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25th May 2015, 02:14 AM #1
New Toy - Hybrid Ethel III
Well I wuz gunna build a Radoslaw Werzsko 4.0 Dayboat, but with approximately Michael Storer Oz Goose/Duck foils & aerials.
This would fit neatly & lightly on my 6 x 4 ft box trailer, yet offer plenty of sprawling room and volume for camping trips.
Foils done.
Rudder stock done.
Daggerboard case done.
Mast done.
Boom glued & yard ready for gluing.
Parts for building frame collected, measured & ready for cutting.
Then I hit a snag.
Logged onto DFWB to order plywood & pox & saw this...
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It's a Pete Turner (Goolwa) built interpretation of a 1893 George Holmes Ethel III.
Glass hull, wooden everything else, including mast and handmade blocks.
Price on an as-new trailer too good to ignore.
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Needs a little work, mostly, but not entirely, cosmetic.
I'll pick away at that over winter.
Took her out last weekend at West Lakes anyway - last perfect day of autumn I suspect.
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Light wind - ghosted along easily. Surged ahead in light gusts.
A LOT more powerful onto the wind than with it.
Impeccable manners. Spent a little while doing donuts and sailing backwards in the middle of the lake.
Just because.
(Sometimes sailed Teal backwards too. It messes with onlookers' minds...)
One can really feel & see the difference between a shaped foil and her flat plate centreboard.
Have replaced a swathe of shackles & incorrectly sized rope with snaphooks & correct cordage.
Should have brought rig/de-rig time down from about 50 mins to around 30.
Thinking to rename her after my paternal Grandma.
I gather the official ceremony to do this involves much alcohol and hilarity.
Might have to rename her several times... ;-)
Foils & stuff for the Dayboat will be shelved for the present.
I'll probably still build it, this will be fun for the now.
Have to tee-up with Mike to get out in company with his Coquina sometime.Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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25th May 2015, 11:30 PM #2
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1st August 2015, 09:54 PM #3
A few pics showing what appears to be limited progress.
Most of the varnish looked like this due to spending last summer in the sun.
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Also the gun'ls were springing off at the stern.
Have re-varnished most of the fittings & etc. (Norglass - many coats).
Made some spacers for under the rowlock blocks to enable the oars to clear both the water and the coaming on the return stroke.
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Blocks all had a generous drink of BLO.
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Nearly finished sanding the deck.
The deck ply appears to be 8mm & Pete has cut relief slots in it to make it take the camber.
I suspect this is his final build & was using up some thicker stock. And copper nails.
Interesting mix of old and new techniques - pox and nails.
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The squared straight end of the mainmast looked somewhat cumbersome.
And heavy.
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Once I sanded it back, I realised it is made of solid meranti.
Not what I'd have thought first choice for mast timber.
No knots I suppose, and only about 10M2 of sail on a 65mm stayed stick.
Tapered the top, & in the process took about 1/2 kg off it.
6 or 7 coats of varnish later it looks lovely & warm.
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Am making a mast step/tube for an 80mm stay-less ally mast just forward of the bowsprit heel socket.
The plans show that's where it should be. Eventually I'll plonk an OZRacer sail on that & see how it goes.
There's a bit of surgery required to access the front compartment to fit it.
After that, I'll seal the deck in pox & (probably) paint most of it cream, just the coaming and deck fittings clear finished.
At least, that's the plan as of today.
I now have an 8 week deadline before my sister comes from interstate to sail her...
But I don't want to cut any corners..Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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2nd August 2015, 10:09 PM #4
progressing.
A couple more pics of the almost sanded deck.
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Plan is to install a mast step/tube in front of the bowsprit socket, through these two holes...
I can get a head & 1 arm in through the deck hatch, or 1.5 arms and an eyeball.
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Maybe not an impossible task, but a <insert prefered epithet> difficult one !
Except maybe for a surgeon, which I ain't.
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Ahhhh, that's better. My eyeball will at least be able to see what my 1.5 arms are butchering...
With enough meat left of the bulkhead to take the stresses.
(12mm Hoop Pine marine ply in a 15 foot canoe... a Michael Storer design this most definitely is NOT !!)
Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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3rd August 2015, 01:44 PM #5
Assembling mast step/tube/whatever...
