Tag Archives: centerboard

The Rudder

Posted on May 29, 2013 by timsboats

Finally getting to the rudder. I hadn’t even drawn it ’til the other day. I did not get too many pics of the process – I was more into getting it done than taking pics. It’s built with a one … Continue reading →

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Motorin’

Posted on May 15, 2013 by timsboats

The rowing was a success on the first two outings. So I mounted up my 30 pound thrust trolling motor to give it a try.  I’ve had two outings with the motor. It works pretty good. She glides along nice and … Continue reading →

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It floats!

Posted on May 4, 2013 by timsboats

I finally got her in the water this morning. I’m gonna call it an “unofficial launch”. But I had to see her float and try out the oars. All went well. She rode on the trailer just nice and the … Continue reading →

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Trunk installed

Posted on June 2, 2012 by timsboats

After a couple of weekends off from serious boat building I got back to some final assembly today. The centerboard trunk is now in for good. I glassed and epoxy/graphite powder coated the insides of the trunk and coated the … Continue reading →

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Centerboard lead

Posted on May 12, 2012 by timsboats

Set out this morning to find a small, inexpensive second hand cast iron vessel to melt some lead for my centerboard. No luck really finding anything cheap.  As a last resort we stopped in a consignment shop and they had a nice little … Continue reading →

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Bitts & pieces parts

Posted on May 6, 2012 by timsboats

This week I only managed a few hours during the week. Got more done on the weekend though. I decided to put the mooring bitt in. wasn’t sure I wanted it at first, but now I like the look. And … Continue reading →

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Just one more thing…

Posted on April 29, 2012 by timsboats

Well, I got the front split /thwart done today. And as I suspected the centerboard trunk is now soild as a rock. I think I’d have to whack it with a sledgehammer to get it to move any – and … Continue reading →

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Even more trunk action

Posted on April 15, 2012 by timsboats

Lots more hours on the centerboard trunk today. My idea was to run the stringer down the middle of the height of the trunk. (if that makes sense) I drilled the 2″ holes first, then split the thing down the … Continue reading →

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More junk – on the trunk

Posted on April 14, 2012 by timsboats

I’ve spent all week (couple hours a day) working on the trunk logs. Made each of them from two pieces and epoxied them together. I found it was fairly easy to do this way – just time consuming. Getting the … Continue reading →

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Centerboard trunk

Posted on April 9, 2012 by timsboats

 I got started on the centerboard trunk today. I had the posts made up already. So I cut two pieces of the Sureply roughly oversize. You can see the little marking gauge I made up and used. Marked one side … Continue reading →

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