| Das Boot
for those windless, waveless days
modified "Wee Lassie", 11 1/2ft canoe, built of
bead & cove Western Red Cedar, with Ash gunwale, laminated Mahogany
stems & coamings
Pickled with Smith & Co penetrating Epoxy,
glassed over inside & out with 4oz cloth in Fiberglass Hawaii Aluzine
Epoxy, protected from UV with 4-6 coats of Flagship varnish. Finished
weight 23.2#
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temp frames set up on strongback
laminating inner stems |
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strip-planking has reached the tricky point of
maximum twist - persuasion was needed here with the heat gun |
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to avoid nail or screw holes, I generated glue
pressure for laminated outer stems with string and bungee |
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which worked fine - those are (8) strips of
Mahogany, making up that outer stem |
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planks running into the keel on mid-bottom,
fitted one at a time |
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all faired, doused with penetrating Epoxy, and
glassed over |
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hull lifted off the temp frames, weighing in at
14.5# |
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inner & outer gunwales being Epoxied to the
rails |
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coamings for the decks laminated from Mahogany |
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foredeck planking running into the stem
observe the ingenious towing eye |
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forward deck complete & glassed over, caned seat
in place, aft deck under way |
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the "Whiskey Plank", the very last plank to be
added (the biddy piece just to the right of the feature strip) |
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the third of 5 coats of varnish going onto the
hull (this was just before the moth came along..) |
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all shiny inside & out
"Sanssouci"
"no worries" |
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launch day |
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she floats!! |
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maiden voyage: French Gulch |
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