Paul Le Wol

Jacques, a very interesting read and some very interesting design changes!

Taubman’s Plan Service has them at taubmansonline.com. They are in the Rochester NY area

Craig, absolutely beautiful!

Hi druxey, thank you very much for your Comment!

Hi Phil, I did start hooding the planks too early. The next plank was going to be the one that is nibbed into the margin plank. I should change the first two hooded planks to regular planks. Thank you for pointing this out 👍

Yves, thank you so much for your support!

Hi Steve, thank you for posting the photo of your beautiful Willapa. I hope to see more. I had noticed the metal attached to the corners in Phil’s photos but for some reason I thought that they were added when she became a museum ship. I appreciate the information about the hardwood corners. There may be a few things that I let slide but overall I will try to be accurate. ( something I am not known for 😀) . Thank you so much for your Comment, I appreciate it very much!

Hi Keith, thank you for your kind words.

Gentlemen, thank you for your generous comments. They mean a lot to me!

Hi Everyone, hope you are all doing fine. Thanks to all for the Comments and Likes! This update starts with the making of the waterways for the foc'sle deck. They were cut from a sheet of 1/16" AYC and sanded to shape. The coamings are made by layering three 1/16" x 3/16" strips. The waterways were scribed to show where the center plank is located and pins were placed to support it while it was attached with CA. The outer plank was glued to the center plank and the waterway with white PVA The inner planks were glued to the center planks and the waterways also with PVA. The thickness of the inner plank was tapered to 1/32" because the coaming gets narrower towards the aft end. I made a sanding stick long enough to span the deck and sanded the tops smooth The coaming across the aft edge of the deck was installed and after some sanding it went to the paint booth The deck planking was laid out to where it stops at the pad for the anchor winch. The 18" x 18" bitt slides into the hole that was left in the bulkhead former The planking from the winch pad aft and the forward planking didn't match in width so the next planks on either side of the pad needed a width adjustment. The smaller bitts port and starboard were the next obstacles. A small pad was glued to the bottom of these bitts to to help them sit vertically when they are glued to the horizontal bulkhead spacer just below the subdeck The last planks go and get all fancy. They will be covered in the next update Hope to see you then

Kevin, Mike and yourself did a great interview. Thank you

Jacques, it’s nice the way that you’re refining your modifications on the fly. Fun to watch.

Siggi, congratulations on completing this beautiful ship. Your rigging is incredible!

Looking great Keith! Nice overhead shot

Jacques, very interesting start to your new build. Thank you for including the Makerspace photos and experiences. The change of scale will make her feel right at home with the rest of your builds 👍