popeye the sailor

nice job on the port side gallery.........the windows look so delicate       I'm sure you'll do well on the carving.   the closest thing I even got to it,  was wood burning.

what a pleasant thing to come in to see.......the galleries and windows look great Mark!   really super job!  

commitment to the build is paramount!  your doing some seriously nice work to the bow keel......the superstructure is coming along nicely as well.  it's progress Hank........the main thing is that your satisfied with your concept of the build 

nice to see her in the assembly stage Gerhard.   that's a large hull your build'in     love it!

PILLOW FIGHT!!!!!!!      awesome Patrick............simply awesome!  

in my younger days Nenad.........one of my nicknames was 'Dennis the Menace'         another of my favorites too  

it was 'the outer limits' Greg...one of my favorite shows back in the day.   the twilight zone,  night gallery,  and the avengers ran a close second     I was really flipp'in the coin on this one.........I was trying very hard not to make any more hulls,  until I finished with these that I have.  I think what made me do it,  was I was weary of working on a boat,  that had no resemblance to what I had seen of the Christmas Tree Boat.  ....and yes,  to have built the Andrea Gail from this hull.......my initial thought when I built the original frame........I found it quite satisfying    keen to note........I didn't do much jumping 'round once I started it either........ahhhhh,  such a good tangent     I thank you all for your kind comments....and to those who hit the like button.   I've made some headway on the transom.......it looks much better now.   there is a little more to do before I plank the bottom part of the hull.   I also roughed out the sheer sides....still to do the transom.  I don't want to put them on yet.......in case I need an access  to the interior.   then I can do the bow cabin......I need to see if there are any more pictures of this boat,  so I can see how it is laid out.   I do have some pictures,  but they are still in the camera.........when I can,  I will post them      more progress soon  

well said Bob...........some of my best work,  has been through mistakes        me thinks you did a very fine job  

in my younger days Nenad.........one of my nicknames was 'Dennis the Menace'         another of my favorites too  

it was 'the outer limits' Greg...one of my favorite shows back in the day.   the twilight zone,  night gallery,  and the avengers ran a close second     I was really flipp'in the coin on this one.........I was trying very hard not to make any more hulls,  until I finished with these that I have.  I think what made me do it,  was I was weary of working on a boat,  that had no resemblance to what I had seen of the Christmas Tree Boat.  ....and yes,  to have built the Andrea Gail from this hull.......my initial thought when I built the original frame........I found it quite satisfying    keen to note........I didn't do much jumping 'round once I started it either........ahhhhh,  such a good tangent     I thank you all for your kind comments....and to those who hit the like button.   I've made some headway on the transom.......it looks much better now.   there is a little more to do before I plank the bottom part of the hull.   I also roughed out the sheer sides....still to do the transom.  I don't want to put them on yet.......in case I need an access  to the interior.   then I can do the bow cabin......I need to see if there are any more pictures of this boat,  so I can see how it is laid out.   I do have some pictures,  but they are still in the camera.........when I can,  I will post them      more progress soon  

in my younger days Nenad.........one of my nicknames was 'Dennis the Menace'         another of my favorites too  

in my younger days Nenad.........one of my nicknames was 'Dennis the Menace'         another of my favorites too  

it was 'the outer limits' Greg...one of my favorite shows back in the day.   the twilight zone,  night gallery,  and the avengers ran a close second     I was really flipp'in the coin on this one.........I was trying very hard not to make any more hulls,  until I finished with these that I have.  I think what made me do it,  was I was weary of working on a boat,  that had no resemblance to what I had seen of the Christmas Tree Boat.  ....and yes,  to have built the Andrea Gail from this hull.......my initial thought when I built the original frame........I found it quite satisfying    keen to note........I didn't do much jumping 'round once I started it either........ahhhhh,  such a good tangent     I thank you all for your kind comments....and to those who hit the like button.   I've made some headway on the transom.......it looks much better now.   there is a little more to do before I plank the bottom part of the hull.   I also roughed out the sheer sides....still to do the transom.  I don't want to put them on yet.......in case I need an access  to the interior.   then I can do the bow cabin......I need to see if there are any more pictures of this boat,  so I can see how it is laid out.   I do have some pictures,  but they are still in the camera.........when I can,  I will post them      more progress soon  

in my younger days Nenad.........one of my nicknames was 'Dennis the Menace'         another of my favorites too  

Hi Kees
 
Like the other's have said, my thoughts are with your best health as well.
 
