New Eureka Canoe - Brisso Working with Wood Show

[onthebeachalone]

The Wooden Boat Association of Queensland (http://www.woodenboat.org.au/qld) will be building a Michael Storer designed Eureka canoe, as a live demonstration, on our stand at the Working With Wood show in Brisbane on 22nd to 24th May.

We hope that this will be the beginning of a series of new builds in which new and potential members of the association will be encouraged to undertake a similar project as their first boat, under the guidance of more experienced members.

We have appreciated Michael's generous support in undertaking this project as we pursue our mission, which is To foster and promote an active interest in all matters relating to the history, development and future, and the building, restoration and preservation of wooden boats in Queensland.

To simplify this process we have prepared templates for cutting the plywood panels. Last weekend we tested these by using them to cut the panels for the Eureka we will build at the show.

Anyone interested, who is in Brisbane that weekend, we encourage you to attend the show and see how it all works out.

A couple of pictures of work in progress below....

[Kev da Fridgee]

I'll be there, with my note pad and pencil:D

[onthebeachalone]

I came across this picture recently of a Eureka canoe built by the WBAQ member who is promoting this project. Good-looking, light weight, easy to build. (The boat, that is.) :q

Unlikely that we'll get to this stage at the Brisbane Working with Wood Show, but it's something to aim at.

Preparation continues.....

[Boatmik]

Howdy, Did you see the slightly modified assembly method we are using now?

I have some pics of the Eurekas going together in the current Duckflat Autumn school. Which shows this .. the arching is because the two bilge panels are not at the right angle yet.

We now do it in two separate pieces as per these pics and stitch together. The pics are two separate boats so the order is a bit random ... you can follow the set through if you want to see the sequence of both hulls.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boatmik/sets/72157617013281203/

The three bottom panels first all the wires just crossed over and not tightened - this is the beginning
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Here is the arching - if it looks like this you are doing OK
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the two side panels after separated with the spreader bars, all the wires just crossed over and not tightened... and the bottom arches up because the panels are not separated to their final angle.

The two end spreader bars holding the sheer apart have their end cut with an approx angle and are fastened with a single screw through the ply so they have some option to swivel and correct the bevel.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3460332691_f24944cabc.jpg

Them one on top of the other with crosspieces of scrap timber between and stitch the holes each side of the buttstrap. It looks like it won't work .. but it does. Initially there is a big gap and as you tie them together working from the centre out toward the ends - all equally from the centre ... then it starts closing up
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3461136104_47fc3b4d62.jpg

Gunwales need to be clamped on when the taping or filleting is done.

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MIK

[onthebeachalone]

Our Eureka Canoe project has been progressing steadily, interleaved with other projects. When we are ready to fibreglass the outside we plan to run it as a training session on fibreglassing, probably in September.

Anyone interested, let me know.

[onthebeachalone]

We finally managed to organise our fibreglassing training session on the Eureka Canoe today. Pictures loaded here for anyone (http://www.woodenboat.org.au/qld/glassing/) interested.

[b.o.a.t.]

I remember those little resin rollers.
Haven't seen (or used) one in about 25+ years!
That was on glass slalom kayaks in a mould.
How did it go with resin over wood?
cheers
AJ