Decking now complete apart from rounding off the deck edges. A light coloured wood to show off the lines to best advantage is being sourced. Sycamore the first choice if I can find some straight grained and clean. The tinted grey acrylic windscreen has been ordered from a local plastics company and will be made to slot into support knees and a scuttle batten laid on the deck.
The gunnels like many other parts were screwed while the glue set and the screws later removed to be replaced with wooden dowels. Being somewhat obsessive about some of the minor details you might say that this build has been an indulgence. I see it more of an enjoyment and pleasurable pastime.
Connecting up the controls including the steering cable together with electrics will be the next job. The Honda outboard then to be tested by the outboard motor shop as part of their PDI check and my electrics installation double checked.
Only then shall I shall be ready to launch with the road trailer adjusted to fit the hull. A couple more roller supports required to take the load from closer to the transom.
As the project comes near completion you may be interested to know that somewhere in the region of 750 hours has been spent. The design has deviated along the road from the three or four sheets of A4 sketches and a more pleasing deck line emerged more by accident than design. If you asked me for the plans I would have to get one of those laser 3D scanner devices to accurately measure her up. Appearances are a little deceptive from the photos here. There are very few straight lines or flat areas. Wearing glasses, as I do for close up work , the shapes can somehow get distorted too, and I often found myself looking down a piece of straight wood only for it to appear to have a pronounced bend to one side or the other.
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Waiting for some Sycamore white wood to trim the edges |
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Hardwood cleats not yet screwed down |
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After varnishing the Mahogany will take on a richer and darker tone |
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Looking forward to adding the grey tinted windscreen |
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