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I started this build a few months ago and having just joined this forum/site wondered if anyone would be interested in the progress so far.

 

I'm guessing that I'm around 2/3rds the way though it but I would be more than happy to post the progress history from buying the kit on a well known auction site, tracking it across the USA, the Atlantic and the UK and trying, with problem eyes and fingers, to build this beautiful fishing/racing schooner.

 

 

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Looking good - you are at about the same stage as my Bluenose - Nice work ! Are you going to leave the area above the water line as is - I like it that way !

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Hello Don . . . and firstly my apologies for not replying earlier as so many (too many) outdoor projects on the go and the weather has improved a little here in Cornwall.  As an aside . . . how's things all the way over there in Vancouver ?

 

My answer is YES, walnut with a button polish wipe over.  I have just ordered fine white waterline tape and am charging along on the spars, mast, winch and even the sailcloth.

 

Will post an update shortly

 

Take care

 

Jon

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And so to sails.  These are the finished size templates . . . tomorrow off to the little village of Calstock by the Tamar to see if the little sewing shop there can turn my washed and ironed sailcloth into proper sails.  Here's a hoping.


Ordered fine white waterline striping today and some additional cotton thread

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Hull is all but finished . . . just the naming and scrollwork stuff, oh and a half decent stand.

Then on to getting the masts stepped

 

I'm giving up on trying to post an image on this site . . . . any advice guys ?

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Hi Jon,

 

looking great, your Bluenose! I like the combination of the anti-fouling red with the natural wood. Looks very handsome. I fear my Bluenose will be a lot darker ;-)

How did you make the mast hoops?

 

Thanks!

Fair winds and following seas,

 

Jan-Willem

 

 

current build: Billing Boats Bluenose "the anonymous schooner" (enhanced-bashed-scratched-whatever) in a scale between 1:55 and 1:69

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