by Paul | Jul 22, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In Part 2 of this series, I finish up the installation of the trim wood around the outer edges of the ballast keel molds. I trim off the excess material and that is about as far as I can get due to several days of rainy weather. The trim was added so I can round over...
by Paul | Jul 11, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
Now that the hull is right side up, it is time to fabricate the two outside ballast keels. The first step is to build the molds to hold the concrete and scrap steel. The molds will also become a permanent part of the ballast keels and as such, they will be coated with...
by Paul | Jul 1, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
In this video, I trim down the excess plywood side panels to the sheer line. This is just a “roughing in at this point. The edges of the plywood will then receive a couple of coats of low viscosity epoxy resin and allowed to “soak” in. Any voids will then be filled...
by Paul | Jul 1, 2021 | Boat Building, On My Mind, Sailing & Cruising
You may have watched a version of this video before. I decided to re-package and re-post this video in particular. Why? Some “bonehead” just posted a copyright claim against the original video over the music used. I used “Birth of a Nation” a royalty-free song from...
by Paul | Jun 25, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
In Part 1 of “Rolling the Hull,” I was able to lift the hull, remove the strongback, and rig the hull in preparation to begin the actual roll-over. In this video, I actually roll over the hull to the right-side up position, then block up the hull so it is firmly...
by Paul | Jun 18, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
Whoa! What is going on here? Did I accidently post this Shoestring Shipyard YouTube channel video on my Downeast Thunder Creations YouTube channel by mistake? Nope! As many of you are aware, I started my Shoestring Shipyard channel to start concentrating all my boat...
