Decks and thwart i place

Today i glued the decks and thwart. Now it is just the cleats for the seat left to make.

Deck adjusted ready to glue

Deck adjusted ready to glue

Glued

Glued

 

Thwart adjusted and glued in place

Preparing for seat and thwart

Preparing for the seat and thwart. Calculated the height of the seat and made temporary cleats to use as distance from gunnel to top of seat. Seems that this was exactly right height, so now I just have to mount the permanent cleats under the seat arms.

Test mount of seat and thwart

Measurements seems OK. just add the cleats for the seat and trim the thwart



Made a weight check. 11.65 kg bare hull and 12,3kg  with seat and thwart added.

Mounting outer gunnels

Mounting of the outer gunnels is straight forward. Add glue and clamp up.

A lot of clamps again

The outer gunnel I tapered from 12 mm to 6 mm. The taper is 1,5 m (5") long

The bow looks nice

Mounting inner gunnels

Time to mount the inner gunnels. Thickened epoxy and a -lot- of clamps.

Ready to glue

Holes in detail

A lot of clamps



Looks OK

Making decks

I make the decks by glueing together a number of strips. They are formed to follow the curve of the hull.  Not much curve, but it looks better than straight strips. The deck is made in 2 halves that is glued together.

Laminating half of the deck

The two halves glued together and grinded a radius for the decorative strip

Laminating the decorative strip

Mounting the decorative strip on the deck

Decks ready to mount

Makeing holes in inner gunnels

Time to make the inside gunnels ready. I go for the traditional design with a lot of holes and a small for and aft deck. I make the holes with a router instead of glueing a lot of cleats.

 

Clear marks where to cut



Both gunnels marked. Ready to cut holes.

12 mm router bit and 25 mm gunnel makes a nice look.

Preliminary fit of gunnels and marking for the decks.

Seat ready

Got some spare time, so I made the seat. 11 layers of  red cedar to get the right shape. Glued and pressed in a jig with right profile. Grinded a slot to attach the cane.

500g (18 oz) seat is OK

Inside gunnel fitted

Today I got the inside gunwhale temporarily fitted. Precision job as the angles and the length must be exact. Turned out OK.

Aligning the gunwhales in front

A board form with right form is temporarily fitted to keep the right angle of the bow.

Bow - Looks OK

Stem. Good enough