Avoiding to sand

Was supposed to sand the fillets from yesterday but I had big problems getting started, I think I have mentioned before how much I hate sanding.

So instead I decided to start with the seat tops.

Spiling the shape

Marking and cutting

The first dry fit (some shaping remains)

Finally I had to force my self to get on with the sanding and did half of the forward tank.

Time today: 2h

Back again!

Back to boat building after two weeks. Had a soft start, rough trimmed the ends of the last plank and filleted the forward and aft buoyancy tanks.

Not very tidy fillets but as they are in the tanks no one (except you and me) will ever see them. I will need to shape up before I do the visible fillets.....


Time today: 3h

Gdansk harbour, Friday evening

Removing the screws

Removed the screws before going to work 

Time today: 0.5h

Planking done!

Finalized the planking today!!!!

Did much of the same as the last few days.

Prepared plank pieces for installation

Trimmed planks

Cutting the rabbet

Rabbet and landings done, time for glue

Planking finished!!!! Time for a whisky celebration! (The stem is actually much more vertical than it looks in the picture, must be something with the angle)

I am extremely happy to be done with the planking, finally it feels like I am half way into the build. There will be no more boatbuilding until after Easter as I have other things to do, I will still post if I find something nautical that I think may be of interest.

Time today: 3h

Port

Hung the last plank on the port side today. First I cut out all the pieces for both planks.

Planed the edges

Dry fitting

Drilled the screw holes and planed the scarfs

During planking

All done, starboard tomorrow!

Time today: 4h

Last pair of planks

Started the last pair of planks tonight. First I pulled the screws out of the starboard plank and trimmed it at the stem.

Screws out, stem not trimmed yet

Then I started the last plank properly by cutting the rabbet on the port side.

Rabbet

I hung the last part of the spiling plank and started marking it up. From old habit I had marked the midpoint of the top stringer and spiled (fidded) the plank to this blue line but luckily I discovered my mistake in time.

Spiling plank in place

Redoing the marking correctly this time

Finally I marked out the plank pieces on the plywood.

The last pair of planks ready for cutting (three pieces each)

Time today: 2.5h