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Bilge panels are on and temporarily taped with masking tape, covering up our poor measuring. Now the filling with epoxy filler can begin ... #boatbuilding #instantboats
Glass taping the seams ... It's a mess 😝
This boat is exactly the same length as an optimist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimist_(dinghy) but it's fuller and, at least to my taste, much more ship shape in the lines.
With a favorable weather forecast, we moved the boat outside. Yay, it fit through the kitchen!
Here's the whole outside covered in glass fabric, ready to "wet down" with resin.
In the end this didn't go too well. Lesson learned: don't try to work more than one layer of glass fabric at once ...
"In every amateur boatbuilder's shop there should be a 'moaning chair': this should be a comfortable seat from which the boat can be easily seen and in which the builder can sit, smoke, chew, drink, or swear as the moment demands."
--- Howard I. Chapelle, #boatbuilding
My regular job was very demanding over the last weeks, but now the skeg is on, and two coats of primer ... #boatbuilding #instantboats
Fitting the fore-and-aft thwart. This longitudinal bench facilitates balancing the weight of passengers and any stuff carried ... #boatbuilding #instantboats #boating
We've decided on a colouring scheme. The dark green side will be topped by a wooden rubb strip. I've also bought a nice pair of oars. The original plans suggest to build your own oars, but we want to get done. Maybe this upcoming weekend 😁
Btw, our boats design is called "Nymph" by Phil Bolger.
https://www.instantboats.com/product/nymph-7-9-x-3-6/
Here are plenty of other Bolger Nymphs ...
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bolger+nymph&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images
Launching day! This Bolger Nymph is now a dinghy to Wanderschaft 🚣♂️🥳🍻
#boatbuilding #instantboats #boating
#boatbuilding #instantboats #boating
Samir Parikh