Bryan Woods

I finished the second planking. I pretty much just decided which plank to do next and what shape it needed to be. Thinking to whole time there’s a better way of doing it:-) But it all turned out. I’ve also removed the bulk head ends above the deck. I’ll be ready to start the deck planking as soon as I decide what wood to use on what area.

Your pram looks great! Matt.

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks Eric, It’s my first veneer. Hopefully I can match the starboard side. I chose to start with the bottom mahogany strip so it will at least match:-) Below, which I’ll probably do later. I tapered the 4mm plank to 2mm and ended it at about 8cm. We’ll see if that works.

By grace I finished the port side planking. This little boat had me thinking I was planking a ball:-)

Everything started so good:-) Then the reality of my lack of knowledge set in. I think I’ve worked myself into a tight squeeze:-) Right now my only plan is to go thin at the bow. That’s probably going to end up as a weird shape in the middle. And I hope the edges aren’t up so far they can’t be sanded down. But until a better plan, or any plan comes to mind, I’m going to keep cutting and gluing.

Gretel is back on the bench. I’ve gain no more knowledge on planking , so I’m determined to learn by error. I’ve set down several times at it. Sometimes a plank gets glued and sometimes I walk away. Here’s where I’m at. Comments are welcome:-) I do measure, but I don’t know why, I just guess at the taper size. I’m only doing the port side now, just in case. Maybe one side will look ok.

Well, kinda sad to see this one end. But there will always be another. I would rate this kit high for nice materials. There were some challenges, mainly figuring out how some stuff needs to be done. Here’s the finished pics. Thanks for all the comments, likes and views:-)

Thank you Mike for your thoughtful words. I don’t know about the money, I try not deal with that:-) but the motivation will have Nave Egizia finished this week and I’ve already got started back on the Gretel, that I put on the shelf a while ago.

The Mossy Shipyard got another upgrade today. I installed an internet bridge. One was installed on the corner of the house and the other on a tree beside the garage. I went through the garage and put a tension line across to the shipyard. I knew I put that outlet up there for a reason:-) The next thing that I know we’ll do is a flagstone walk. I brought these molds back a while ago. I can see a lot of time involved just trying to put the puzzle together:-)

Trying to tie up a few loose ends before the deck gets crowded, I spent time on the boulders holding down the mast. I put a rope from the deck to keep them together. Then there’s part #71 top right on the plan. I don’t know what this is doing, but I cut it down and wedged it as a stop for the other two. The kit came with a piece on wood for the base but that’s all. I laid out all the left over wood and decided what would be the best to use. I ended up using dowels trying to make them look like palm logs. Pretty simple but it worked. Not for sure about a name plate at this time. The top yard was different because it was flat on the bottom and tapered on the top. The ends were made from 3 parts glued together then shaped and glued to the yard. After this it got wrapped with rope that I dyed a darker brown. For the sail I used artist tea paper I got in a roll. The last I had was on a board and the folds showed. I traced the sail and the seams on one side and painted the other with acrylic paint. Then cut it out. On the unpainted side I glued 1mm strips on the seams and 3mm on the sides. After they dried, I glued them on the painted side, using the others as a guide. On either side I glued a 1 mm bolt rope the same way I did the strips. After holes were drilled. I lashed the sail on both yards.

I would have guessed you’ve been doing this for decades. Great job!

Standing rigging completed. I started on the lowers ones for the ease of installation. It would have been better to start at the top to keep the tension equal. Here is the kit supplied sail. Not liking the wide hem, probably going to make another.

Standing rigging halfway completed. I started with the fore stay. First, the plastic mast head was making it hard to tie the lines on. So I drilled two holes for them. Then I thought it work better to wrap them around the beam holding the truss then tie them to the pins. Plus my pins may not be glued strong enough to hold tension straight up:-)

Thanks Bob:-) the kit came with like 8 spools of thread:-) That one shot of the back of the stern shows more rope than wood:-) Next is about 20 standing rigging lines:-)