Herreshoff Double Paddle Rewind

 12 Jan 22:

I was trying to figure out the best way to shape the concave face on the paddle blade, when Richard showed me how he cuts away most of the excess concave material with a bandsaw BEFORE he glues everything together and before the cuts the outer edge curve. So I took our bandsaw and cut enough bits off that they would fit through my small bandsaw (4 inch throat). I them tracced the profile on the side of the blade, hard to do when the surface is curved. And the resulting surface was not terribly flat, so there were come vagaries in alignment when I worked the smaller pieces through the saw. One bit got cut a little too shy and several others had a lot of excess wood left, but nowhere near what I started with. 

Glued everything back together. New clamps reported for duty, Webb and Doug.

Webb Underway

21 Sep 18:

Our friend Webb Chiles and his Moore 24 GANNETT are underway, running up the Atlantic coast from Hilton Head to Maryland, destination St. Michaels' area for the Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival. There will be an interesting log to read in a few days on his blog Self Portrait In The Present Sea.

Webb is on deck to speak at the Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival, which is hosted by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and runs Oct 6-7.

FMI: MASCF