Archive for July, 2012

Chuck The Boatbuilder

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Chuck and Amelia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I am with AMELIA, which I estimate as half-finished. If you get to Maine, come and look at progress.  Amelia is a slightly scaled down Herreshoff 12 1/2 with a fin keel, optimized in every way for trailering to a new destination every weekend. Her lead keel and flotation chambers make her safer than the much more common unballasted centerboarder. Plus, she’ll be breathtakingly beautiful.

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PETUNIA’s Birthday Party

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Chowder on the front lawn

 A few of the guests at Petunia’s 75th birthday party.

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PETUNIA at 75

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

PETUNIA at 75

 Here’s PETUNIA in the 75th year of her age. She hosted a wonderful party for 100 of her best friends at her owners’ home this past weekend. Her daddy made his famous clam chowder.

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BEGINNING THE SECOND LAYER

Saturday, July 21st, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first skin of 1/8″ cedar veneer is completed and I am beginning the second one. You can see the first strake at about mid-boat. I am stapling over cords so as to make removing the staples easier once the epoxy glue has cured.

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READY FOR THE PLANKING

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

READY FOR PLANKING

 
All of the internal members are in place and dead accurate thanks to CADD technology. Once the three layers of Spanish Cedar and fiberglass cladding are added she can be turned upright and the deck added.

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AMELIA PROGRESS

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Ready to begin planking

 
My new project now has a name… AMELIA.  Her older sister PETUNIA, was born in 1937 and is thus 75 years old this summer. What other famous event happened in 1937?  That was the year Amelia Earheart went missing. As a grounded former pilot I have always admired Amelia’s spirit, and what better honor than to name a boat after her?

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