Swampscott Dory by Joseph F. - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:12

[Joseph F.]

Purchased this kit used off eBay recently, was looking for a fairly easy kit to introduce my younger brothers-in-law to ship modelling, so they will be helping me out with this build. Am also eager to return to a larger-scale Dory, as my first ever build was the 1:24 Lowell Grand Banks Dory from MS.

Have gathered some essential tools for this build, which will be worked on when my wife and I visit her family.

Have also traced the sails from the plans, which my wife will make. I'm hoping to make this boat water-tight so that it could potentially sail in the pool.

[Joseph F.]

Made a little progress on the boat on Saturday, the kids were helpful with sanding and gluing.

This is as far as we went, with the frames glued to the bottom.

Started sanding and fairing the frames, will commence to attach the garboard plank next time.

[Joseph F.]

Continued progress, have fitted the garboard planks. Coming together fairly well.

[mark.bukovich]

Nice! I love the Swampscott Dory, and even better, the idea of helping others into the hobby

[Joseph F.]

Have completed planking the Dory, and coated inside and out with Polyurethane. 

 

I packed the hole for the centerboard with clay and floated it in the pool, no leaks that I can find, so I am hoping this boat will actually sail when it’s done.

 

 

Started the centerboard channel and a second oar. 

[MrBlueJacket]

With a little keel weight, it should sail just fine.

 

Nic

[Joseph F.]

It’s been a couple months since I’ve made an update but I’ve finally made some progress, added ribs and gunwales. 

[HardeeHarHar]

Looking good!

[Joseph F.]

Ended up working on this boat all day yesterday and this morning. 
 

Rigged the sails this morning and readied it for an attempt at sailing. 

However this did not work out as intended, and it swamped twice in the pool.

 

I think there must be some holes in the boat, so I will plug those. Also, these pre-Hurricane Ian breezes probably do not help haha, so I’ll try it again on a day with a lighter breeze and more ballast. 

[Mike Collier]

It looks pretty good! The picture with the sail did something happen to the side?

[catopower]

The Swampscott dory is a really nice looking boat. I built that kit back when it was still made by Laughing Whale. It was something like the 5th wooden kit I'd ever built, and I remember the hull was just a tad crooked.

 

Your's looks great. Probably just need to lower the keel and clip some more ballast to the end of it.

[Joseph F.]

@Mike Collier Thank you! It's probably some warped planking due to the transom and stem being misaligned by about 5 degrees. Made it really difficult to plank the port side.

 

@catopower I didn't even think about lowering the keel, thanks for pointing that out!