FL14 (in Texas) - FINISHED!

[rjezuit]

Rick says Baba's overwhelmed with obsessive boat building and is no longer a third person, but one with his craft. Rick

[ks8]

truth be told... boat building helps you find, and lose your third person!

[baba101]

Just trying to keep my post interesting...so the experts continue to read and comment...

Baba is back....!

[rjezuit]

Baba you are doing a great job. I look forward to your posts and progress. Rick

[bredstein]

OK, my speculations were correct. I glued new blocks, this time 6'', and put a tape from the other side:


And it worked - my great-super-home-depot-plywood didn't crack this time! So I installed the frame and the transom.


Drilled more holes and stitched the rest of the frames. I read somewhere online that it is better to connect sides and bottom/transom in such a way that they just slightly touch each other on the edges. So I used pencils and could reserve room for fillets outside.

[baba101]

Looking good buddy....

[ks8]

Bredstein, (and Baba -edited (thanks Mike- oops)), you're both bringing back fond memories as the hull(s) takes shape. Enjoy these days of quick progress and shaping up.

So Bredstein, do you think you'll 6 oz the entire hull to help it last longer? It will be easier and quicker than it was on my CV16, and it will certainly stop any checking with big box exterior fir plywood, but it will also add some weight from the extra $$ cha-ching epoxy. ks is glad he did. All checking stopped in its tracks, everywhere. But I need another person to lift the boat around on its cradle now, where earlier it was a one man one arm job, even with the outer sheathing.

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[Mike Adams]

Guys, maybe I'm having a senior moment, but I'm confused as to just whose thread this is! Both Rick and KS seem to be directing their comments to Baba - I thought it was Bredstein's (Austin, TX), not Baba's (Toronto, Canada) but maybe I'm getting mixed up here.

Anyway, whichever of you it is, you're doing a good job and as KS says, it brings back memories!
Mike

[lncc63]

Read about the cracked butt blocks, seemed strange since it looks like Berdstein is using very nice plywood and the curve is not that drastic. Could it have been because there was no glue between the joined panels themselves?

[lncc63]

Read about the cracked butt blocks, seemed strange since it looks like Berdstein is using very nice plywood and the curve is not that drastic. Could it have been because there was no glue between the joined panels themselves?