Take care.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick 

I am voting that it was from "The Outer Limits."

Show on TV? Why? Here is Denis's show, and we enjoy watching!
 
I have no doubt Denis. It will be brilliant, as always

Hi Denis
 
OMGeeeeeeee! That's a lot of work, even for just a couple of weeks!
 
All I can say is, "I'm looking forward to this one".
 
All the best.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

May I suggest the names Reel Firs or Reel Nobles for your tree boat? Keep up your great building, Dennis!

You're in a hurry .. First I thought about a slaughter house, but you got it up and running 100meters in 6s ecs flat ... You look like that roadrunner ... Popeye Roadrunner ... Good luck with the manual labour on the side ... you do not seem to need it on that boat
 
Cheers

OK.........that was fun.....NOT!    I also got enlisted to clean the shower and the bathroom floor.........looks like KP is in my future.   it's Ok.....small tasks       hello Bob     glad your here.........you can watch me butcher another hull     
 
 
back all this up a couple of weeks........can't believe it's been that long since I last posted anything.   pulling out the lobster boat plan {Midwest has it all on one sheet},   the keel was traced out.  instead of cutting all the parts,  I combined as much as I could.   the center spine is two strips of 1/8 flat stock,  cemented together.  I tried to use the scroll saw to cut planking from 1/8 flat stock,  but it didn't go as planned.  the shoe and the bow stem is 1/4 plywood.   the first blunder I made,  was that I cut all the bulkheads from the 1/8 flat stock.........there is not much to pin anything to.   I resorted to using CA for most of the assembly.   making two stern bulkheads will allow me to alter the cockpit deck,  making it longer.   there is also an added rib to support the deck.
 

 
second blunder I found, was in setting up the stern......it looked like it wasn't going to follow the contour of the hull.   I remedied it by flipping these two parts upside down.   it made the sheer line look better,  but I saw later that it made the bottom way out of whack.
 

 

 
then,  i guess,  it depended on the angle that it was viewed..........this is when I saw that I had my work cut out for me.
 

 
it was still early..........I could have changed it back.   but I'm not big on ripping things up........I'll make it work.   the first plank was at the bow.......the wood thickness was a real hinder here.  I got it in place though.
 

 
then,  to square off the cockpit bucket and add the sides.
 

 

 
you can see the rise of the sides towards the stern.......I have to add material there to bring it up.   I'll use the scraps from cutting out the bulkheads,  to do this.   I had some pieces of 1/16 flat stock.......I cut the m to make the fore and aft plank sills,  and started to plank in the cockpit deck.
 

 
I decided that I wanted the transom to be squared.......like a stern trawler   {I got them darn things on the brain},  so I added a piece to one side of each bulkhead.  just as well........I was a little off on their centering too.   this will also make up for it.  there's more..............
 
 

thank you all very much     sorry to say I haven't done much else........work pulls me away.  I have something in my head that will do nicely.........I just have to convert it into wood.   this rainy spell we've been under has got to come to an end....I hope it's soon.
 
thanks also to everyone who hit the like button  

OK.........that was fun.....NOT!    I also got enlisted to clean the shower and the bathroom floor.........looks like KP is in my future.   it's Ok.....small tasks       hello Bob     glad your here.........you can watch me butcher another hull     
 
 
back all this up a couple of weeks........can't believe it's been that long since I last posted anything.   pulling out the lobster boat plan {Midwest has it all on one sheet},   the keel was traced out.  instead of cutting all the parts,  I combined as much as I could.   the center spine is two strips of 1/8 flat stock,  cemented together.  I tried to use the scroll saw to cut planking from 1/8 flat stock,  but it didn't go as planned.  the shoe and the bow stem is 1/4 plywood.   the first blunder I made,  was that I cut all the bulkheads from the 1/8 flat stock.........there is not much to pin anything to.   I resorted to using CA for most of the assembly.   making two stern bulkheads will allow me to alter the cockpit deck,  making it longer.   there is also an added rib to support the deck.
 

 
second blunder I found, was in setting up the stern......it looked like it wasn't going to follow the contour of the hull.   I remedied it by flipping these two parts upside down.   it made the sheer line look better,  but I saw later that it made the bottom way out of whack.
 

