Tuesday, 13 June 2023

 The 2 min boat tool

If you dont know about this boat building aid here it is 



just use a flat  piece of wood jointed square, and cut the hole on a bandsaw,
a jigsaw works but make sure the cut is square and true
and use it like this







and if you need a smaller one just cut a smaller hole

use it for cutting the ply sheeting and it also helps for marking to plane the progressive bevels on the stringers 












Sunday, 11 June 2023

 hull bottom glued on


cutting the bottom panels - it helps to use a new makita no. 2 blade







How do I keep motivated,  I just step outside my workshop and look at the view
 -  the sea is calling


greetings to you all - from the Açores















 The hull bottom panel in progress


the hull bottom panel the first sheet of 2500x1220x10 plywood on the bottom, 





this gives you a an idea of the beam of the boat

 NMEA connections and the low power interior lights Just some futher pictures from the last few weeks all the NMEA connections are contained...