Thread: Quick Canoe 155 - PJ and Cliff's one week build for Tinaroo Raid

Day 5 saw LOTS of sanding & the clamps removed.

The boat was finished & just waiting for paint & varnish by 1:46pm on day 5.

The inside has tinned epoxy timber preservative & varnish on it, the outside has paving paint on it. The decks will be done in black enamel.

The thwart is a piece of Huon that PJ bought up from Tassie.
Pic 139 shows one of the knots that didn't break, they are very pretty, just weak & a pain to work with.

The last two pics are the same, just with & without flash to show up the colour & the grain in the timber inside the boat.

wooohooo ... looks very nice. Lots of nice little details. Bullnosing at the ends of the gunwales, the general attention to detail ... very nice.

What did you think about using the 4mm? I was worried it would be a bit floppy with the large panel sizes of this boat. Did the taping work OK with the thinner ply? Was it OK handling the boat to flip it over etc?

MIK

AND WEIGHT!!!! Is it 4mm gaboon?

Well, it's midday Thursday and we're at the really exciting part - sitting around watching and waiting (patiently) for paint to dry. The weather has been kind to us with good dry air and a bit of a breeze so it all looks good as far as making a splash in the lake tomorrow afternoon.

Paddles are under glue at the moment and will be ready to be attacked by Cliff's BROKEN low-angle block plane, a spokeshave that gives blisters, a rasp (only just found) and some 60grit sandpaper - whatever works best. I'll have to post a picture of the broken blade in the plane - It's been like this since the gunwales went on. And I don't understand WHY it's still working.

Cliff has promised Pizza again tonight, so I'd best get back to work (call this work???)

Hi Mik, The ply we used was Gaboon, 4mm all over with a couple of 2mm strengthening panels in the floor to make Cliff feel a little more comfortable. All up weight is 28kg which I'm pretty happy with.

The 4mm didn't pose any problems for us in set-up and the taping system works a treat. The hull came up and matched the skegs perfectly as cut to your measurements. As Cliff said, we glued in the skeg doublers before putting in ther fillets. I did that because I wanted screws right at the stems and reasoned that it couldn't be any weaker being under the fillet. At the end of the day I don't think it made any difference and it would have been a neater job to place them afterwards.

Gunwales, stems, skegs all taken down with this?

Gaboon is pretty flash for the Quick Canoe, but light weight is always nice!

So, Peter, why is a Taswegian in the Far North of Queensland? Just a winter thing?

MIK

PJ is actually a FNQer now living in Tassie but he wouldn't miss the Tinaroo Raid for anything.
He also has family in Cairns so it is a chance to catch up with them as well.

The boat is finished & we have had a beer while we watched the paint dry.

PJ is taking more photos.

It only has 2 coats of paint on the outside because a litre of paving paint is not enough to do 3 coats starting with bare ply on this tub.

I'll do another coat next week.

A litre of varnish was more than enough for 2 coats inside because it was sealed with the wood preserver first.

Tomorrow it goes onto the top of a car & then off to Tinaroo, we probley won't launch it til Saturday.

I am very happy with the result.

Day 6...

I spent most of it back on the bloody renos.

PJ was busy in the shed.... dicking around with the camera & making paddels waiting for the paint to dry.

In amongst the photos of the mess on the floor, bench, veranda, the broken block plane etc, you will see some pics of what we used on the boat & there are some pics of the oars he knocked up &,&,& you will also find some pics of the finished boat.

Can we please have a mod change the name of the thread again?

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Can we please have a mod change the name of the thread again?

Thanks Jeremy.... what were you doing up & about at 3am this morning?

Pretty good for a couple of old blokes out in the sticks.

Sorry I can't be there for the splash should be great fun and it does look great.