We’ve been hard at work (play) on the Gannet project, getting the interior plank fillets done and sanded, and moving on to floors and bulkheads patterned, cut, and fitted, nearly ready to glue in. The centerboard trunk pattern is well on its way too. The thing that slows us down is thinking it all through!!
We still need to determine the height of the floors, so that the floorboards (sole) will sit on them nicely, and will leave enough legroom when we’re sitting in the boat. The centerboard trunk pattern needs to be trimmed down to the desired height.
It’s exciting to start to see the interior layout, and imagining ourselves sailing the boat!
Enke is getting some attention, with a fresh coat of paint. That work had started before our Heritage Harbour Classic, and was interrupted when we needed to get her back in the water for the race. It’s been picked up again, and she’s starting to look bright and fresh again.
In September, our lovely Heritage Harbour was home to a pile-driver and barge for a few days, as they replaced most of the pilings, a very welcome and much-needed improvement!! We got a timelapse of the process:
In other BIG news at the harbour, North Star of Herschel Island is undergoing a refit at Shelter Island boatyard! She was towed there last week and promptly hauled out to start the work. One of our members Morgan is part of the crew working on her, and Bernard was there to document the arrival and haul-out – look for his videos (and lots more boat-building photos) in our OLAS Photos album.
A much smaller refit was our boat shed roof – we’ve been getting some leaks as the weather turns to rain, and so last week Dylan and Morgan got up there to investigate. They found that a couple of spots had rusted through, and so they patched it up and slathered it with roofing tar. We hope that will tide us over until we can find some funding for replacement material.
This computer model is helping a lot to work out the details in the boat – come down and see the work for yourself!
Oarlock & Sail Wooden Boat Club 