captainbob

Finished the display stand this afternoon.  It does have the desired look I wanted.
 
When the Admiral saw it she remarked, “It looks like what we saw in San Diego where they’re building that ship.”  She was referring to the San Salvador that the San Diego Maritime Museum is building.  So even she thinks it looks like a dry dock.  That’s praise enough for me.
 
What I discovered in building this was that I managed to get both sides of the hull very close in contour.  All the support pieces on the stand are identical Port and Starboard.  That pleased me.

Thanks Popeye.   The Hoga was one of the Woban class of yard tugs.  So far I have found 30 tugs that I think are of this class.  Right now in the Hoga folder I have about 175 files and over 250 Meg of information.  But you’re right I could do most anything, as long as the general shape is right, no one could say it’s wrong unless they were on the Hoga.  But that’s no fun.  The fun is in trying to make it as true to life as possible.  Just as you’re doing on your boats.
 
Thanks, Rob.

Thanks Popeye.   The Hoga was one of the Woban class of yard tugs.  So far I have found 30 tugs that I think are of this class.  Right now in the Hoga folder I have about 175 files and over 250 Meg of information.  But you’re right I could do most anything, as long as the general shape is right, no one could say it’s wrong unless they were on the Hoga.  But that’s no fun.  The fun is in trying to make it as true to life as possible.  Just as you’re doing on your boats.
 
Thanks, Rob.

Thanks Popeye.   The Hoga was one of the Woban class of yard tugs.  So far I have found 30 tugs that I think are of this class.  Right now in the Hoga folder I have about 175 files and over 250 Meg of information.  But you’re right I could do most anything, as long as the general shape is right, no one could say it’s wrong unless they were on the Hoga.  But that’s no fun.  The fun is in trying to make it as true to life as possible.  Just as you’re doing on your boats.
 
Thanks, Rob.

Quite a list, but what grabbed me was,
 
"this looks like a job for..........."Bashman"!!!!!   
 
OH BOY!  OH BOY!  Can I watch?   Can I?      Can I?       Pleeeease?     
 
Bob

You had got the spinach... 

Looking good, Popeye!  Nice job on the lateen spanker yard gaff thingy (otherwise known as 'the stick across the other stick')!
 
John

WOW! Popeye, You're the best.

Does this mean that a ship built with stub masts is unfinished?  Or a ship with some of the hull planks missing is unfinished?  If ratlines are missing why is that any different?

I have been gathering pictures and other information on the Hoga and her sisters for over ten years.  The Woban class tugs were not all built at the same yard or at the same time or in the same way.  I find a lot of variation in what was on the deck and where it is located.  For example some boats had a raised grid in the stern and others were flat decks and the close-up pictures I have of the derelict, City of Oakland, ex Hoga, show the rusted gunnel supports as box beams without holes.  Since there are some things I cannot know for sure I have to use information from my old friend, Best Guess. 
 
As for the angle of the gunnels, what I have done brings the gunnel in too far before the stern so I will have to try again.
 
Bob
 

 

Quite a list, but what grabbed me was,
 
"this looks like a job for..........."Bashman"!!!!!   
 
OH BOY!  OH BOY!  Can I watch?   Can I?      Can I?       Pleeeease?     
 
Bob

I have been gathering pictures and other information on the Hoga and her sisters for over ten years.  The Woban class tugs were not all built at the same yard or at the same time or in the same way.  I find a lot of variation in what was on the deck and where it is located.  For example some boats had a raised grid in the stern and others were flat decks and the close-up pictures I have of the derelict, City of Oakland, ex Hoga, show the rusted gunnel supports as box beams without holes.  Since there are some things I cannot know for sure I have to use information from my old friend, Best Guess. 
 
As for the angle of the gunnels, what I have done brings the gunnel in too far before the stern so I will have to try again.
 
Bob
 

 

Tom,   Thanks, and yes, it was fun.   There is one long strip on each side that goes from the bow to where the orange clamp is.  Then another piece that wraps around the stern.
 
Thanks, John.  It’s always fun to figure out how to do something you’ve never done before.
 
Popeye,     The Bulwarks are metal but must be thin.  In the picture of the “ship in the air” you can see that she must have taken quite a blast from the port side.  Looking near the bow even the hull is bent in between each of the frames which are 18” apart. 
 
I will be adding the bulwark supports which are spaced seven feet apart.  By using 10 temporary supports I was able to angle each one 2 degrees more than the one before.  In order to get the 20 degrees needed at the stern post.  The 15 I will be fitting would have to be angled at 1.33 degrees.  2 degrees is easier.  Also the supports are so small that they will be supported by the bulwarks rather than the other way around.
 
Bob

Except for some stain on the moulding, I've finished the boat deck. It's not secured yet, as I have to install support pillars along the edge and I thought it might be easier to fit them before securing the deck.
 
The moulding is basswood subjected to scraping with a razor blade. Pretty straightforward except at the forward end. There's an "S" curve that gave me fits. But we came through it largely intact.

