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

[glossieblack]

Thanks CpnCrunch. It's a satisfying way to build a small boat.

And thanks for your earlier comments Fuzz, Jeff and OQ.

Her shell weighs just under 21 lbs. Well called cape man and jonnymac.

Will be closer to 20lbs when her bow and stern transoms are trimmed down to their gracious designed curves.

I'm hoping that I can use a heat gun and scraper to clean up the internal epoxy joints.

[Fuzz]

Say it ain't so............an epoxy drip Need photos or it did not happen

[OrangeQuest]

Not only a good looking boat but amazing of the light weight. Very nice.

[cape man]

Oh hell yes! Good luck on the heat gun/scraper idea. Her lines are very nice. You should be able to make the 40lb or less goal with ease.

[Jeff]

Very nice GB!!! Jeff

[TomW1]

Beautiful little boat GB, I have been watching, but hard to type one handed after right shoulder replacement and thumb surgery two weeks ago. Really as always admire your craftsman ship.

Tom

[glossieblack]

Thanks Fuzz, OQ, cape man, Jeff and Tom.

I've been cleaning up the epoxy glue squeeze out along the overlapping joints of the planks, using a heat gun and a sharp chisel. It's going well. At the same time, I've been pondering how to fit her out.

Ian Oughtred's plans call for solid timber thwarts and floor boards.

I want to build her as light as possible, to increase the times I'll car-top her to row to and from Skinnydip and Great Sandy.

For the thwarts I'm thinking 4mm okume plywood skins glued both sides of a ladder frame of 1/2" square cedar, and for the floorboards 4mm okume plywood skins both sides of an okume 4mm ladder frame. Comment appreciated.

[cape man]

Instead of 1/2" cedar, would you save even more weight making a grid of 1/2" 4mm okume spaced 2 - 4" apart as the internal structure?

[BB Sig]

As always, masterfully done!

[glossieblack]

Thanks cape man and Barry.

Received an interesting call from a local legendary surfboard artisan, who unbeknown to me, has been a long term follower of this build thread. Small world.

He suggests that the lightest thwarts consistent with Feather Pram's aesthetic will be vacuum bagged 3-4mm okume skins over foam. He's invited me over to his shop to discus further over a bottle of red.

As I'm occasionally thirsty in the afternoon T, I'll bring one too.