There are now less than two weeks before my local Boy Scout council's Webelos Resident Camps (which I run) and so the rest of July will be spent completing preparations and then actually running the two four-day, three-night camps (7/21-24 & 7/26-29). So boat work is finished for the rest of July.
Current pictures:
Looking aft at rudder with gudgeons and pintles, tiller straps and tiller!
Looking at hull with deck in place.
Looking aft down centerline at deck with mast partner, then cockpit and then transom.
Here's where we stand:
- Hull
- complete and primed, shoe and skeg attached—needs paint
- Hull inside
- complete and painted—needs deck/hull glue scraped, touch-up and detail painting
- Rudder
- complete with all hardware—needs paint
- Tiller
- first coat of varnish drying—needs more
- Centerboard
- complete—needs paint and toggle and fid made
- Deck
- in place, screwed down and glued—needs mast hole cut, screw holes filled, fiberglassed and painted
- Deck coamings
- mahogany purchased, need completed after deck fiberglassed
- Floorboards
- need making
- Mast
- needs more rounding, dumb sheaves drilled and painted
- Gaff and boom
- cut to size and need finishing
- Other stuff
- need to make six blocks, Jonesport mooring cleat & three cleats, need to have hull inspected, receive hull number and registration numbers and need to christen her
In other words, our August launch date is in jeopardy.
