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Bryan Woods

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  1. You have had a lot going on up there:-) Those times may seem not the best now but later they will bring a smile and good memories of your build. It looks great!
  2. I finished adding wood at the bottom of the bow and stern. Used the supplied 1” material for the bow and stern blocks, to make a sanding block for the ends of the kayak. After gluing the 3 center frames I turned it over. Before gluing the next plank. Then glued it to the center frame and worked towards both ends. I used a knife to trim the excess wood off. Then sanded flush with the chime and sheer clamps. Next the two side planks will be installed the same way as the bottom.
  3. Next step was to glue the sheer clamps and the chine clamps ( that’s another word I’ll have to look up, if I want to use it ) to the notches in the frames. Only frame 4 lined up with the bottom on the spine. I added wood to frames 2 and 3 to reach the spine The kayak is inverted until it gets planked. Here’s where I started building them up. The sheer and chine clamps need to be sanded down flush with frames. The bottom angles up to each side from the spine. On the port side I’ve added a piece of wood, and will sand it down to give me more surface to glue down the plank. 0n the sides, the only way I could tell how much to sand. Was to keep an eye on the width of the bottom of the chine clamp. I’m still checking over the fairing job, and still need to add the the wood at the bow and stern. My work area is unbearably hot, I’ve been doing to sanding in the rocking chair on the porch. That’s drops of sweat on my the mat. I didn’t take a lot of time to these pics. Here’s the bottom plank just laying where it goes.
  4. I haven’t forgotten the Gretel. I need to devote more time learning, but sometimes that means less building:-) I did sand down the first planking and put the second planking on the transom. one of these days I get back on it. Here how it stands.
  5. I was planning on building the Nonsuch 30 next. But yesterday when I went to the post office, to mail the Peterboro canoe to some friends out west. The post master asked “what’s inside” . After I replied, they said they liked canoes:-) I said “what about kayaks “ They replied back, We have those too. So now I get to build this one with a home waiting for it. I have little room to work and really no room at all for for fnished models. First steps are building the strong back. I followed directions and crossed pinned the strongback rails on top of the plan. Next the frames were glued. They were not labeled, 1,3,and 5 were easy to pick out, but 2 and 4 looked pretty much the same until you laid them together. One of them was a tiny bit larger, maybe 1mm. I measured the frames on the side view of the plan and one was a bit smaller. But still not completely convinced, I laid the frames on the spine with the slots aligned, and the larger one went where I thought the smaller was to go:-) Frames hopefully are in the correct place:-) Next the spine, frames 1,3 and 5 may need built up the be flush with the bottom of the spine. I’ll show that side on the next entry.
  6. Good morning Dan, the more you try, the more you think of other ways. Then you will find the way that works best for you:-) There are many skilled builders here ( I’m not one of them) that you will witness in their build logs that will spark another idea. I believe things like this just add to the build and also make it just yours:-) Keep up the good work.
  7. Great work Glen! Thanks for explaining each step. You definitely have have the artistic skill.
  8. As a novice myself, those type of things make me want to second guess myself. I bet those photos in the manual were made in the 70’s 🙂 This is a build that after you finish, you feel like you could build another. Then you can’t decide, so you just buy several:-) You’re doing a great job!
  9. Bob, you are my inspiration! If I could build em that looked anywhere near as good as yours do, in such a speedy fashion:-) I’d have 8 on my shelf too. Keep up the great work on your the boats and the short stories that go along with them:-)
  10. I’m not very experienced with the nautical terms but my understanding it is the tiny groove you cut so the next plank seals against it. I think with the model the intent is for only half of the bottom of the upper plank to show where it meets the lower one. If I remember at the bow and stern they are almost flush with each other. At the time I was building this I didn’t know what it was either:-) so I probably didn’t say much about it:-) Just looking at my pics, it looks like I just sanded a bevel. There is a log here that show where one rigged his plain to cut a gain and it may have been this boat. Here’s his log title, I couldn’t figure out how to link it:-) Norwegian Sailing Pram by modeller_masa
  11. Yeah Bob! Wow.. I like it:-) I can feel the wind on my face just looking at it!
  12. Bob, your log was so well written, it made me feel like I was right there wearing a big grin:-) oh yeah, your build looks great too:-)
  13. Wonderful work Bob!! One day I want to build a boat like that!
  14. Your sails look great Bob! I have two builds started that will get them. One day hopefully:-)
  15. Bob, I’ve been scanning your photos, since I have little knowledge of nautical part names, it’s like finding Waldo:-) Everything looks great! You’re counting how many rat lines to got to do? Are you forgetting you have a lifetime of them to do:-)
  16. Bob, you seem to be in a great frame of mind. We’ll be praying for your speedy return, so we can see what the Mayflower really looked like, when it brought our people over here:-)
  17. Welcome, my nephew and his family lives and works in Chimala, Tanzania. Safe travels!
  18. Wow, Jeremy. Fantastic job on this build. Your well done build log will sure be viewed many more times by ones like me striving to learn more. I appreciate the time you spent explaining and working through obstacles.
  19. I believe sanding the hull down, feeling the curves, in my opinion is a relaxing task that finishes way before I’m ready:-)
  20. The temperature finally rose, and made it possible for me to finish the first planking. It has made me realize I’m not quite ready to take on the second layer at this time. I may try the half hull project, and see if I feel more confident afterwards. Here are some shots of the first planking.
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