:15am. I'm going to do a little research: it may be completely ridiculous and therefore not worth posting. But if it seems plausible, perhaps I'll post it. Or maybe I'll just do it and surprise you.
Looking like a good forecast for this weekend. I'm hoping to get the bottom attached on Saturday morning, and perhaps move to fiberglassing on Sunday?
* Again, construction with rocks.
What with legion of red cars and the Red Rum Room, you seem a very garish lot. Will Frank be red, too?
ReplyDeleteI think not. My 3am idea had to do somewhat with colouring, but (like many middle-of-the-night ideas), it seems less clever by the light of day.
ReplyDeleteConsidering some combination of white/dark green, although it might be nice to have a pea-green boat, on the off chance I acquire an owl.
don't ever, EVER, write "colouring" -- HORRIBLE.
ReplyDeleteI need to know the COLOR scheme.
and i'd like to see you get mrs. norris to go to sea.