Today Dad headed into the city after the work day. We readied some projects for me to get done before he gets back next week.The shop continues to be great. We cranked the heat up to medium-low to cure some epoxy glue and the space heated up great.
Pic of the height additions to the front cross aft bulkhead and the front passenger seat. (Lonnie, I know you're shaking your head right now!)
Prepped the shop and the cut outs from the other day to get glassed up tomorrow.
So you added some height to the top of the bulkheads and front seat(I definitely like the higher front seat for storage), what did your final height of your seats and bulkheads end up at? Any other helpfull hints would be greatly appreciated!
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Corey
Hey Corey, yeah, the height addition on the front seat will now allow the white buckets to fit under there. The measurement is about 13 1/2" This is approximate as everything is in place and filleted but I think thats pretty right on as the white buckets height is 13 1/4".
ReplyDeleteThe bulkhead heights are pretty experimental. Its a change from the usual specs of a whitewater dory. I'm hesitant to state them as it might mess with your plans.
What stage are you in the process?
I'm just gathering materials so far, but cant wait to get the process started! I'm going to start building a mold tomorrow and hopefully will have enough materials to start next week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your info thus far, I'm sure I'll be asking more as I get further along. I appreciate your blog with all the pics, it really helps me get an idea of the process. I've never built a boat before so its all new to me. Currently I just have the plans from Fletchers book and was wondering if you purchased his actual plans and if so are they much different or more detailed?
Thanks,
corey
Corey, I think the mold is a great way to go. Put your time in there and get it perfect. Then the rest will go so smoothly.
ReplyDeleteI didn't use any plans, as the mold was already built by a friend of mine, Lonnie of Sundog Expeditions/Salmon RIver Dories. The "plans" are sort of built into the mold. Some of the bulkheads were fastened to the mold and were glued the same time as the hull. When we took the boat off of the mold, most of the bulkheads were then in place to hold the shape of the boat. Those bulkhead also provide place markers for measurements which I took from a bunch of different boats.
I haven't seen any plans so I cannot compare. Is it a Jerry Brigg's style or a Keith Steele boat? My boat is a bit bigger than those. Maybe halfway between them and an Alumaweld.
I'm psyched to hear about your plans. Where are you building your boat?
Hey kelly,
ReplyDeleteThe boat is well underway! It is such a cool process watching the plywood turn into a boat! We finished fiberglassing the outside this weekend and have done the first bit of fairing this week. Hope to tip it rightside up tomorrow.
I'm building the boat in Montana and we went through a similar cold snap last week. I think Wednesday we had a high of 3 degrees! Fortunatly the shop is a well insulated and heated garage. (Although not excited to see the heating bill!)
It's be great using your blog to give me an idea of what the next steps are and keep my mind thinking forward to stay one step ahead, or at least I hope. I like your hatch designs, planning on something quite similar. I've had a few other thoughts for down the road, one of which is what size oars do you plan on using? Mine is an 18' Briggs style boat and not sure what length to go with? The other thought is how are you planning on setting up your oarlocks? Where are they being placed? I've seen some that are attached between the gunwale and the handrail and others on the inside of the handrail. Not sure what to do yet. Any insight would be awesome!
If you're interested send me an email and I can send you some pics of my boat build. When and where's the maiden voyage planned?
Vaya con rios,
corey
skier45@hotmail.com
Hey Corey, yeah, lets see those boat pics! I'm psyched for you. Hope the boat tipping goes well :) Glad you rode out the cold snap.
ReplyDeleteYeah, stay tuned on the hatches, we've got some serious work ahead.
Oars? On the 18' briggs boats I've rowed 11' and 10.5' and 10'. My fav is 10.5, 11 works, 10 is a bit short in my opinion. I'm gonna go with 10.5 for this boat.
Oar locks? Workin' on that right now. Looking at angle bronze (one side on the inner gunwale one side on top) bolted horizontally through both gunwale and down into block between gunwales. Some of the alumawelds have the UMHW oarlock block which seem pretty sweet, though if you're doing a classic briggs the angles of the gunwales are different than alumawelds and I don't think the UMHW blocks would be ideal. -Not sure though!
Position? I can't remember our marks right now but I can tell you that the center of the oarlock is 11" from the stern cross thwart. hope that helps.
~K