When will I ever learn?  I forgot to add the bulwark supports to the bulkhead drawings.  To get the bulwarks angle I glued on ten temporary supports changing the angle of each by 2 degrees.  Then using card stock I made a template of the bulwarks.  I removed the temporary supports and glued the bulwarks in place.  Now I’ll fit the scale supports and a caprail.
 
Bob
 

 

 

 

 

Thanks druxey.
 
When making the double frames the plans show a single treenail on each side of the
joint at the chocks. The size came very close to 3/32”. I used a standard dowel that I
had at that size for the treenail. And no I don’t have a drawplate that size.  
 

 

 

 
Almost done making frames!  

Okay, the next series of episodes are about the rigging.
 
I made the mast, gaff, boom and bowsprit out of three rather small pieces of small square stock of poplar glued together to form a squarish stick to prevent warping.  I purposely didn't want to use dowels for that reason.
Shaping of all the round work was straight forward as is explained in several tutorials and here in MSW 2.  Shaved from 4 sided to 8 sided to 16 sided and finishing in the drill press with sandpaper.  Much later in the build I realized that I made the mast too small.  Not a big problem because I replaced the top mast with a longer one 
Well, I say not a big problem but I had to undo a lot of stuff and make also a new mainsail.  Yeah, I didn't like to looks of the squad looking mainsail and then measured the mast    Oh well, "stuff" happens but I couldn't possibly leave it like that.
 
I also made belaying pin-rails and the mainsail boom rest.  I thought that would add to the overall appeal of my little boat.  I have seen photos of Freedom sloops with them.  This seems like not much work but it was all very time consuming when youa dd all the hardware into the equation.
 

The lower mast is stepped for a test.  Stained in cherry and sealed with MinWax Polyurethane. 
 

Here are the mast, gaff and boom.  You can see that much of the hardware has been made and installed.
 

This picture shows the belaying pin-rails.  The head skylight is not opaque, it's the the glare of the sun. 
 

I made the mainsail boom rest, thinking it would be great for stowing the boom when docked.
 
Cheers,
 

The Shrouds and rat lines are done
Wow...I am finally moving onto new territory on this build
Now I need to find the instructions, I have no idea where I put them 6 months ago when i tore everything apart lol.

Looking good, nice detail work.
 
Bob

Sorry, but I did it again.  I got so wrapped up in the building that I forgot to take pictures.  The hull is finished except for the rub rails, the prop and the rudder.  The paint is a primer, I still need to decide on the color.
 

 

 

 
Yesterday I found a picture of the Toka YT 149, one of the Woban class, being lifted out of the water which gives me a great shot of the prop and rudder.  Guess that’s next.
 

 
Bob

Thanks, Michael.  She's just a little smaller than your pilot cutter!
 
John

Sorry, but I did it again.  I got so wrapped up in the building that I forgot to take pictures.  The hull is finished except for the rub rails, the prop and the rudder.  The paint is a primer, I still need to decide on the color.
 

 

 

 
Yesterday I found a picture of the Toka YT 149, one of the Woban class, being lifted out of the water which gives me a great shot of the prop and rudder.  Guess that’s next.
 

 
Bob

Thank you Bob,
 
I may have to re-make the mainmast.  It has taken a couple of warps.  I'll try and straighten it, and if that doesn't work, I think I'll re-do the mast.  That plywood I used was bowed, and I tried to straighten it by making the bows oppose each other, which was why I put more filler blocks into it.  I do have another sheet that i found which is pretty straight.  I didn't put wood seal on it prior to  that wet spell awhile back. 
 
That wheel was supposed to be metal tubing, but I decided to try a wooden one.  Actually, it came out better than I expected.  It is just toothpicks, and 3/32" bass wood cut into the 1/6th curves for each side and sanded until they fit together. I put an overlap of the joints on the opposite side from the first and glued them together.  When dry, I dremel drilled the holes for the toothpicks to go through, once I had the ring,  and put a block in the center.  I used a half inch pvc pipe cap and a short nipple of pipe for the post.  I couldn't get through the storeage pile to get to my lathe.  Anyway, the post is close to the original shape.  The original post and wheel were burnished stainless and the wheel had no handles, it just had the 6 spokes in about 1" stainless tube all welded.  I figure this will just be my wood version of the assembly.  I just glued it in place.  Actually the seat is oversize in order to have room for the rudder rigging, but who's to care?  Over all I think my cockpit will do to represent my idea of it.  I am going to have to put a boom vang on the main boom in order to keep it above the cabin and cockpit, if for no other reason. 
 
Walt Biles

She has ratlines!!
 

 

 

 
Well, with it the standing rigging is done.

Sorry, but I did it again.  I got so wrapped up in the building that I forgot to take pictures.  The hull is finished except for the rub rails, the prop and the rudder.  The paint is a primer, I still need to decide on the color.
 

 

 

 
Yesterday I found a picture of the Toka YT 149, one of the Woban class, being lifted out of the water which gives me a great shot of the prop and rudder.  Guess that’s next.
 

 
Bob