Someone is big enough to help decorate the tree this year…❤️

It’s starting to look like a boat…

Some progress photos of the boat build—transom prepped, frames prepped, and initial assembly of the hull with the bottom plank and garboards held together by frames.

Conversely we need a lot more of this

I was warned that I would not have enough clamps…luckily I was able to make some PVC clamps fairly easily. #boatbuilding #woodenboat #clamps #bandsaw

Assorted shots of the boat build so far #woodenboat #boatbuilding #clamps

Hello there!

Here’s another little dinghy idea I had—something that could make for exciting and challenging single hand sailing with the sloop rig (bottom), or a relaxed cruise with 2-3 passengers with the lug rig (top). Shape is reminiscent of Nigel Irens’ Western Skiff, I think. #sketching #boatdesign

My thought is that I’d build this to an almost comically high standard of detail—including strip-planked decks and rounded multi-chine lapstrake/clinker hull. This is supposed to give a sense of what that would look like—also note the two different mast positions for different rigs. #sketching

Breaking out my sketchbook for the first time in years, I realize that I like drawing boats but need to keep practicing if I ever want to actually design one and build it. This is supposed to be a traditionally-styled high-performance 1-2 person racer…

Pergolating. #pergola #carpentry

With the planks scarphed and joints sanded, we can start the epoxy pre-coating. I was glad to have such enthusiastic help! #woodenboat #boatbuilding #epoxy

Scarphing together the first planks—bottom and garboards.
#woodenboat #boatbuilding #epoxy #scarphing

Workspace set up, and first assemblies—transom, stem, and 3 of the 5 frames. #woodenboat #boatbuilding

After a great day out sailing, it’s always fun to appreciate how much I can schlep around in my little GTI

The kit arrived! Here it is as it came on the pallets, and how it looks once unpacked.

This is the temporary boat shop I’ll be (partly) working out of over the winter while I build my first boat. #woodenboat #boatbuilding