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  1. Paul Le Wol
    Bob, congratulations to you and the 1st Mate on completing this beautiful boat!
  2. Paul Le Wol
    Bob, your hull turned out beautifully. Well done!
  3. Paul Le Wol
    Gary, this is a great start to a very interesting looking project. I am all signed up and ready to follow.
  4. Paul Le Wol
    Peter, in every square millimeter of your Xebec there is something to marvel at. Outstanding!
  5. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Wookie, my bad. I should have said ‘that I’m building a model of a 44 foot North Carolina Oyster Sharpie. It’s my understanding that the earlier sharpies were smaller with free standing masts. As they got bigger then stays were added. As to whether they had deadeyes, shackles or turnbuckles not sure. There’s probably someone here that knows a heck of a lot more about sharpies than I do. Maybe they can chime in.
  6. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Wookie, this first picture is an excerpt from The Sharpie Book where the author is describing how to attach a chainplate if you were making a sharpie today. The second picture is taken from the plans of the 44 foot sharpie I am building. It looks like either way the chainplate passes behind the rub rail. Perhaps you could add a fake piece below the rub rail instead of doing any wood surgery. Sorry about bunging up your log with photos
  7. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Bruce, Sunwward Hobbies in Toronto Ontario has a good selection of AK products. Don’t know about 3rd Gen. They ship to USA. I have bought from them before and was always a good experience.
  8. Paul Le Wol
    Lucky for all of us that the timing was so good
  9. Paul Le Wol
    We stopped by to see SS Keewatin just after her arrival at Port McNicoll. She looked so sad and tired. I didn’t realize that they had done so much work on her. This is great news. Thanks for posting this.
  10. Paul Le Wol
    Hi BeeWee, a few years ago I bought an “Ultra Thin Razor Saw from Lee Valley ( $14.90 CAD ) ( item # 60F0310 ). Been using it to cut wood as well as brass and aluminum. Still chugging along. Mentioning it because you have a store in Calgary. Good luck with your search.
  11. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Everyone, thank you for your Comments and Likes. Work on the bottom planking of the hull progressed far enough that I had to start thinking about fairing the stern. The hull was removed from the build board. The edge of the sub deck was protected with tape and the filler pieces on the bottom of the hull at the stern were faired. Then the edges of the bottom filler pieces were taped and the edge of the sub deck was faired. This went back and forth a few times until it was all fair. Now the hull will be mounted back onto the build board and the bottom planking will be finished. I also wanted to mention that I bought The Sharpie Book. It has some interesting detail drawings and narrative about how these boats were put together. Hope to talk to you soon.
  12. Paul Le Wol
    Fred, your Cheerful is excellent! Speedwell on bulkheads sounds like a great idea.
  13. Paul Le Wol
    Major, very nice planking! I’ve found that applying a little diluted pva in between the planks (where it needs filling) and sanding before it dries works pretty good and helps to bond the planks together. You could try a test with a couple of couple of pieces of scrap
  14. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Rick, maybe you could try trimming the plank under the front gunport so that the 1/16” strip sits where it’s supposed to. If that doesn’t work you might be able to just remove it back to the second port
  15. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Bob, I’m sure your Mayflower won’t mind being on standby for a bit. Always looking forward to your next post.
  16. Paul Le Wol
    Mark, beautiful hand crafting of the beams. Thank you for showing how you did that.
  17. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Gary, thanks for your kind words. I’ll be pretty busy over the next couple of months so I might not be able to make any updates. I’m hoping maybe a small one every so often. Don’t like to lose the momentum.
  18. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Duck, this is a fine looking build and build log. The additions and modifications to the kit are making a real difference!
  19. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Richard, like Allen I remembered someone asking about stanchions. So after a search I found that on March 23, Keith Black suggested to Bobcat1970 to go to Cornwall Model Boats. They have a very good selection of stanchions.
  20. Paul Le Wol
    Harvey, this is a very interesting project. I’m looking forward to following your progress
  21. Paul Le Wol
    Hey Major, congratulations on finishing your pram. She looks exceptional!
  22. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Everyone, thank you for the Comments and Likes. They are very much appreciated. I have completed boxing the bulkhead former with 1/16” sheet working from the stem aft. The frames were braced as I went. A template was made from a file folder to make the sub deck and the underside of the hull at the stern. A piece of 1/32” sheet was used for the sub deck and glued into place. The bulkhead former was not boxed where the cockpit is situated and the king plank will be cut out once the hull is planked. The frame braces between frames six and seven will double as the floor of the cockpit. The chine logs were glued into place once all of the bracing was completed. The supports for the hull planking at the stern were glued into place and then the chine logs were faired. The boat was removed from the build board so that it was easier to attach the sheer logs. It was then remounted to the build board and false frames were added between the real frames to give the hull planking some more support. Starting to lay out the planking on the underside of the hull. Hope to see you next time.
  23. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Cisco, your planking is looking great, and especially great where it hits the stem👍
  24. Paul Le Wol
    Glen, congratulations on finishing your incredible Oseberg / Kraken. This build has given many people lots of smiles. Thank you
  25. Paul Le Wol
    Hi Gary, thank you for joining the adventure. I’ve been enjoying this scratch building so far. Seems to be a more relaxed pace. Just a pile of wood patiently waiting to become something. ( Hopefully 🤞 )

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