vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
Time for another update I think.
 
The boat is almost done!
 
So, I finished all the oars, they came out fine I think with no failures. But then, I had to figure out what finish to use. Now, they are made of maple which is very white and apparently notoriously difficult to stain. I tried painting the oars white, (using the previous short oars I had made), staining and just Tang oil. I did not like the white colour, staining went really badly no matter what I tried so it had to be Tung oil. Photo bellow.

So all oars are now ready

Next, I painted the rudder and I made the tiller. Now, the tiller has a bit of story behind it. About 3 years ago, I salvaged a small piece of wood from an apricot tree in my parents summer house, now gone. I wanted to use a bit of that wood in this boat so made the tiller out of it. Very nice wood, really hard.


Then I made the hinges, secured to both the rudder and boat with CA glue and small nails, cut from brass pins, dipped again in CA glue.



 
Now, next project was the oar locks. I ve no idea what would be used back then but I decided to use double thole pins. So I made the sacrificial base and rounded off some square pear strips.


So I think really close to finishing. Of course, the whole point is the davit - this is the reason the boat was built! I need to make the sockets and finish the davit.


I also need to make a few cleats. I also have some thin soft leather, maybe it would be nice to add a strip to the oars.
 
My very best wishes to all
Vaddoc
 

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Nice job, this looks amazing!

Congratulations Vaddoc,
 
A gorgeous model & one that must have been a very demanding build. You really had to build the whole boat & it's a beautiful result.

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

Hello again everyone, 
 
Well once again I failed at taking progress photos of my work, I guess the anxiousness of me wrapping this project up got the better of me. The weather has finally cooled down, so more attention needs to be focused on other projects and to be honest, I am really ready to sit down at my new bench and start making some sawdust. The past couple of months that I have actually been doing “work” work in my new room has found me staring at the incomplete hull of my Caroline towboat, just chomping at the bit to get back to work on her. So for now, I am calling this project done. The bookcase is finished and my nicknack shelves are done, the only thing that remains is the lighting and glass for my Chaperon, but I’m putting that off for the time being. For now this will have to do.
 
The finished results of my bookcase and all my junk to fill its shelves. Still have more to move in, just haven’t found all the boxes with the rest of my books. 

 
Thanks for following along. For now I am leaving this build open for some final shots once I get the Chaperone properly displayed. But for now, I’m calling it good. 
 
-Brian

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I last updated my progress on the shipyard but I managed to find some time to get an update in.
 
Day 25
I was able to get most of the cabinets painted up and finally started work on the benchtops. I forgot to take pictures of the painting, but who really wants to watch paint dry anyway?
Started off with my workstation area, just a simple corner desk that will hold my monitors and other assorted computer accessories. This section will be a few inches lower than the rest of the bench, for ergonomic reasons. I've found it hard to spend 8-10 hours a day at work on a 36" desktop. 

 
All of the bracing up, painted and ready for the tops to be installed.


 
Corner top installed.

 
More of the benchtops cut and installed.

 
Day 26
My original plan for the benchtop was to build it out of MDF, paint it black, then print out a bunch of old ship pictures and plans and glue then to the benchtop, then coat the whole thing in clear epoxy resin. That was until I found out that the price of MDF has just gotten stupid expensive. So I did some re-thinking and decided to go with some OSB and matte black Formica. This cut the benchtop cost in half.

Prepping the first piece of Formica for gluing.

 
and the first section is in.

 
Moving along with the Formica.




 
Day 27
With the Formica all installed it was time to trim the edges of the benchtop out. I went the cheap method with this and used 2x4's to make the trim. I ripped the 2x4's and rounded them on both sides to give a nice bullnose edge that is easy on the forearms. Again I forgot to take pictures of the ripping an rounding process, but here is the first piece going in.

 
Day 28
With the trim work in it was time to start moving a few things in. I had to clear off my current adjustable workbench so that I could get it painted up and the top modified to where it will work in my new shipyard. The benchtop edging was given a coat of stain and varnish and I moved my organizers in.

 
Day 29
I had a few short upper cabinets left over that I couldn't figure out what to do with, when it finally hit me. The would provide great overhead storage for my reloading powders and primers. They would be high enough to keep the grandkids from getting into them and still be accessible to my reloading bench. Had planned on installing a piece of 1" flat steel on the wall in this area and use magnets to hold my building plans on. Instead I installed a piece of steel angle iron to help support the uppers and also function as magnetic plan holder.

 
Finally I started moving my stash in. I left this corner open for the sole purpose of storing my future builds.

 
And I moved my reloading bench in as well. There will be additional shelves above the bench mounted to the stringers that are currently on the wall. Just need to get those built. I'm going to also make a few modifications to this bench to help hide some of the clutter, but that will come later on.

 
I've got my adjustable workbench out of the house and is currently waiting on paint and some trim. I'll have photos of that project on my next update. Just a few more items on my to-do list and the room should be ready to start creating some sawdust again.
 
