Thread: BETH -YuanFen- Building a wooden sailing canoe in Poland - Budowa drewnianej kanadyjk

Trying to fit bulkhaeds...
All of them needs to be corrected :

Hi All again
Today I've attached sheerclamps temporary:



You can see - middle and fore parts of sheerclamp (as a chinelogs!) bowed easy (naturally) and near stern will be torured almost... but sheerclamps easier attached than chinelogs.





...starboard sheerclamp attached!


Both sheerclamps attached!!!


Bulkhaeds ready to bond (as a supporting beams I've used timbers for mizzen yard and boom):


As usually - more of photos you can see there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robhosa...7618030604102/

Hi Robert!

Thank you for the great pictures Your progress is very exciting to watch as we see YuanFen coming together so nicely. Keep up the good work (and those pictures!).

Originally Posted by woodeneye

Thank you for the great pictures Your progress is very exciting to watch as we see YuanFen coming together so nicely. Keep up the good work (and those pictures!).

Hi Bruce,
Just trying to bond bulkhaeds and knees permanently... Hoping for photos too...

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Just trying to bond bulkheads and knees permanently...

Three basic bulkheads just bonded!

Bulkhead no 3:




Bulkhaed no 4:




Bulkhead no 1:


...my boat again - with bonded bulkheads:



I don't like to daub by this mi fruit cream

Looking wonderful Robert,

Nice idea putting the straight edges across the top.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Looking wonderful Robert,

Nice idea putting the straight edges across the top.

Thank you Michael!

Yes, those straight edges are very helpful in keeping bulkheads on place.
For keeping on place bulkhaed no 1 I've used two tiny nails on sheerclamps (you can see them at that photo).

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By the other way:
I've obtained a link to photos of man who building another Beth:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40865860@N07/



His example of Beth is building from different materials (plywood - not okoume-gaboon) than designed (bottom and bulkheads of his Beth from coniferous plywood -???- in Poland many people building from coniferous plywood too* - our first boat was build from pine plywood - hull which was painted outside than grain was visible to much, and from birch plywood - deck which was in nice natural grain and color).

Interresting are differences in weight of boats built as designed and built from other materials...

*) Pine and larch plywood is probably more resistant from rot than birch plywood for example.

Originally Posted by robhosailor

*) Pine and larch plywood is probably more resistant from rot than birch plywood for example.

You're making great progress there Robert. Did you know that it really doesn't matter too much which type of wood is used in the ply from a wood rot point of view? The main reason for using a marine ply is because of the waterproof glue and the strength of the ply because it has fewer gaps in the laminates. Sometimes marine plys are also much lighter too.Provided you seal the timber, and keep it well sealed, even a quite good non-marine ply can last a very long time. There have been many boats built for a season that have gone on to live very useful lives if coated well.

However, boats do get knocked around a bit and sometimes the timber is exposed directly to the water. If this happens to a non-marine ply, it will delaminate very quickly, more quickly than than you can dry it out and repair it, and well before it can rot! So marine ply buys you some time until you can repair it. But marine ply will rot quite quickly too if not repaired in a timely fashion. This is because the water wicks along the timber layers and gets trapped by the waterproof glue and the surface sealer. Before long, the bacteria will have their way with your marine ply boat and it will rot

There is no substitute for maintenance

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Looking wonderful Robert,

Nice idea putting the straight edges across the top.

MIK

Yes, clamps and winding sticks in one!

You know what I like too Robert? You're also demonstrating that it's possible to build a boat on a few crates and an Esky. Nothing hi-tech needed at all!

Originally Posted by woodeneye

Yes, clamps and winding sticks in one!

You know what I like too Robert? You're also demonstrating that it's possible to build a boat on a few crates and an Esky. Nothing hi-tech needed at all!

Bruce,
I'm an enthusiast of boats but especially in simple end easy to build ones - "instant boats" etc. (I'm moderating michalak-polska yahoo group - there are enthusiasts of Bolger, Michalak, Byrne designs and Storer and... Plucinski, Workert, Werszko, Mnich - Polish boat designers - as well. Few of us designs and build their own boat's designs - most of them are very easy to build).

Good point Bruce - the PDRacer forum was talking about the tools that people liked. I listed the three most basic power tools - jigsaw, random orbit sander and a cordless screwdriver/drill.

A bad tool is something that prevents you from doing things because you THINK that you have to have it.

But after the list above you can build many boats with little more than pencils and measuring tools once you buy a plane and a sharpening stone.

I am quite interested in other tools too .. but the back to basics is a really valuable approach to remember!

Best wishes
Michael

Yes - it is summer - so get out sailing sometimes too!

MIK
(who somehow managed to appear as Robhosailor (probably abusing moderator privileges)

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Yes - it is summer - so get out sailing sometimes too!

MIK

HEHE !!!

Vanishing and changing posts here!



They aren't my words above

MIK
(who somehow managed to appear as Robhosailor (probably abusing moderator privileges)

No problem at all Michael

I can write it again:
I haven't power electric jigsaw, orbit sander and a cordless screwdriver/driller.
I've used electric plane for scarphing battens - but good (sharp!!!) hand plane is good too I think - I'm using it often in my building project.
I've tryied to use power electric drill with screwdrver functions but it's to heavy for me - than I'm using an ordinary hand screwdriver - birch plywood and pine timbers are soft for it. Only for hardwood like oak and ash I will need to drill holes for screws before. It is possible to use hand driller with successful for it.

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Yesterday I've no worked with my Beth - it was a sailing day with my friend on his yacht at the Zegrze Lake (Zalew Zegrzynski) near Warsaw.