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

Howdy,

When capsizing BETH she comes up with the cockpit about half full of water.

This has two effects.

One is that the boat is quite low to the water .. so it is easy to slide in and also the centreboard is near the water surface when the boat is on its side.

The sides of the RAID have to be higher because of that self draining cockpit and the rowing function.

Which makes it a bigger climb to get in.

When you bring BEth upright too you let her sit sideways to the breeze and climb in so the sail will balance you for a moment. You have to focus on keeping the boat upright until you sheet in the mizzen (tight but not too tight - and she sits pointing into the wind so you can bail her.

MIK

Thank you Michael for it!

Hoping than stability of righted Beth with half full of water is OK for ca 75kg man climbing on from side. I'm trust in your experience! Methode described above (bolded by me) sounds good!!! I need to try it and I will to excercise (practice) in it.

Originally Posted by m2c1Iw

Very cool Robert now get back to work we want to see the splash this/your summer.

Hi m2c1Iw,

Since few days I had waterpomp demage at our house - just is OK...
...and
...my camera was taken for few days by my wife ...

Centrecase of my Beth is almost fitted on place - I want to bond knees and centrecase today yet (possible to fit bulhead no 2 too) - will be no photos of it ...

Originally Posted by robhosailor

Centrecase of my Beth is almost fitted on place - I want to bond knees and centrecase today yet (possible to fit bulhead no 2 too) - will be no photos of it ...

First I've marked on temporary screws of sheerclamps and I've removed them - I needed space for bulkhaed no 2 fitting on.

Today (just lately! ) I've finally fitted centrecase and glued it on place! I didn't forgotten to drill two holes on bottom - they will be useful for cutting off slot for centrebord.

I've fitted bukhead no 2 - it's ready for glue!

I've fitted all knees on place and I've glued one of them - only for this one, glue from 100 ml epoxy resin made for centrecase, was enough.

Tomorrow morning I wish to glue on five leaved knees and bond bulkhaed no 2...

No photos from this day

Hi again,

Bulkhead no 2 (centrecase front bulkhead) just bonded and all knees bonded too.

It's all for this day - I'm going to folk music concert in Warsaw this evening!

No photos still - hoping than they will be tomorrow - as an illustration of what were made.

Originally Posted by robhosailor

No photos still - hoping than they will be tomorrow - as an illustration of what were made.

Hi,

Photos - Voila!

Centrecase, bulkhead no 2 and knees glued on their places!




Centrecase and bulkhead no 2 (front centrecase's bulkhead) fitted and glued on places. You can see centrecase's bedlogs glued on their places too. Centrecase's deck clamps temporary fitted.






Hoping to glue on sheerclamps on their places - today/tomorrow!

It looks REALLY REALLY NICE. Great to have some detail assembly photos of a BETH too.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

It looks REALLY REALLY NICE. Great to have some detail assembly photos of a BETH too.

Thank you very much MIK.

Today I've glued sheerclamps on their places (they are nailed too - I'm not trust in my glueing work):

Port side sheerclamp glued on place. Preparing to glueing starboard side sheerclamp.



I've cutted off notches on port side's knees for carling - for cutting off knees needs to be clamped than they vibrating during cutting:


Sides verical are! :


More photos (as usually) there:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robhosa...7618030604102/

Today only few works and photos

Continueing of cutting off notches for carlin:

On starboard's knees - you can see temporary clamps against vibrations.


On bulkhead no 4...


...with temporary support for chiseling...


1/2"PVC tube showing future curvature of carlin - all looks OK







This is unconventional solution of sheerclamps and sternpost join detail - it's typical for MIK's designs - simple, easy to make and strong! It will be covered by deck.


Starting of beweling of sheerclamps for deck camber:

You can see 6mm plywod plug in notch - my error in cutting off bulkhead or bottom (?) - bulkhead no 4 is to narrow a bit - no problem at all, it will be filleted by epoxy...

OMG
He's admitting to mistakes

I like the extra lumps of wood clamped on to dampen vibration, it's a solution that hadn't occurred to me. Anyone like to bet I won't remember it come the time I need it? (I've found you usually have to 'forget' a good idea about three times before you're allowed to use it for real )

Richard

Hi Robert,

Have you had the feeling yet with building beth that sometimes it looks like the most beautiful thing on earth and then you look at it ten minutes later and it looks really ugly.

I went through endless changes from one to the other when I was building it.

Some great detail pics here - thanks so much! Best set of Beth construction pics in the world.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Have you had the feeling yet with building beth that sometimes it looks like the most beautiful thing on earth and then you look at it ten minutes later and it looks really ugly.

Hi MIK,
Beth is still beautiful, but my work is ugly sometimes (very often)

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Some great detail pics here - thanks so much! Best set of Beth construction pics in the world.

Thank you MIK - It's for followers and... for your pleasure especially

Originally Posted by Daddles;

OMG
He's admitting to mistakes

Richard,
It's for two basic reasons:
1. Nobody is perfect
2. Errare humanum est

...and new photos:
Beweling sheerclamps for deck camber






Fitting of bottom stiffeners




Glueing of bottom stiffeners




...to be continued...

...

Glueing of centrecase's deck clamps





Cutting off centrecase's extra material


Fitting of Foredeck and Afterdeck stringers



...using deck's camber teplate... (Foredeck stringer must be bowed down!)


Glueing deck stringers! Risky business!!! Brics standing on stringers!!!





Unfortunatelly my account on flickr is limited - I have no sace for new photos...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robhosa...7618030604102/

New photos uploaded on photobucket album:
http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/c...h%20-Yuanfen-/

Robert,

I really enjoy seeing the pics of your progress. The boat looks great! What I want to know, though, is how do you keep things so neat? I seem to attract clutter just by walking through my work space and there you are assembling your hull in pristine conditions... How do you do it?

Seriously, your boat is looking great!

Bob

Originally Posted by BobWes

I really enjoy seeing the pics of your progress. The boat looks great! What I want to know, though, is how do you keep things so neat? I seem to attract clutter just by walking through my work space and there you are assembling your hull in pristine conditions... How do you do it?

Seriously, your boat is looking great!

Thank you Bob

...my photos in low density are!
...and I've swept garage and boat interior after beweling and before glueing stringers