More of Ugly Bob

 More Bob pictures. I'm heading back to Australia soon and Bob is far from finished. He'll have to wait in storage until I get back.

Chines epoxied

Back hatch, seat hatches

Epoxy and fiberglass cloth drying

Bow

Sail by Brian Shilland of Shilland Sails in Sydney, Australia

Motivation

Slivers, Scabs, and a Cranky Biker

I have been hesitant to write this one. I have been working on a project and I'm starting to see a sliver of a possibility that I might actually finish it. I am building a sailboat. It's a very small sailboat though still big enough to gridlock my dad's workshop.  I am using the plans designed by John Welsford of New Zealand. He designs and sells several different wooden boat models. This one is called Houdini. Alex of Oz ordered the plans from John of NZ, they were sent from the North American office in Texas and arrived in a very large cylinder in Alaska. The boat is 14 feet long and six feet wide and will have one mast and a single mainsail. I started calling it Bob early on. As he comes along Ugly Bob has started to stick. 

 

Model Bob from back at the beginning.

An individual interior frame.

Frames aligned before mounting on the jig.

The first of about five stringers to break. This one snapped and hit me in the ribs.

Temporary interior frames to hold it all in place.

Decking and paneling.

The whole bottom is on now and I'm waiting for the epoxy to arrive in the mail.