Re: A New Build Begins
Posted by Charlie43 on
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Applying a second coat of oil to the interior made more sense than an fourth (or fifth) coat of varnish to the exterior, which was already looking better than expected. In 20 minutes, I was done and hammering the lid back on the can. Now I wait for it to dry and shoot for Tuesday as being the nearest, dry day for a river trial.
The build began Sept 27, and ended today, Nov 25, a very long, two months of not continuous work. My best guess is my usual 150 hours and $150 for materials. A good-looking boat. A river trial will prove whether is a good boat or not.
It should be. I borrowed the bottom from Bolger's Nymph, flattened the rocker, chopped 5 inches off the sheer at the bow, flared the sides (he draws them plumb), installed five, short-legged frames instead of his three transverse ones, used a transverse thwart instead of his longitudinal one, crowned the bow and transom and cut handholds, scuppered the gunnel, and installed doubled skegs. So, other than those few minor details, it's his boat, which I had built once before as exactly as he drew it and exactly Payson finished it out.
But I knew from using the boat those changes were needed if it were to be what it the boat it coulda/shoulda been if B&P had really thought about what they were doing, instead of catering to the "instant boat" crowd, which is a crap way to draw and build.
Aside: 'Fast' isn't bad. 'Thoughtless' is. Bolger got the bottom right, as he always does, but little else about the boat is worth repeating, and Payson is the worst builder I know of in terms of consistently doing work in ways one cringes to see done. Nice guy and fun to read; but a bad builder.
I framed with Khaya, and the final, finished weight was my targeted 20 kilos. That makes my fourth boat this year and Hull No. 14 lifetime to date. (Still barely a journeyman, right?) But I started lofting my next boat today and can now end this thread to begin a new one.
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Applying a second coat of oil to the interior made more sense than an fourth (or fifth) coat of varnish to the exterior, which was already looking better than expected. In 20 minutes, I was done and hammering the lid back on the can. Now I wait for it to dry and shoot for Tuesday as being the nearest, dry day for a river trial.
The build began Sept 27, and ended today, Nov 25, a very long, two months of not continuous work. My best guess is my usual 150 hours and $150 for materials. A good-looking boat. A river trial will prove whether is a good boat or not.
It should be. I borrowed the bottom from Bolger's Nymph, flattened the rocker, chopped 5 inches off the sheer at the bow, flared the sides (he draws them plumb), installed five, short-legged frames instead of his three transverse ones, used a transverse thwart instead of his longitudinal one, crowned the bow and transom and cut handholds, scuppered the gunnel, and installed doubled skegs. So, other than those few minor details, it's his boat, which I had built once before as exactly as he drew it and exactly Payson finished it out.
But I knew from using the boat those changes were needed if it were to be what it the boat it coulda/shoulda been if B&P had really thought about what they were doing, instead of catering to the "instant boat" crowd, which is a crap way to draw and build.
Aside: 'Fast' isn't bad. 'Thoughtless' is. Bolger got the bottom right, as he always does, but little else about the boat is worth repeating, and Payson is the worst builder I know of in terms of consistently doing work in ways one cringes to see done. Nice guy and fun to read; but a bad builder.
I framed with Khaya, and the final, finished weight was my targeted 20 kilos. That makes my fourth boat this year and Hull No. 14 lifetime to date. (Still barely a journeyman, right?) But I started lofting my next boat today and can now end this thread to begin a new one.
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