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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...

I too highly recommend Norglass. I've used it on several boats and they still look like new after 5 and 7 odd years respectively. I love the clear gloss varnish for special areas of brightwork, but...

Saw this on Corio Bay yesterday. She is visible for miles. Did a little blog post with a short video. There is a link to a recent media link too, a Herald sun web article with pics and background.:)...

Drop-dead gorgeous....and nice of you to put those lovely purple flowers in her for decoration:rolleyes:

What Mike said....
Fantastic result...and terrific movies too!

It may be a change of plan, but it does give you something real to get on with between home duties:wink:. I think you'll have fun with this and it will give the whole family some pleasure when you...

Lovely jointing Mike. I tried the sanding thingo, and although it didn't shred me, I didn't like it at all. I went back to the hand plane and felt much more in control.
I do hope you become...

good to see that someone is getting restless....:wink:

Well, I wasn't amazed....typically lovely work. I suppose that if it was up the other way it would look a bit like a boat. How did you manage that from a pile of plywood??::)

Magnificent, well done! Love the fact that you've made a scraper for finishing. It may be a long haul, but your attention to detail will give a life-time of pleasure.
Cheers
Rob

And I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have during the build. I had a heap of fun building it.
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Truly beautiful work Mike, she's just gorgeous.

Thanks Richard and Alex for your interest, nice to hear from both of you. The build is going well, although progress in this (proper) winter is slow. There are up-dates on my blog and that has links...

Have a great trip. I think those two gentlemen would have given a barrel of bully beef to see the country as lush as you will.:2tsup:

Really lovely work Mike. And great pics as well. Thanks.

Five hundred hey?? (!)....as my building space increases my cows get more anxious. I just hope they don't get it into their heads to get under the boat.

The wild weather seems to have flown over...

Mmmmm...just about to go down to check on the aftermath. With na bit of luck the shed will still be at the top of the hill:C

Congratulations. What a great adventure and film. The boys will never forget that.:2tsup:

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While the boat is still light enough to manhandle on my own, I slid it down off its perch and onto special boat supports (I'll sell...

Nothing boring there:2tsup:
Although you are doing intolerably tidy and neat work.
Noted too is the complete absence of shavings, chips, food wrappers and dust. It is obvious to me sir, that you...

Well spotted and thanks for sharing the pics. Very sweet looking boat.

Thanks Chaps. Week-end 'off'...near Port Fairy, more shots on blog and on flickr.

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Yep, I agree, I mean I assume the bottom edge will end up flush on the stem, but I'm just wondering if it is sitting a little proud now and could be pulled downwards.

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glued...

This might be stating the bleeding obvious, but is there any room to nudge the planks down to the mark without their bottom (ie roofwards) edges going below the line of the stem? I mean just the...

Richard

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No-one who had contact with Richard since his first indications of ill-health could have been anything but impressed, overwhelmed even, by his phenomenal positivity in the face of what seemed to be a...

What a great post:2tsup:

Hi Reiner, sounds to me as though the creamy one is a filling glue, a filler or just a thickened epoxy. Hard to know without product details. But what you want for boat building purposes is a thin...

I have a cunning plan....:wink:

R

Welcome to the madhouse Bodmin. Very glad there is something in it for you.:2tsup:

Thanks Mike. Don't forget the sunscreen.
The bottom plank is butt joined to the first plank, but the rest are clinkers. The lines of the boat are really lovely to walk around- to look at in the...

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The angle of planing for this row of planks is quite different from the lower ones, and the stringers end up almost triangular in...

Thanks for the pics Rob, and I hope you have as much fun using her as you did building her....but why am I not surprised that you are already planning the next??
She looks to be a lovely boat....

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Good on you Alex, and thanks for the advice about Flickr. If this pic shows up I am able to adapt to the new Flickr format (with...

We aren't on the grid at all, and we collect our own solar electricity, so I'm fairly circumspect about halogen lights and hot blowers, but I can back up with the petrol generator if I need to make...

Nice to hear from you Mike, will be happy to name the brand, but I won't be able to remember it till I get back to the other workshop! I'd always thought it was made by FGI, but it isn't, and I can't...

That's looking very exciting. :2tsup:
(must be a relief to have worked out WHY the unfairness crept in.)

Hi Alex,
we have had some glorious winter weather, and plenty of moisture, but the last week or two found us in the clouds rather than above them. Things did get a bit soggy.
I reckon there is...

Good luck Darce- great to see her out of the water, and I hope you can find the energy to give her some love while also getting on with the GRP boat.
Rob

There are lots of reputable ways of doing this, but I'm not sure mine is one of them! The curve could be replicated with a couple of battens held in position with spacers, or a spiling rod could be...

Never heard that one. Lots of interesting industry has blessed these parts, though. And some smelly ones when wool needed to be scoured for the mills that supplied the clothing industry in England....

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I really wanted to make setting up at the ramp as easy as possible, and while this is a short mast and won't be a trouble to lift, the...

Sounds like a sensible resolution, you've learnt so much about what works and this can only add sophistication to your method and your understanding of the hull.
I admire your patience:2tsup:

Hi Dale,
the weather certainly makes gluing tough, but I found a good fast set epoxy that I use specifically for small jobs. It'll set in ten minutes even in this weather, and while I wouldn't trust...

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Doublers glued to inner stringers on bulkhead tops.

Meanwhile, a little centreboard work and some mucking around with a design for...

I appreciate your comments Dale, hope it continues to engage you.

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Despite the arctic conditions, I managed to steal a few minutes...

Quite right Mik, Laksa is better in a bowl, because it spreads too far on a bench. But if it was really lumpy, this would be the bench!

Very lovely work Alex. I really like your tiller handles in particular. The shaping pays tribute to those wonderful growth rings that the tree so kindly provided, and which most people don't even...

Nice to see the odd snippet of plan drawing. They look to be of very good quality and clarity. Lovely timber too.