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 Posted on April 8th,2010The skin-on-frame outrigger canoe has been coming together in the last week or so. The pieces I formed over the winter months were ready for the keel,which got all its rib mortises. With a first coat of linseed oil on,I began tying the major structural elements together. The arrival of spring is clearly [...]  Posted on February 18th,2010I believe I have mentioned that I work in sub-optimal conditions for a boat-builder,even one focusing on small craft. Our house is modest and my workshop is in the basement,overrun by stuff in storage. I count on being able to work outside,but this gloriously snowy winter (yes,I said “gloriously”–snow [...] Posted on January 19th,2010So we went back to the drawing board for a bit on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project,as we noted last month. It was a productive venture –we made some improvements,got a lot of problems solved,and got some useful planning in. We confess,though,that we were eager to get back into [...] Category:Boatbuilding,Skin-on-frame Outrigger Canoe (2010) |  Tags:keel,scarfs,skin on frame,stem |  2 comments |  Trackback this Post Posted on August 5th,2007At the beginning of Howard Chapelle’s seminal tome Boatbuilding,there is a 4-page introduction in which Chapelle goes through the entire building process at a 10,000′level. After talking through getting out molds,cutting the rabbet,and installing deck beams,Chapelle devotes the final paragraph to a subject that one must assume is of equal [...] Posted on July 12th,2007Voila,the seats are ready. I have been working on them at night or during glue cures,and they have come along well. Here is the middle one. The plans specify cut-outs on the ends of the seats;I added my own flavor of these cut-outs. I have also installed both chine logs,and [...] | ||
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