by seamore | Jan 20, 2018 | Building a Welsford Navigator
Each compartment in the Navigator has stringers that have epoxy drips and need rounded edges and fairing before painting. Which means working in awkward positions, sometimes dangling head down trying to sand a hard-to-reach area. Here are just the 3 compartments at...
by seamore | Sep 9, 2017 | All Things Boaty
I love the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival so much! When I moved to the Pacific Northwest I fell in love with this town with its boat traditions: the smell of pine tar and sawdust, the Port Townsend Sails sail loft (still incredible even if Carol Hasse is retired),...
by seamore | Jun 30, 2016 | Building a Welsford Navigator
So I find I actually love planking! On this particular design, which isn’t actually traditional, it’s easy. You need a piece of plywood long enough to reach from stem to stern, and wide enough to cover from the plank below (or the boat bottom) to the next...
by seamore | Aug 3, 2014 | All Things Boaty, Building a Welsford Navigator
My friend David came to visit and helped me laminate the final, top-most “sheer” string in place… we’re ready for planking! But we built a George Dyson baidarka years ago, and my son is twelve and wants to go on an overnight paddle with me to...
by seamore | Mar 22, 2014 | Building a Welsford Navigator
Stepdad Phil comes again to help, and we get transom attached, and most of the fore-and-aft stringers epoxied in. The boat is fairly stiff now, and has it’s final shape and is almost ready for planking. It’s good the boat is stiff now, because the car need...