 

 
then,  i guess,  it depended on the angle that it was viewed..........this is when I saw that I had my work cut out for me.
 

 
it was still early..........I could have changed it back.   but I'm not big on ripping things up........I'll make it work.   the first plank was at the bow.......the wood thickness was a real hinder here.  I got it in place though.
 

 
then,  to square off the cockpit bucket and add the sides.
 

 

 
you can see the rise of the sides towards the stern.......I have to add material there to bring it up.   I'll use the scraps from cutting out the bulkheads,  to do this.   I had some pieces of 1/16 flat stock.......I cut the m to make the fore and aft plank sills,  and started to plank in the cockpit deck.
 

 
I decided that I wanted the transom to be squared.......like a stern trawler   {I got them darn things on the brain},  so I added a piece to one side of each bulkhead.  just as well........I was a little off on their centering too.   this will also make up for it.  there's more..............
 
 

I can't believe I'm saying this..............I've sunk to a new level of lunacy.   after looking and dwelling on the tree boat at the point that it is,  I really can't see her as the Tree Boat.  everything I think of........anything I want to add........will take it further away from the subject.   it wants to be a fishing boat.....so be it.........*POOF!*...........you are a fishing boat.   sorry to do this.........I feel bad.   I just think that continuing with this hull........would be a terrible waste.  I sat there at my desk......pondering what the next move will be.   all I have now is an over grown party boat {the Jingle Belle}.  all is not lost though.....or is it?
 
after I had posted the last group of pictures,  I was musing........mulling over some options.   it all came down to this one option.......I would need another hull to replace it.   oh........before I get into this further,  the displaced Tree Boat will continue........I am NOT trashing it,  in any way,  shape,  or form.   it will become a fishing boat.......I have a name for her soon.
 
anyway.........I recalled the pictures I had posted a while ago.........errrrr...quite a while ago.   I'd love to know where these pictures were taken.....I got 'em off the internet.   there weren't than many.......mostly about the Rouse Simmons........lots of photos of boats with a tree stuck in the middle,  out in the open water.   this boat looks like a lobster boat........so to cut the chit chat short........that's what I went with.   I still have the plans for the Midwest Maine Lobster boat.  
 
 
 
so......I'm going to do what I probably should have done from the beginning.   I'm going to mod the bow a little...not so much of a tapered 'V'.   I decided to  cut a few corners to speed up the assembly.........all the best of intentions,  but not so great as an idea.   there are so many problems.........the stern bore the  brunt of it.   one look and you'll clearly see why I nicknamed the boat 'the Frankenstein boat'.   I gave the hull a longer cockpit deck........that meant that the stern transom was made narrower.   I even double walled it.   it didn't look right,  so I flipped them over {it's OK........you can laugh at any time}.   the result gave me a very odd looking stern.........I cobbled and filled in most of it.....I'll shape it later.   I'll  cover both sides with some flat stock after.........so it's not a total loss.   I have pictures.......not a complete blow by blow,  by enough to make your eyes water {I'd bust out crying too,  if it wasn't so funny}.  so if ya want to see 'em,  let me know....if not,  I'll introduce the boat when it looks more presentable.   but if you were the kid that enjoyed sticking pins in your sister's dolls........just say the word      

yesterday,  I did manage to reinforce the hull planking to the cabin bulkhead.  it was nice since it's the first time I could use white glue.   I got some more of the scraps from when I cut the bulkheads out.
 

 
one side of the stern has been trimmed off and sanded.   I also hope to lose that notching at the center.   realizing another measurement that I did not take into consideration,  was the width of the hull from the keel.   thinking that the keel might not be centered,  I measured it.........and was relieved to find that both sides measured 3 1/4.  the entire width of the transom is 6 3/4  {1/4 being the thickness of the keel itself}.   good to know  
 

 
these were in the camera........glad I checked.   hope to get more done today