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Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects March 11, 2016
When you have a video that’s not too exciting, there are a couple ways to make it interesting. You can have a cute silly animal in it, or speed it up to make it look like an old silent comedy. Let’s just say I didn’t have any animals available. Here’s two hours of painting in […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects February 26, 2016
Much of the work in a boat shop isn’t very flashy, but it’s just as important as the cool woodwork that we get to do. Here’s a video of prepping some floor board supports of a small daysailer for painting. While scraping and sanding parts like these, I check them over for damage and fasteners […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects February 5, 2016
I’m currently caulking the opposite side of the 12 1/2 daysailer. I’ve already written about that, so I thought I’d start highlighting some projects, past and present, to give a bit more info and/or history of the boats, and what work was performed on them. Since I’m working on the 12 1/2, I’ll start with […]
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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Uncategorized January 22, 2016
The local public radio station said we might have a Thundersnow this weekend. I’d never heard of such a thing, but I’m kinda looking forward to it… whatever it is. We are expecting a bit of snow this weekend, and everyone has their eggs, milk, and T.P. judging from the empty shelves at the store. […]
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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools January 15, 2016
I have a local catboat, in the shop, built by Maynard Lowery of Tilghman Island. It’s an interesting boat because it’s hard chine with lapstrake topsides and carvel bottom. It’s also interesting because it doesn’t have a keel rabbet. A keel rabbet is just a small ‘landing’ for the first bottom plank to land on. […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Woodworking December 11, 2015
I’ve posted before about clamping because, in wooden boat work, you’re always trying to clamp things that aren’t straight, flat, or square. This week’s clamping challenge was a garboard plank on the 12 1/2 I’m restoring. The first plank was easy because it’s twin, on the other side, wasn’t installed yet and I could get […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects November 13, 2015
I just received some new bronze hardware for the Herreshoff 12 1/2 in the shop for restoration. It comes from JM Reineck & Son foundry in Massachusetts. It pretty much resembles jewelry. We have some bronze blocks with ball bearing sheaves that aren’t pictured. The owner has them probably because he wants to touch them […]
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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Uncategorized / Woodworking October 30, 2015
I’ve been working on the restoration of this nice little Penguin class sailboat when I can. Since she’s made of stable plywood, I’m adding a layer of fiberglass and epoxy to make a nice hard candy shell on the boat. This will essentially waterproof it, give it some abrasion resistance, and maybe strengthen it up […]
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Traditional plank on frame, smooth skin, boats usually have what we call “caulked seams”. This means that where two planks meet, there is a small ‘V’ shaped groove that gets stuffed with strands of cotton to help ensure a water tight seal, a good thing to have when you’re offshore. This cotton can also strengthen […]
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Restoration / Steaming / Uncategorized / Woodworking October 2, 2015
I’m not going to eat steamed veggies on a Friday, no way, but how about some delicious mahogany. I first learned of steaming wood in plastic bags in a Runabout restoration book years ago. I thought that author had a lot of “out there” ideas about boat work, but this one is pretty good. If you […]