A Slow Boat To Nowhere

algale · Post by **algale** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:12 pm

It has been a looong time since I started this project last fall. After getting the strongback and stations cut and the strips milled I got stopped by a series of things that I won't bother folks with. But I have picked it up again and started laying strips. It is starting to look vaguely canoe like![ATTACH]25789[/ATTACH]

rjent · Post by **rjent** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:27 am

algale wrote:It has been a looong time since I started this project last fall. After getting the strongback and stations cut and the strips milled I got stopped by a series of things that I won't bother folks with. But I have picked it up again and started laying strips. It is starting to look vaguely canoe like![ATTACH]25789[/ATTACH]

Looks like a great start! Making a beautiful wood canoe is one thing I have always wanted to do. I built a ski boat with twin 4 cly mercury's on it back in the 60's when I was in HS. Worked great and had a blast with her until we ran her aground and punched a hole in her hull. You are only a teenager once ... thank God!

algale · Post by **algale** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:10 pm

A little more progress has been made on the slow boat.
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edflorence · Post by **edflorence** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:22 pm

Looking good! Please do post pictures when you get to the "filling in the football" part of the hull. That is the most interesting part of the project to me.

shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:38 pm

Looking good.
Time isn't important.
Enjoying time is important.
It looks to me like you are enjoying the build so have at it. :-)

algale · Post by **algale** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:40 pm

Ed: I'll take some photos of the football when I get there. I know that's the most difficult part to strip.

Paul: Yup, it is fun and a little addictive to finally be building my first boat. Massive time absorber, though, for such a little canoe (16' long by 36" in the beam). I can't imagine how long it must take to build something bigger.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 1:40 am

algale wrote:Ed: I'll take some photos of the football when I get there. I know that's the most difficult part to strip.

Paul: Yup, it is fun and a little addictive to finally be building my first boat. Massive time absorber, though, for such a little canoe (16' long by 36" in the beam). I can't imagine how long it must take to build something bigger.

Bigger boats, wider strips.

algale · Post by **algale** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:29 pm

I'm having problems with the slow boat. At certain forms if I drive the strip flush to the form I am getting a dip at the form and the strip no longer makes a fair line. This does not happen on both sides of any given form and it is a problem on one side towards the bow on the other side one towards the stern. To minimize the problem I am letting the strip float about 1/8th of an inch above the form in some spots. I guess I will just soldier on and try to sand out as much of the dip/hump as possible when I fair the hull. My concern is that the strips will not meet along the center line towards the bow and stern.

Here's a sample.
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beatnik · Post by **beatnik** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 3:31 pm

Could you use band clamps or tie down straps to help hold those in place ?

algale · Post by **algale** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:17 pm

beatnik wrote:Could you use band clamps or tie down straps to help hold those in place ?

That may be part of the solution. I have cranked the strips down tighter to the forms and while this creates a "bulge" between the forms, if I push down with a finger midway between the forms, the "bulge" evens out into a more fair line. When I lay the next strip I will see if a tie down fixes the problem.

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