PETUNIA at 75
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.
BEGINNING THE SECOND LAYER
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.
READY FOR THE PLANKING
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.
AMELIA PROGRESS
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?
PAINE 14 PROGRESS
June 8th, 2012
PETUNIA AND HER NEW SIBLING
With the frames erected you begin to get an idea of her lovely shape. Not all that different from her big sister, just a little flatter and lighter. Petunia is keeping a watchful eye on her new sister’s progress. When she’s done she will become the plug for the fiberglass version’s mold. Let me know if you want one.
STILL PAINTING
May 11th, 2012
PAINTING "MIDATLANTIC STORM"
The boat design business is gloomy at best, and I was born to create. So that leaves painting. “Midatlantic Storm” is my memory of a stormy afternoon from my misspent youth aboard the 37-foot yawl “Burgoo” bound for Copenhagen. We lost our rudder off of Rockall and made our way to Barra in the Hebrides.
PAINE 14 TRANSOM
April 21st, 2012
PAINE 14 TRANSOM
Here’s the PAINE 14 transom. Its shape is taken from the full sized lofting that comes with the plans. The top strake is made of the best looking piece of Honduras Mahogany I could find in my shop. The lower part is clad on the outside with mahogany, but the inside, shown here, is of marine plywood.
PAINE 14 RUDDER
April 21st, 2012
THE SHAPED RUDDER
Here’s the PAINE 14 rudder after one-half hour with 36-grit sandpaper on a Makita 7.5″ diameter grinder. The plies of the plywood serve as a guide to get everything fair and smooth. One layer of 12-oz. fiberglass cloth will be epoxied on to make it more durable.
PAINE 14 Rudder
April 13th, 2012
GLUING UP THE RUDDER
Here’s the starting point of the PAINE 14 rudder. One thing about boatbuilding- you can’t have too many clamps. If I had a dozen more, I’d have used them.
FINDING RUNAGATE
April 13th, 2012
ABOARD RUNAGATE IN MIAMI
I was in Miami last week and walking marinas looking for my children, as I am wont to do, when I spotted a lovely blue Morris 46, RUNAGATE. It happened that one of the owners was aboard so I had a wonderful visit and an opportunity to be photographed in lovely, Morris-built surroundings. The boat is maintained in near new condition and the owner absolutely loves it. Does my heart good.