4 Strong Winds Posted April 24, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2022 I have recently acquired a Billing’s Boats model 576 of the Fishing Vessel Bluenose and I have to say that the instructions certainly do not fill me with confidence about this build. A little history, the boat came to me as a partial build from a fellow who acquired it from the original buyer/builder so I’m the third owner of the boat. After spending some time looking at the boat and studying it’s construction I’m almost regretting ever getting it. What looks ok at a glance becomes a poor start as I studied it. I noticed that some things were broken, parts not meeting up completely and so on. So after a bit of deliberation I have decided to partially disassemble the boat and try to fix them as best as I’m able. I have never built a boat before but I am/was a finish carpenter with what’s left of a decent eye and good hands so I undertook the disassembly with care and I managed to break the glue joints with patience and finesse. There was a spot or two where the deck didn’t touch the bulkhead thus making it seem to have shorter Stanchions than the rest of its mates on the raised aft deck which looked really bad to me. Anyway I currently have the deck removed and the glue cleaned up and I’m ready to get going on it again. The following pictures are how received the boat ccoyle, Paul Le Wol and yvesvidal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strong Winds Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Well I am guessing but I assume that the transom needed to be planed down so plane it I did! I really like that Veritas mini block plane, it works really fast on that plywood. I’m attempting to get ready for planking the hull and I haven’t a clue on what I’m doing and I admit I’m beginning to fade in confidence in my own judgment. Let’s see what happens……. Oh! I have reassembled the boat after fixing a few things. . Edited April 26, 2022 by 4 Strong Winds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strong Winds Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) Preparing to bend my gunwales I decided to use push pins to create the shape and provide a clamping backing to hold the strips in place as they dry. I have never done this before so I will have to wait and see if it works. Well there it is pinned in place and I sank the head right onto the top of the two rails for extra holding power. Now just wait for them to dry up........... Edited April 30, 2022 by 4 Strong Winds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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