Skerrieskiff- Week 3

This week I got the dagger board case and rudder blanks all glued up. The mahogany I'm working with has some beautiful grain patterns in it. Once I get a few more coats of varnish on these pieces they're going to look great!

Gluing up the dagger board case sides.

Hand shaped mahogany dagger board.

Gluing up rudder blank to be shaped later.

Iain Oughtred Skerrieskiff -Week 2

I used a plane to shave down the bottoms of the garboard strakes. That gets me nice and close so I can use a hard block and 120 grit sandpaper to finish off the bottom. It just feels like you have more control than when using a powerplane.

Fairing the bottom.

Old Faithful.

Epoxy fillet where the sheer strake overlaps the garboard.

Iain Oughtred Skerrieskiff - Week 2

Sheer strake glued on.



Iain Oughtred Skerrieskiff 15' - Week 1

The port garboard strake is on. Using prop sticks from the ceiling means no fasteners required. Just wood and epoxy. . . and eventually some paint.

               



Iain Oughtred's Skerrieskiff 15' - Week 1

I've really enjoyed laminating and shaping the parts and pieces - it gives me a nice chance to get out my planes and spokeshave. Mahogany is a great wood to work with. Check out how rich it looks in the photos once it's varnished.

Fore and aft stems laminated and sealed.



Garboard strakes all sealed.

Finished tiller.

Another angle of the tiller.

Iain Oughtred's Skerrieskiff 15' - week 1

The Skerrieskiff is a 15' double-ended wooden sailboat.  It will have a 60 square foot lug sail and I plan to trim out the interior in mahogany.  The finished boat should weigh under 200 lbs (not including sails and mast).  Here are a few photos from the first week of construction.

Gluing bottom scarf joint.



Laminating the tiller.




Sealed bottom plank.




Shaping the tiller.




Checking the molds.