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    To amateur, mtaylor, dgbot, and harvey1847, thank you. Thank you for the information. I am cutting the frames into pieces and yes, I am adding the chocks in between the frames. Marc
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    How does it save on wood? On the Utrecht it is a frame cut in pieces and then glued together. I understand if it is stronger 'if' the frame is of 2 layers, so several futtocks like the cross section of the Syren (as seen on your build). I am planning to saw the frames as McArdle suggests. So not exact on the line. So rough cut. Then when all the frames a glued together I will sand it all in shape. Nothing is exact, just look at pictures when they build an actual replica. Marc
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    This boat will be built from ready pre-cut wood as I do not have the equipment to create a plank from a large piece of wood. I have some very knowledgeable people in my Nautical club and they have given me numerous suggestion what wood I can use for what part of the boat. I am finishing up taping the frames to the wood. So I do have a question: If you build a POF, why cut the frames up into futtocks (sp) and then plank both the outside and the inside of the boat and add a deck? Is it a sawing exercise?
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    All frames and templates copied and cut out ready to be taped to wood.
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    Hi there; This is my first scratch built. I’ve thought long and hard about it and the last kit (HMS Bounty – Constructo) I built, I changed numerous items as they were not accurate to that year it was built. So if I can do that, I can build a boat where I am in complete control. I decided on the Statenjacht “Utrecht”, because I love the lines from (plat bodems) flat bottom boats. I bought the book on the Utrecht from Seawatch books a while back because I am interested on how they built the replica. In the late 80’s I had a friend who worked as a volunteer carpenter on the Batavia replica in Lelystad, The Netherlands and I was with the amount of wood that went into building that boat. This year I purchased another book on the Utrecht authored by Gilbert McArdle, also from Seawatch books. This gave me insights on how to build the boat. I will not build it the way he did it. I will not do a “no deck boat” where you can see the interior. My plan is add a deck with cannons and all the deck items, sails and all the rigging. I am getting ahead of myself as I still have to finish "The Royal Yacht Mary". I started by copying all the frames and taping them with clear packing tape on the basswood. The reason of the packing tape is that this tape will lubricate the saw blade at all times and the use of basswood is that this wood is cheap and once the deck is on you will never see it.
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    Here are some pictures of the rope coils on deck. I learned later on that the rope is a bit to large in diameter to the scale of the boat. I will correct this in my next boat.
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    Several pictures of what I have presently finished and the next installments will be the masts. My neighbor has hemmed and stitched the sails and all there is left to do is to dye them brown. She did an excellent job on the sails of the Bounty. It is something I have to do myself one of these days.
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    Rope coils added onto the deck.
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    Rope coils being created.
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    Paint job is before I cleaned it up and got the line more even. Here is the completed boat with the cannons and the leeboards.
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    Putting cannons together and tying them on to the deck.
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    Rings for cannons added. This is not part of the original instructions.
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    Making rings for rope work on cannons.
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    Drawing the water line.
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    I did not like the bits so I redid then in walnut. Did some comparing of different yachts of different era's.
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    Creating the leeboards. For the modelers that do not what a leeboard is, the following is an explanation. A leeboard is a lifting foil used by a sailboat, much like a centerboard, but located on the leeward side of the boat. The leeward side is used so that the leeboard is not lifted from the water when the boat heels, or leans under the force of the wind.
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    Most of the gold painted ornaments are glued and nailed on the Mary.
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    Different views of the boat.
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    Railing completed as well as the hull, deck and started on the cabin. The parts on that is soft metal.
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    Here I am creating the railing consisting of 1mm x 1mm x 10mm bass wood and walnut. It was soaked and then with my finger nails I bend it in place, added nails on the traced drawing and let it dry for a couple of days.
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    deck planking and second planking layer.
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    Looks like sometimes the pictures are posted not in order even though when I look in the thumbnail view they are. Here is the second layer of hull planking.
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    The following pictures are the contents of the box. Drawing of the boat itself. Several pictures of the 1st planking layer of basswood and the second layer of walnut planking.

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