Wooden Boat Building at the Silva Bay Shipyard School
April 2, 2007 | Comments Off | Wooden Boat Building 2006/07
Silva Bay Shipyard School - Trim
Things are moving pretty quickly under the 10 hour day rule. Here the deck is painted (Bristol Beige) the coaming is in and being glued up , the rub rails are on and the coaming trim is installed.
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March 2, 2007 | Comments Off | Wooden Boat Building 2006/07
Silva Bay Shipyard School - Spars coming out
David has been working on the mast – 16 sides in this picture! All hand planed!
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February 2, 2007 | Comments Off | Wooden Boat Building 2006/07
Silva Bay Shipyard School - Fairing the hull
The boat is finally planked! Whiskey all around. Trevor graciously provided the drink for the whiskey plank. This shot is after the edges have been planed off the planks and the fairing of the hull begins.
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January 6, 2007 | Comments Off | Wooden Boat Building 2006/07
Garboard and Broadstrake installed
Here is the garboard and broadstrake installed with silicon bronze screws. The orange paint is red lead primer – which will help prevent rot. Planking will continue for at least 2 weeks and then we can start fairing the hull.
