KeithAug

The use of the wooden cloths pegs made me smile. The build is coming along rather well.

Very impressive build.

Pat - I am probably going to do a bit of experimenting before I reach a decision. I have a couple criteria of choice. Avoids expensive new machinery and skills - e.g. prnters Accuracy of duplication - identical mirror image on both sides. I have been reading up on photo etch but at the moment it looks a bit messy for my liking.

Keith, the engine is elegantly simple. Presumably not very fuel efficient but I bet maintenance and fault finding was a dream.

Wonderful to see this build back after a long absence. Good to see your skills have not suffered as a result of the layoff.

Richard - Not an option Im afraid. I come from a long line of luddites.

Not a great plan for a national treasure, but better than rotting away in the boat yard I suppose.

I love the realism of the construction Andy. Flipping between the model and the full size build it is easy to lose track of which is which.

Great progress John - everything looking very smart.

Thank you Glen, Rick and John. And thanks to everyone for the likes. Richard - I don't know yet. I keep looking at it, worrying and putting it to the back of my mind. I guess I'll do a trawl of techniques from other build logs and then decide what my skill set will accommodate.

So here goes with an update of the weekends work prior to a journey round the country visiting friends and family. In pursuit of my strange plan (to do everything in reverse order) I move on to the keel. I started at the bow where the keel wraps around to become the stem. I considered making this section as a series of shaped and end jointed planks but in the end decided to lay it up from layered strips. To start I printed off the bow profile and glued it to a piece of .160" thick ply. I then cut out the shape of the bow to create a template. This was offering up to the hull to check for accuracy of fit. The profile of the hull and of the template was then adjusted to eliminate any gaps. This wasn't the end of the process because what I needed was a template of the shape of the hull. To complete the exercise what I needed to do was manufacture the matching template of the shape of the stem. Once this was produced I taped the edge of the template with masking tape (red arrow) before nailing it down to a piece of MDF covered with glue resistant tape (blue arrow). I then cut 5 mahogany strips .05" thick by .140" wide. The final width was 0.1" and the .140" allowed plenty of room for final sizing. I then glued the first 2 planks and held them against the template with notice board pins, before allowing the glue to dry. I proceeded to add the remaining 3 planks. Once the glue was dry I removed the pins and slipped the stem off the template. The stem was then sanded both sided down to a thickness of .100" There was a bit of flex back in the finished stem so the fit was marginally off. I decided that there was enough flexibility in the stem piece to spring and hold it place for attachment. To give the stem (and keel) additional strength I decided to pin it in place with .062" brass dowel pins. The stem (and keel) pieces were drilled at 2" centres to take the pins. The stem was then glued in place with PVA glue while being held tightly in place with elastic bands and pins. The blue masking tape is to prevent the PVA spreading on to the finish sanded hull. The green arrow is pointing at one of the pins left excessively long to act as a sighting guide to aligned the stem central to the keel. Once dry the pins were filed back to their finished length. The keel was then attached. The red arrow is pointing at a piece of wood with a slot cut to fit tight over the keel piece. This together with a spirit level allowed the keel to be attached / pinned truly vertical. That is the whole keel attached with the exception of a short length immediately in front of the skeg. This will be fitted once the skeg is glued in place. And so off on our travels we go.

Thank you so much Rick. Every little bit of detail just adds another layer of interest. Is she actually sold?

I also found a video so here are some fairly poor images of the "parking" pole.

Roel - yes it is all becoming clear. The step is on the starboard side amidships ( somewhat further aft than the feature in question ). Also the step brackets have two horizontal pivot lugs whereas the feature I was looking at only has one vertical pivot lug. The bonus from this investigation is that I now know where the step (and the gate in the guard rail) is. Finally here is a picture of what may be the boom laid on the deck adjacent to the feature in question. It seems to have an end fitting that would fit nicely into the vertical lug on the bulwark feature. The evidence does seem to be stacking up doesn't it Steve. Yes Phil, and if you imagine very hard you can see a line led forward from the outboard end of the pole, presumably to swing it out and then hold it in place. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

Keith - thank you for the clarification. This is the first time I had understood that ..........................................................................................................I thought the bow was the other end!😲

I think you both may be showing your age.😁

Rather a messy picture, but is that a pole attached to it? It might be a false memory but haven't I seen something like this arrangement in another build log, with ships boats being tied to a pole and trailed out to one side (or am I just going mad?).

Sorry Tom I should have been clearer. I'm referring to the oval feature above the rubbing strip. John - there are other views but all are less distinct than this one. Michael - it seems to stick out, but other than that I can't see much detail. Roel - I agree it does look like one of those but they are usually attached to the grating itself and not the hull. Also as you say there is only one and it doesn't seem to be positioned adjacent to a gate in the guard rail. Not sure about that glen. A captain clever enough to ensure that he touched the dock at that particular point would probably be clever enough to avoid the collision. Seems a bit vulnerable Pat. As you say it would probably be better to have it on deck. Interesting Keith - but why only on one side? Yves, they are usually on deck, but anything is possible. It is on the port side but it would be tricky if Cangarda moored on her starboard side. It doesn't seem to have been present when she was rolled out of the builders yard:- Its a mystery! It does seem to be some sort of bracket in this picture:-

I wonder if any of you have any ideas about what this might be. As best as I can tell it only exists on the port side.

She is probably a bit reluctant to travel given the threat of amputation.

It must have been a major messing about - 9 months. Hull looking very good.

The dog on floor training seems to be going badly! Poor doggy on right seems to have had surgery🙁.

It was maybe 4 or 5 in reality.

Kevin - I lived near Dundee 20 years ago, but now live in West Sussex (Wisborough Green) . Are you stalking me? 🙂

That should inspire someone to have a go George. Thank you for posting.