Something not entirely unlike seats

I'm not sure what to call them. The pieces of plywood that cover the storage compartments on the sides of the cockpit, which would be the seats if we weren't going to put slotted seats on top of them...?  Anyway, it makes the cockpit look a whole lot more complete!

Christmas 2015

In year 5 of this 2 year project, let's take stock of where things float. 😉

Here she is, as of today. 

Where to next?

Well, we're working on the cockpit right now, finishing the seats (well, not the ACTUAL seats, but the solid, structural part of them). We've got to make the mast and bowsprit. Cut out the portholes. Trim the hatch and portholes. Reprime the hull. Build the centerboard and install the pivot hardware. Sanding... Lots of sanding. Painting. Smaller stuff. Electrical. Other stuff. 

Two year project according to whom, you might ask?  Yeah, that'd be me and Dad. 

Seats and hatches

The long pieces of plywood will form the long benches in the cockpit, and the cutouts will be for storage underneath.  Every piece needs to be measured, cut, checked, re-measured, epoxied, sanded, epoxied, sanded... and eventually, I suppose there will be paint.  And probably more sanding.

Something new - fiberglass!

The cabin top gets so-called Dynel cloth (which is what we put on the hull), and remaining deck surfaces fiberglass cloth. 

Coaming in July

I left out a good month of boat work, I just realized!  Back in the summer, aside from putting decking on and putting the top on the cabin, we also did the coaming. This entailed milling some cedar from the property, installing some supporting pieces in the cockpit, then trying to bend the dang things enough to fit in place!  And what is their place?  As longitudinal pieces in the cockpit, that serves as both the backrest and the anchor for the aft decking. 

We also tried wet towels...

Ooh, aft decking and coaming finished!  Pretty. And what a nice curve!

A Cabin (for Hobbits)

The boat starts to look a lot more complete when you start to put the decking on!  The cabin now has a roof, and sides and it IS possible to sit up (ish) inside. :). There is certainly room enough to lay!

An Itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, shorty-porty cabin

Working on the cabin now and wondering if the boat mightn't be better off without it.  Still, if it's pouring rain, two people could conceivably shimmy their way in and get out of the rain.  

And I guess we will need a place for beer. :)