Nautical fabrication

[RivennHewn]

Love keeping up with your progress!

Damn fine looking craft!

 

[royce]

Love keeping up with your progress!

Damn fine looking craft!

Right on Riv, thanks.

Royce

 

[jhn9840]

Looks as if she is getting close to her maiden voyage. I don’t believe you could buy anything as nice as that.

jhn9840
John

 

[LXCam]

As always it’s coming along great Royce. Any worries about the trailer floating on you?, that’s a lot wood.

 

[royce]

Looks as if she is getting close to her maiden voyage. I don’t believe you could buy anything as nice as that.

jhn9840
John

That is kind of you to say John, thank you.

Royce

 

[royce]

As always it’s coming along great Royce. Any worries about the trailer floating on you?, that’s a lot wood.

Thanks Cam,
No worries, having a polyethylene keel shoe, it should slide off the trailer without submerging much of it.

 

[LXCam]

Thanks Cam,
No worries, having a polyethylene keel shoe, it should slide off the trailer without submerging much of it.

I know better then to ever doubt a design choice you've made and implemented Royce, but I had to ask.

 

[royce]

Something about drilling a hole through the bottom of a boat, just don't set right!

 

[royce]

Today, started scraping and sanding all the snot and boogers off, in preparation for primer.

Royce

 

[MushCreek]

That's the worst part! I feel like I've been sanding on my boat for the last year.

 

[royce]

Interior sanded and flipped over to start scraping the outside

 

[RivennHewn]

Something about drilling a hole through the bottom of a boat, just don't set right!

One of my biggest phobias.

It’s not like you get a second chance to get it right.

 

[royce]

Exterior about sanded out.

Royce

 

[royce]

Big day, first coat of primer brushed on.

Royce

 

[rattle_snake]

Super nice as always Royce. Thanks for sharing.

 

[royce]

Super nice as always Royce. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Justin and it is my pleasure.

 

[nadogail]

Beautiful Work.

 

[royce]

Beautiful Work.

Thanks nadogail,

Got the second coat of epoxy primer on the boat, centerboard and rudder head today

Royce

 

[stinkity stoink]

i can’t believe how much you get done. I feel so lazy !!

 

[MushCreek]

What he said- I seem to spend two weeks sanding in between each coat.

 

[royce]

Got the third and final coat of primer on.
This finish will be far from perfect, bugs, cottonwood seeds, sags, ripples and brush marks.
It will look just fine at about 10' away, maybe 20' away !

Royce

 

[LXCam]

I don’t believe you Royce. That beauty looks like a piece of plastic from my view

 

[royce]

I don’t believe you Royce. That beauty looks like a piece of plastic from my view

You must have the 20' view!

Royce

 

[LXCam]

You must have the 20' view!

Royce

Well ive been told cell phones do wonders for your complexion.



But I still don’t believe you

 

[Baldewin]

Very few people if any will notice your perceived imperfections, besides a good portions of it is under water and the fish don't care. You have skills!

Got the third and final coat of primer on.
This finish will be far from perfect, bugs, cottonwood seeds, sags, ripples and brush marks.
It will look just fine at about 10' away, maybe 20' away !

Royce

 

[royce]

Very few people if any will notice your perceived imperfections, besides a good portions of it is under water and the fish don't care. You have skills!

That's so true Baldewin,
No one cares and the flaws are only noticed by tradesman.
The finish will be adequate for a dinghy out in the country.
Thanks

Royce

 

[WoodsTruck]

I keep seeing your mention of epoxy. I got some 2-part epoxy from a guy that had to do some work on his boat and had some left over. Used it on the floor of my sled trailer. Fortunately I had a long nap roller to induce some "white cap" action in the epoxy for some winter traction, hopefully. Hard as nails.

 

[royce]

I keep seeing your mention of epoxy. I got some 2-part epoxy from a guy that had to do some work on his boat and had some left over. Used it on the floor of my sled trailer. Fortunately I had a long nap roller to induce some "white cap" action in the epoxy for some winter traction, hopefully. Hard as nails.

Woods,
Bear in mind that epoxy is UV sensitive and needs to be painted if exposed to sun light.

 

[RivennHewn]

Got the third and final coat of primer on.
This finish will be far from perfect, bugs, cottonwood seeds, sags, ripples and brush marks.
It will look just fine at about 10' away, maybe 20' away !

Royce

Just be glad you don’t have a Newfound dog in your shop. The hair is enough to become a structural component in the epoxy

 

[WoodsTruck]

Woods,
Bear in mind that epoxy is UV sensitive and needs to be painted if exposed to sun light.

Thanks.

For the application, I'll just keep the doors shut when I'm not loading/unloading. Carbide on the skis would just chew the paint off the floor making it look worse than oxidized epoxy.

 

[PugetDude]

Got the third and final coat of primer on.
This finish will be far from perfect, bugs, cottonwood seeds, sags, ripples and brush marks.
It will look just fine at about 10' away, maybe 20' away !

Royce

Old finish carpenter once told me-
“We’re not striving for perfection, just the illusion of perfection “

 

[royce]

Old finish carpenter once told me-
“We’re not striving for perfection, just the illusion of perfection “

Puget,
I have read that the gods frown on perfection, I'm doing my part to keep them at ease!

First coat of color on and will get a second, before the day is out.

Royce

 

[royce]

First coat on rudder head and centerboard, second coat on the hull.

Royce

 

[PugetDude]

Looks like perfection from here, Royce.

 

[royce]

Permanently bedded and fastened the polyethylene keel shoe and copper stem shoe.

Landed and drilled for a couple line chocks up at the bow.

The tarnished copper and the bronze chocks sure looks fine, against the cream colored paint, to my eye anyhow.

Got her rolled over and started prepping the insides for primer.

Royce

 

[royce]

1st coat of primer on the insides.

Royce

 

[WoodsTruck]

The museum has got be excited to get that beauty delivered.
You aren't actually going to put that thing in the water are you?

 

[royce]

The museum has got be excited to get that beauty delivered.
You aren't actually going to put that thing in the water are you?

Thanks Woods and hell yea, she's going in the water as soon as possible!

Got the second coat of primer on the insides and oiled the thwarts, today.
Should get some color on it tomorrow.

Royce

 

[MushCreek]

What kind of oil are you using on your thwarts? I'm planning to oil my floorboards.

 

[royce]

What kind of oil are you using on your thwarts? I'm planning to oil my floorboards.

I used linseed oil, only because it was on hand.
I would recommend true tongue oil, not the blended stuff.

Royce