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New Boat / New Construction / Pelican / Restoration May 29, 2015
This week I finished the basic hull of a Pelican sailboat. I sheathed the hull in fiberglass and epoxy, ensuring a watertight and long lasting boat. I also primed the hull in an epoxy primer because it cures reliably over an epoxy coating. I flipped the hull over and it’s ready to start working on […]
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The Flying Dutchman is a 20′ racing dinghy developed in the early ’50s, that raced in the Olympics from the ’60s to the ’90s. This one was built in the late ’60s or early ’70s, and is built out of molded wood. We fixed some rot, beefed up the structure a bit, and totally refinished […]
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Here I’m steaming in some bent oak frames into a vintage Herreshoff Daysailer. It needs about 1/4 of the frames replaced. I take out every other frame that needs replacing so that there is still some structure holding the shape of the boat. The steam setup is pretty simple, just a turkey cooker type propane […]