Thank you all for stopping by.
 
-Brian
 
 
 

As time permits, I am slowly making progress on my shipyard.
 
Day 21: More paneling going up for the upper cabinets and workbench. Nothing too spectacular here. I got a late start on this day and it was extremely hot in the barn so I wanted to work on something that I could take advantage of the AC.


 
Day 22: Early start while it was somewhat cool, I finished up on the door construction. Still needs to be trimmed down to fit the opening, but it is done for the most part.

 
Trimming out the door opening .

 
I found this little gem on eBay and had to get it. I think it will set the door off nicely.

 
Making way for the port hole.

 
..and finally the door is hung in place.


All that is needed is to trim out the inside with molding, but that will come later, as will the porthole installation. I first need to get the door sanded and stained. I just wanted to get it installed so that I could hold on to as much AC as possible.
 
Day 23: Time to lay down some flooring.

 
Since this room is in the barn, I wanted to put down something that would withstand the major temperature changes that Texas has to offer. When it is rainy it tends to be a bit humid and the concrete floor of the barn tends to sweat. Even though the room is climate controlled, I didn't want to run the risk of the moisture seeping under the walls, so I went with a vinyl tile flooring. The  tiles have a built in moisture barrier and since they are made of vinyl, they are waterproof. Shouldn't have to worry too much about the moisture with this product.


 
Day 24: My original plan was to completely build the upper cabinets on the wall as well as the lower ones for the workbench. While the Admiral and I were out buying the flooring, she wanted to stop by the Habitat for Humanity Re-Store and see what they had. Usually you can find some good stuff at this place (and sometimes downright cheap), I am forever running across good deals on trim work and other good items. That is actually where I found the windows for my shipyard as well. So we took a stroll through the store and when I got to the back I found a whole kitchen's worth of cabinetry they had just gotten in. Well needless to say, they had more than enough cabinets to do what I needed, and they were half the price of what I had budgeted to build them. They just need a good wiped down, some sanding a a coat of paint to fit my color scheme and I should be good to go.
 
First set going in.


 
Piecing them together.

 
All of the uppers in place.

 
Door installed.

 
Now the lowers going in. I got lucky with some of the lowers. There were several sections with drawers, which are always handy to have.


 
It's all starting to come together. Next on my to do list is to get the cabinets painted up and start working on the benchtop.
 
Thanks for stopping by.
 
-Brian
 
 

Dear all
 
The boat is finished! 
 
After a lot of head scratching I ended up with a solution for the davit sockets that looks reasonable. The davit it self was also quite challenging to make but I think it came out fine.

Last thing to do was to install the thole pins and the cleats.
I still need to take some proper photos, make some type of cradle and order a display case. I think it is also appropriate to order the print from the National Maritime Museum or place some compact version of these plans within the case - we ll see.









This has been a very enjoyable build and I certainly learned a lot. In future I will post pictures in the gallery.
 
In the mean time however, there is another hull that has been gathering dust waiting patiently to come back into the shipyard. I do hope you will join for the Chapelle's fishing launch. 
 
I regret I have not been able to keep up with many logs I had been following - This is a period that life demands too much from me!
 
My deepest thanks for your company and support in this journey
 
Vaddoc

After a further shipyard layoff I return once again to building. I had now drawn all the frame templates. Some will be solid frames but most will have internal cut outs to facilitate below deck detailing.  by way of example here is frame 37.
 

At points A and B i will drill 6mm holes to take silver steel alignment rods to me used during assembly of the skeleton.
At point B is a further alignment slot to locate the frame on the building board.
At C is the cut line for the upper edge of the deck beam. The cut will be made as far as the centre line lug, leaving only the lug to be cut through to release the building board up-stand.
D is the level of the top of the bulwark.
E is the slot for the keel.
G is the level of the interior deck (In the case of frame 37 this is the engine room floor level).
H is the datum surface for mounting on building board.
 
You might recall from earlier that I am only using half the frames that appear on the original. The spacing at model scale is 1.5" or 3 feet at full size. I have included all the frame cutting templates for those who might want to build Cangarda in future.
 
Template, 05, 07, 09,.tiffTemplate, 11, 13,.tiffTemplate, 15,.tiffTemplate, 17,.tiffTemplate, 19,.tiffTemplate, 21,.tiffTemplate, 23,.tiffTemplate, 25,.tiffTemplate, 27,.tiffTemplate, 29,.tiffTemplate, 31,.tiffTemplate, 33,.tiffTemplate, 35,.tiffTemplate, 37,.tiffTemplate, 39,.tiffTemplate, 41,.tiffTemplate, 43,.tiffTemplate, 45,.tiffTemplate, 47,.tiffTemplate, 49,.tiffTemplate, 51,.tiffTemplate, 53,.tiffTemplate, 55,.tiffTemplate, 57,.tiffTemplate, 59,.tiffTemplate, 61,.tiffTemplate, 63,.tiffTemplate, 65,.tiffTemplate, 67,.tiffTemplate, 69,.tiffTemplate, 71,.tiffTemplate, 73,.tiffTemplate, 75, 77,.tiffTemplate, 79, 81, 83,.tiffTemplate, Bow, 01,03,.tiffTemplate, Stern,.tiff
 


 

Very punctual - 8lb exactly - but no name as yet. Very happy.

