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Boat Projects / New Boat / New Construction / Non boat projects / Pelican / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Woodworking March 18, 2016
READ MOREI hope everyone had a good St. Patrick’s day! I didn’t wear green, but I did have an extra helping of ‘spirits’ to mark the occasion. The owners of the Pelican new build stopped by for a visit the other day. I had actually only communicated with them through email up until now, so it […]
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Boat Projects / New Construction / Pelican / Sail & Row Boat Projects March 4, 2016
READ MOREWe woke up to some white stuff on the ground, and in the air, this morning. Very pretty, but a bit much for March. Anyway, I slid into the shop and did some work on the San Francisco Pelican new build. The project is really starting to shape up and look very boat like. I’ve installed […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects February 26, 2016
READ MOREMuch 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
READ MOREI’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 / Power Boat Projects / Tools January 29, 2016
READ MOREThe Atkins launch I have in the shop has a small leak somewhere in the shaft log area. Since I built the boat, I know the bronze log was bedded in 5200 caulk so it shouldn’t have leaked, but water is very tenacious and usually wins that war. So, the owner and I decided to […]
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Boat Projects / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Uncategorized January 22, 2016
READ MOREThe 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
READ MOREI 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 / Chuck Paine / Sail & Row Boat Projects December 20, 2015
READ MOREVintage traditional boats often had raw wood decks that had a natural no slip effect even when wet. Nowadays, we put a non-skid texture on surfaces that could be dangerous when wet. It can be molded in the surface on fiberglass boats, or added to the paint on modern wooden boats. For the Chuck Paine […]
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Boat Projects / Herreshoff 12 1/2 / Restoration / Sail & Row Boat Projects / Tools / Woodworking December 11, 2015
READ MOREI’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
READ MOREI 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 […]
