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 | 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...
by seamore | Sep 7, 2013 | Building a Welsford Navigator
More time flies by, and my stepfather Phil visits and helps out! We get the last of the frames attached, and a veneer on the transom: book-matched burled maple. It will look nice when the varnish is on! The seat fronts are a plywood face with a circular access port...