Keith - Not yet - apparently he is last on the list for today. If they run out of time he will be bumped to tomorrow. They are a bit short of staff today - his mother is one of the doctors on the delivery team and she isn't planning a DIY job.

For those not wishing to download the PDF's here are examples.of some of the lines drawings.

  

Hello friends. Just touching base to confirm that I am still in the world of the living. Sorry about the absence. Lots of family duties got in the way of ship building and the workshop has been collecting cobwebs for most of the summer. The geriatric members of the family (my age) seem to have accumulated various degrees of serious illness necessitating ongoing visits. Meanwhile my son and daughters house moves respectively have provided a string of opportunities from simple decorating up to patio construction and garden re-modelling. Grandparental duties are also likely to be in sharp focus for a number of months - grandchild number 2 (boy) arrives next Friday. In my day the sex and the arrival time were a mystery but it seems that in our modern word all uncertainties have been removed 🤞. I hope to get back onto a bit of modelling in the autumn as the weather deteriorates. In the mean time I will try to catch up with all your build logs. Best wishes.

After a bit of a layoff I am back at it. Somehow I picked up an unusual lung bacterial infection that required 3 rounds of different antibiotics to knock it on the head. The last lot seemed to do the trick and i'm now on the mend.  
I have been doing a lot of work on the hull lines drawing. You will probably recall Mr Rutherfords comment to the effect that the original lines were not available and the lines drawing was produced from a scan of the hull.
I don't know in detail how scans are done or indeed the details of the curve fitting programme used to generate the lines. Clearly though the small number of scan points has presented a  challenge the curve fitting programme.
Having printed out the the previously mentioned drawings at 1:24 scale on A4 sheets i joined them together paying particular attention to alignment and overall dimensions.
The breakfast bar came in quite handy (despite some protests). I played the illness card which seemed to have the desired effect. Looking at the lines drawings prompted a few questions. On the transverse sections at section 4 near position "A" there is a slight curvature. On the various photos I have the hull seems quite flat at this position, much more like frame 5.

On the horizontal sections near the stern the lines at points "C" and "D" seem to have odd local curvatures and I guessed that  this was down to the curve fitting programme struggling with lack of data.

 
Rather than accept the lines I decided to check the transverse, horizontal and longitudinal sections against one another starting by plotting the transverse section on top of the horizontal sections. This revealed a number of discrepancies. Near the stern the 4'WL plot deviated quite a lot from that line on the horizontal plan. The orange line below shows the original plot line while the new line below it is the line generated from plotting out the transverse sections. Smaller deviations were also revealed on the 6",8"and 10"WL plots, here again the orange lines are the original and the black lines are the projections from the transverse plots.

There were similar (but smaller) discrepancies towards the bow.

I then plotted the longitudinal section back on to the transverse sections which revealed discrepancies at the rail. The pencil lines show the runs of the rail and deck edge.

While none of the discrepancies were major I decided the best way forward was to get the plan, side and frontal lie drawings in agreement before generating the hull sections for build purposes. This is now complete and i can start generating the hull transverse sections corresponding to the frames on Cangarda.

I spent a few hours of today working out how to print the hull lines at 1:24 scale. The lines PDF file supplied by Tri Coastal Marine was drawn at 1/4" = 1' (1:48) so I needed to print them out at 200% scale. Both the standard and Safari print programmes on the Mac seem to have limitations on how they print scale copies across multiple sheets so I had a look for an alternative. A bit of research led me to Adobe Reader (free download) and this proved to be much more user friendly.
 
The lines drawing was imported into Adobe reader in PDF format. This opens up the following screen.

Clicking the print icon then pulls up the following screen:

Selecting the "Poster" option (A) enables printing across multiple sheets.
Selecting the scale (B) allows the PDF to be printed at the desired size and also defines the number of pages that the image will be printed over.
Selecting cut marks (C) instructs the printer to print alignment marks on the printed sheets. This significantly eases the assembly of the printed sheets into a composite picture.
The image at point "D" adjusts automatically to show how the image will be printed across a number of sheets. In my case i was using and A4 printer and the image was printed over 55 sheets. 
Fortunately a few months ago I invested in a "Big Tank" inkject picture so printer costs were not really a consideration.
I used the same procedure for printing out the other 2 PDF's provided by Tri Coastal Marine.