All nicely square and round with about 2mm slop.
Another layer or two of pox plus paint will reduce that a bit.
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Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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3rd August 2015, 09:08 PM #6
8 weeks isn't long in this business but it looks like you're making good progress so you should get there in time.
Cheers, Bob the labrat
Measure once and.... the phone rings!
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4th August 2015, 02:24 AM #7
8 weeks is nightmarishly short given we have to rearrange the fire shed to accommodate an extra truck in about 6-7 weeks.
That includes earthworks to the concourse, finding homes for all the stuff that inhabits the 3rd truck bay, and building new
PPE racks for 30-odd fire-fighters.
Apparently, somewhere in there I'm also supposed to attend my paid employment..
WHat are you doing these days Bob ?Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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4th August 2015, 08:14 PM #8
Ah, I didn't realise you were back in harness - thought you were still a gentleman of leisure. At least with all that going on you won't be bored .
My little transom sterned stripper still gets some use and I have loggged over 100 hours sinn her now. Other than that I haven't been up to much boat related stuff but do have plans for a SOT fishing kayak in paulownia and cedar. As soon as my son gets a floor in his shed I'll be able to clear mine out and get onto it. In the meantime I shall subsist on morsels from the forum.
Keep posting about Ethel - I reckon she's a beauty, and I suspect other people must be interested too despite the lack of replies.Cheers, Bob the labrat
Measure once and.... the phone rings!
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4th August 2015, 10:57 PM #9
G'day Bob
Leisure lasted only a couple of months, & barely even that.
Casual work at TAFE worked out at about 3-4 hrs prep for every (paid) hour in front of a class for about 2 terms, then a succession of short contracts until won a permanent pozzi last year. Just in time for down-sizing...
Closed in the box. There's a rat or summat in the ceiling so I might first use it to catch that.
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My meagre contribution to the art that is Ethel. A kaleidoscope...
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And I've just noticed a big drip of pox at the bottom where it should not be.
Must dash out & figure a way to mop it up... from 500mm away thru an 82mm hole.
Lucky I took the pic & posted it straight away !!Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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8th August 2015, 06:36 PM #10
Well, the hole is made in the boat.
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And now that there is light inside the front compartment, I no longer think this boat has a solid fibreglass hull.
Inside the compartment smells of polyester resin, but here's the construction.
Either cold moulded, or diagonal strip in timber or foam. Any thoughts?
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I really should chase up the builder for a chat...
Anyhooo...
Mast box to attach to this bulkhead with a front partner and side bracing under the deck.
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The foot to be attached to the bulkhead. I was going to make a forward cross-brace as well, but have changed my mind.
Will step it in a big blob of goo where the inner stem tapers into the keelson.Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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9th August 2015, 08:54 PM #11
I'm so pleased you found this boat. She is gorgeous, and a worthy project that I think you have been unknowingly working towards..i spent hours looking lovingly at the Campion Boats equivalent, but never got around to it. Have fun AJ, you deserve it.
rob
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10th August 2015, 12:01 AM #12
Thanks Rob
I see you've a new mistress as well! ;-)
Beachcomber is very different to either of Annie or the 540.
And somehow she just looks "right" for the Lakes.
I hope you're settling in there well.
Oh, & by way of interest, wandering past the cabinet/joinery shop at work the other month, I saw these.
Apparently, one of the lecturers on that side of the staff room runs night classes making a variety of instruments.
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cheersAlan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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10th August 2015, 09:25 PM #13
The pattern of the nail holes does not appear to line up well with the strips that are visible and that implies they were holding down another layer (or more) over those strips. If so then that suggests cold moulding.
....and that's about the limit of my deductive reasoning.Cheers, Bob the labrat
Measure once and.... the phone rings!
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11th August 2015, 03:38 AM #14
Bob, that's about where I'm at.
Also thinking the line of nail holes might line up with strakes on a male mould.Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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16th August 2015, 03:07 AM #15
Well, it's in now.
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Once the glue cures, I'll shape it then coat the whole deck in pox.
If I could just convince the roof to stop dripping on the sanded deck at random places & intervals...Alan J
Nothing says "Unprofessional Job" so loudly as wrinkles in the duct tape. - B.Spencer
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