FrankWouts

On 8/5/2023 at 3:43 PM, Chuck said:

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!  You should be so happy with those results.  

Thank you Chuck. Yes, I’m very, very pleased and happy with this rewarding result after roughly 8 months. Though one also starts to love planking with the smell of the hot travel iron on those yellow cedar planks with many iterations of gently bending and fitting…

But, again, all thanks to your clear instructions, both on paper and YouTube!

And yet again in the Speedwell build log, such a pleasure to read and watch ahead on my iPad in the evening and again so inspiring….

Thanks! 
Frank.

Finally, after 8 months of planking, I reached the last plank….

Cheers!!!

Frank.

Very beautiful, crisp, precise and clean work again Mike. Again an inspirational & reference build log for our own build of Speedwell in the future! Keep up your high level of standards admired by and an inspiration for us all.

Frank.

Superb job on those rings and hinges Edward, you must have been a blacksmith in your former life!

Frank.

On 7/3/2023 at 5:03 PM, BubbleHead said:

As you can  see what a mess. I sanded through at the stern, there's a hole at the bow which I didn't see untell l I sanded. Gaps everywhere. The dry fit would be good but when I added the it seemed not to fit right. I think it was part me and part medium supper glue I used. I think next time I will try thin supper glue if it doesn't run all over the place. The big problem is on the bottom which is a grate mess it looks like only two or three planks.  The line out looked good but I didn't follow the game plan. I think because in the lining off none of the planks were 1/4" wide so as I was planking I changed it dumb.

Anyway I"m moveing with the build and I will follow the game plan the next time and use thin supper glue or ti bond and wate.

TJ

Hi Tom,
That's why I refuse to use superglue and still use old fashioned PVA wood glue... Although it takes me months more to plank the hull,I won't make a mess as is my experience with superglue.
No need sanding PVA glue away, simply rub it away with a moist cotton swap...any residu that's still left can be sanded away, with FINE GRIT sandpaper...
Perhaps it's possible to chisel away the effected planks and replace them?
I did so as well one or two times with planks that weren't to my liking, though at a very early stage, almost immediately after planking them and noticing they weren't in the correct line or path...

Frank.
 

Wow Steve, that's looking impressively good! Very beautiful and hard work!
Can't wait to see her finished!
Frank.

Nice progress and a solid repair: looking good Gary!

Frank.

Congratulations Don!

She’s really a beauty!

Frank.

Beautiful start and very well executed. 
Frank.

Again a truly wonderful beauty and masterpiece with such cleaver design features Chuck!
Again!

Frank.

Really nice stove Glenn, makes me feel hungry again....
Frank.

Thanks Edward, Don and Fred and the likes!
Almost finished now, I'll post new pictures soon.

Frank.

Thanks all, and the likes!

I hope to be posting final planking pictures soon…😅🥃

Hi all, just a small update to let you all know I’m also still at it! Though I don’t have much free building time, I’m almost there with planking the hull. Just another week or week or two of fanatic but precise planking before the whisky plank…

Frank.

Beautiful and ambitious project JJ!

I'll be following with great interest.

It will be hard to choose what will be my next after I finished Winchelsea....
Frank.

Great, beautiful work and another very fine example to follow and being inspired...again...

Frank.

That's looking really good and beautiful Glenn! Well done!
Frank.

Beautiful and gorgious work to admire JJ, scrolling back again and again to admire the warm tones, clean lines and crisp details!

Frank.

Absolutely beautiful and skilled work Matthias!

Frank.

Nice solutions Steve!
Frank.

Looking good Tom, no need to start a new one, please keep going on this one and updating us!
Frank.

Welcome Bill!

Looking foward to following your build as well!

Frank.

Hi Jim,

That's a very nice and clean build, simply beautiful and well executed!
I'll follow your build for sure!

Frank.

Congratulations Rusty, outstanding work, build quality and very skilled work of the warmest coloured Winchelsea in the whole group build!
Frank.

On 5/2/2023 at 5:29 AM, glbarlow said:

I have the hardest time understanding how any could sit on those seats on the pitching ocean.  How many went overboard I wonder. 
 

Really fun to see all this great work, and a bit sad knowing it’s coming to an end for you. Whatever adjustment you made certainly isn’t noticeable, it’s all so very crisp and detailed. 

Pitching, and slippery...but there were lots of ropes to hold on to...luckily...😉
Frank.