Monthly Archives: February 2012

More fairing fun and a good lashing

Posted on February 27, 2012 by timsboats

Lots of planing this weekend. Fairing the chines and sheer clamps. (hope I’m using all the right terms/names) Transom frame is all padded out and cleaned up, faired. Fairing the stringers was not possible at the molds because I had … Continue reading →

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I’ve got the fairing of the chines and keel plank just about done. I used my 4 foot aluminum level, coated the one edge with black magic marker – (Sharpie, of course) and used it like a huge pencil of … Continue reading →

Posted on February 26, 2012 by timsboats | Leave a comment

Chines and sheer clamps

Posted on February 20, 2012 by timsboats

I’ve made some progress on my sharpie. Chines and sheer clamps fitted and glued up. They were all left long on the transom end. Once the epoxy sets up good and hard I’ll trim them off flush. Still lots of … Continue reading →

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Stick-Up Sharpie

Posted on February 5, 2012 by timsboats

I’m starting a new blog here to follow along on the build of a 13′ stick-up rigged sharpie. Some work has already been started – the strongback and molds are set up. That has taken me a couple weekends so … Continue reading →

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