The second build night for the 14ft brockaway skiff turned out to be a total success even though only David Hart and Tony Steelman could attend. Tim Hart had a good excuse as he was away on business travel. Jim Orndorff on the other hand gets a demerit badge for working late on an initial RFP .
So the first task at hand is to build the stem post which will start the bow of the boat. After using a sample 4x4 and some adjustments to the table saw the angles were easily achieved. Dave is admiring his handy work.
I think Dave is still in disbelief we made such a fine cut.
We laid out the sides of the boat that were created last week . Now the side are fully cured as the glue has had a week to cure.
Taking both David and I we attached the sides to the stem. They were glued and attached with 3 inch galvanized nails.
This angle shot from the front of the bow is now giving the first impression that a boat is being formed.
The next step moved us to the transome. though the pics are not here Tony cut out 2
22x48 inch 3/4 inch pieces of plywood to form the transom. The two pieces were temporarily attached and the proper side angles and bevelled edges were cut.
After making those cuts.... we separated the two pieces and prepared for permanent attachment.
David below is applying the construction adhesive liberally across a transom panel.
David does not want this thing to ever come apart so has decided to finish off the whole tube.
Now that the first piece of the transom is glued..... we apply the second piece and David is installing all the screws. Inspired by his father Bob..... he asked me a non detail guy to draw lines on the transom so all his screws could line up straight and look nice.
I have to admit ..... it did look nice!
And lastly for the evening.... we placed a beveled angle on our 16ft chine boards that we will work with next week.
