Paul Le Wol

Hi Jacques, that’s a great idea shaping the Billing part into a hook. Good luck with replacing the eyebolt!

Hi Jacques, your Chilota is looking amazing. If you look in Chapter 9 of Chuck’s Cheerful monograph, it shows filing the upper portion of the chainplate to make it thinner in order to form a hook. Perhaps you could try something like that.

Mark, congratulations on completing this fine model. Looking forward to your next set of photos!

Hi Mike, thank you for your comment. It is greatly appreciated!

Hi Joe, I agree that operating everything from the cockpit would be quite a challenge. The USVMYG is the US Vintage Model Yacht Group. I believe they are mostly about pond yachting. They have a very nice website ( usvmyg.org ) . Pond yachts look like so much fun! There are also some higher resolution photos of Chapelle’s drawing out there. If you haven’t seen them go to villagecraftsmen.com. In the banner at the top of the page click on “Journal “. The next page has a menu on the right hand side. Click on 2013 and then September. There are three photos in the North Carolina folder. Sorry but I’m not very good at posting links. It is a great site to browse through with tons of articles on local history .

Hi @Thistle17, I just went through the plans that I got from USVMYG. This is the rigging diagram for their 50” Sharpie. Another piece to the puzzle.

Hi Joe, nice to hear from you. I looked at those pictures of the Sharpies that you posted for a long long time. They were very helpful. For the most part I used the rigging diagram from the Glad Tidings and made a lot of assumptions as to how this boat was rigged. Too many lines and not enough places to attach them to.😀

“And your address is? ......... no way, Paul. She's way too nice a model to be adopted out” Its been finished for a while now and no one has met the requirements yet so I will probably have to get going on making a case for it.

The first visitor I get that looks at it more than once is taking it home with them. 🙂 Thank you Keith, I really appreciate your comment !

Hi Keith, I bought this cabinet ( Milsbo ) from IKEA just before starting Wapama. There are two glass panels in the back separated by a shelf support. I plan on replacing them with one big sheet of acrylic and have the doors at the back against the wall. It is about 40” wide and 39” high from the floor and 14” deep. I just looked it up to see how much it costs but it wasn’t listed. I paid just over 200 CAD for it. Around here you can’t even buy the glass for that. Right now it is acting as a storage area for the Sharpie.

Thank you John, I hope you had a nice getaway.

Nice recovery Jacques and beautifully crafted!

Thank you Jacques. When you stand beside it , it doesn’t seem as big as in the photos. I think it’s one saving grace is that it doesn’t have a bowsprit 😀 Thank you Gary, I find myself more looking at this model than actually working on it

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you for your support! The bulkheads are now all attached and reinforced. A strip of 1/16” x 1/8” basswood was glued to the inner stem to act as a rabbet and to aid in fairing the bulkhead former. Been adding 1/8” basswood to each side of the 1/8” plywood bulkheads to give the hull planking more support. The tops of the supports between the bulkheads will be covered with 1/8” basswood once the model has been removed from the board. They are perpendicular so that the bitts that protrude from the forecastle deck will have a flat surface to support them. For a change of pace I started laying out the main deck house. I would like this to be attached before removal from the board in order to gain some longitudinal support. The 3/16 x 3/16” strips of basswood are clipped to the bulwarks to see if the deck shear needs any tweaking. Another strip was clamped to the cabin deck and supported at the forward end to get the shear of the main deck house. The wall of the house was put into position and the roof line was marked. Support foe the main deck was added to the wall as one continuous strip to get a smooth curve and notches for the bulkheads were cut when dry. The rough openings for the windows were cut. There is a sliding door on each side of the house but they will be closed. The base of the main deck house was laid out previously using 1/8” x 1/8” strips to keep the 1/16” plywood walls straight. Next the waterways will be attached. Wapama’s waterways consist of two massive beams that total 27” wide and protrude above the deck planks by 9”. The deck is planked with 4” x 4”s Thanks for dropping by.

Great job repairing the membrane Gary. The stove pipe is exceptional!