The Dagger Board

The varnished parts are looking good. Doing a build-up with high-gloss and will probably finish with two coats of satin.

Gunwales

I've decided to make up a three part cap-rail for the sheer. An outboard gunwale, an inboard rail and then a cap. May involve some steaming so I can bend the wood. We'll see.

Fitting the gunwales.

Starboard gunwale dryfit.

Starboard gunwale all glued on.

Inboard part of the cap rail all glued up.

Deck Framing

The foredeck framing is all in and sealed and the aft bulkhead has been placed. I decided to use mahogany for all the cleats and framework in the boat. Even though most people won't see those aspects of the finished boat I figured it would be nice to stay consistent. . . and you can't go wrong with mahogany.

Breaking the Mold- Skerrieskiff Week- 3

Well, I've got the outside of the hull where I want it. Time to flip her over. I was anxious to see how easliy she popped off the MDF molds. It only took two of us and at this point it only weighs around 125 lbs. No problems at all.

 

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.