Barbashela Log 25 Mar 16

25 Mar 16: Wet towels on the bent part, we wet them down a few times a day plus it has been raining. If the sun comes out and it warms up we'll throw a dark tarp over them as well. We'll check the boards next week and if they spring back too much we'll steam them.

We interrupt our irregularly scheduled program to bring you the work deck. Now that we are using the carriage house for boat restoration, we need an outdoor work area for sanding, cutting, painting and gardening.

Extended the ramp so dolly projects and larger saws can roll outside on nice days.

ADD Alert, back to the boat: Bending jig set to Barbashela's dimensions.

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Barbashela Log 21 Mar 16

21 Mar 16:

12 planks for the broad, sheer and outer gunwale, planed them down to 15/16 inches.

Planing the 24 foot plank for the port side garboard plank.

Working our way down to 15/16 inch....we may have gone .0075 past :)

Ripped the broad planks, sheer clamps and outer gunwales.

Video update

Setting up the build table for use as a plank bending jig, started by marking a centerline.

Pre-bending the planks for the garboard, broad, sheer clamp and outer gunwale.

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Barbashela Log 19 Mar 16

19 Mar 16:

New starboard bottom plank.

Port side seat riser.

Ready to cut the scarf.

New section of seat riser cut from cypress.

Rejoined seat riser section with Pettit Marine Paint flexpoxy.

Joined seat riser scarf with Pettit Marine Paint flexpoxy.

Scarfs for planks soon.

Cut 8:1 line for sheer clamp scarf.

Cut the scarf for the sheer clamp.

Scarf was too close to frame arm and the inner section cracked, so we will move it back about 6 inches.

Got a look at the sheer profile.

Night at the boat works.

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Barbashela Log 18 Mar 16

18 Mar 16:

Barbashela heading to the wooden boat cottage, she'll hang out with St Jacques and Spray for a while.

St Jacques saying howdy to Barbashela.

The boat cottage is 16x20 but when you subtract feet for studs and garage door, Barbashela has to swing sideways when we close the door. That's her planking on the deck, hiding under the Penobscot 14

Yay, we can close the door and still get to most of the boat!

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Barbashela Log 17 Mar 16

17 Mar 16:

Cut the bottom plank curve with....wait for it...a circular saw, set to minimum depth! I thought I was going to amaze the crew, but Skipper said she did that all the time in theater, then my son walked by and said he mentioned that to me 6 years ago.

Trimmed the edge of the old plank.

Trimmed the corners.

Trimmed the plank close to the crossmember, with the Japanese saw, then got the underside with the circular saw.

Bottom plank trimmed.

Clamped new plank piece for marking.

Cut the new plank section.

Used Pettit Marine Paint Flexpoxy to join the planks.

Skipper smoothing the Pettit Marine Paint Flexpoxy, starboard half of bottom plank is now complete!

Planks make a gentle curve up to the bow.

New starboard plank section!

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Barbashela Log 16 Mar 16

16 Mar 16:

Planing the bottom plank out of cypress with a DEWALT portable planer.

Starboard bottom where new plank was grafted.

Taking the curve off the port side onto the plank blank.

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Barbashela Log 15 Mar 16

15 Mar 16:

Cutting inner and outer stem blanks out of 4x4 cypress, 25 inches each. Cut them long so we can shape the top and bottom.

Stem angle set at about 12.5 degrees using the mockup piece and a bevel.

I cut across the top to get a 7/8 inch flat.

The plank will lay come into the outer stem at a 90 degree angle.

Inner stem on left, outer stem on right with the cutout for a 15/16 inch thick plank.

Bending a batten to check the height of the sheer. It came to withing 1/4 inch of the mark we made based on scaling the photo.

Checking to see where the top plank will hit the bow stem. It looks pretty good compared to the Drascombe Lugger sheer in the background.

Bent a batten to see where the top plank will meet the bow stem.

Mock up of how the stems, side planks, bottom plank and keel strip will tie together.

Bent a batten to see where the top plank will meet the bow stem.

Bent a batten to see where the top plank will meet the bow stem. The pencil mark was our guess based on scaling up the photo.

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