ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Nice adjustment!
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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That is a beauty GB!!! Jeff

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Thanks cape man and Jeff. :D

Mid afternoon the sky turned dark blue grey, and a forecasted severe storm was clearly imminent. So I've pulled the pin on gluing in port #5 plank today.

I've just about finished fine tuning the shape and fit of port #5. The pic shows how the wooden clamps and wedges assist the trial and error dry fitting process.

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Skinny Dip is moored safely? :help:
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Step by step you are making progress :D Is there any chance we can get a photo from the side also?

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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cape man wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:05 am Skinny Dip is moored safely? :help:
I went to let out more chain from her the morning the two day storm was heading our way, only to find some bastard had stolen the oars from Great Sandy's RIB tender I store on the bank to get to Skinnydip. So I swam out to her, hauled my aging arse over the side, and let out an extra 20' of chain. With a total of 40' plus out in 5-7' feet of water, and a 35lb Manson Supreme anchor, she'd ride out a cyclone. I slept well through both nights of wild storms, and checked her this morning. Looking happy as though nothing happened. :D '
Fuzz wrote: Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:02 pm Step by step you are making progress :D Is there any chance we can get a photo from the side also?
First pic is of completed starboard planking #1 to #5. Second pic, taken this afternoon, is of port #5 plank glued in.

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Just beautiful,
From the side I can see exactly how your temporary frames are mounted and it gives me advise for the MI Bateau Boat plan which I have not completely discarded yet because my six sheets of 4 mm top quality Okoume plywood are waiting in the loft of my house already very long.
Build on and show us sailors who are condemned to Winter hibernation that there is progress on your side in sunny boat building weather.
Greetings from Karl
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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I went to let out more chain from her the morning the two day storm was heading our way, only to find some bastard had stolen the oars from Great Sandy's RIB tender I store on the bank to get to Skinnydip.
That's what keel hauling is for!
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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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It well and truly sucks that you guys have the same problems as the rest of us. As CapeMan says keel hauling is too good for them.
Thanks for the side view picture. This gives a better perspective of your project. This is great to see how it is done.

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Re: ST21 'Skinnydip' build, and boating adventures, Noosa, Australia

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Thanks Karl, hope you proceed with MI 12. If I could figure out how to build one using glued plywood lapstrake like Feather Pram, but with rounded chine/soft bilges instead of MI 12's flat bottom and hard chine, I'd be in.

Agree cape man and Fuzz re keel hauling. I've advised a certain person that the oars need to re-appear. :?

Eleven planks done on Feather Pram, four to go. :D

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