Thanks so much to those of you who have chosen to follow this blog. We're having so much fun, it's nice to be able to share it with you. Thanks for your kind comments. If you have questions, the captain will be glad to answer them. I'm trying to get him to talk about what he's doing so I can put in as many quotes as possible! --Nancy

From Here...

To Here...

Was a long way.

You can still see the planks that formed the shell under the coating of sanding primer. These photos were taken as the hull really began to take shape, all the complex curves beginning to show up.

"The planks are only 1/16" thick and vary from 1/4" to 1/2" in width. I had to be extremely careful that they were fitted as closely as possible, because I couldn't sand them down very much - they're so thin. These planks are basswood. No balsa was used anywhere." RT


The boat is 40" long and 12" wide based on a scale of 3/8" = 1 foot. At this stage, it was sanded to 'true it up' . Since this photo, 9 coats of primer (with light sanding after each coat) have been applied.




Here it is after the waterline was cut in.
(The boat plans on the wall in the background here, are for another boat - a REAL boat, if you will, which the captain has designed.)

You can see how smooth the finish came out in this photo of the bow.