We passed another major milestone this weekend - installation of the final plank - the sheer strake.
WoooHooo!
I decided to minimize the number of splices in this strake, because I am hoping it will look good enough to varnish. Since the Navigator is a 15' boat, I was just barely able to make the sheer strakes using one scarf joint in the middle. I figure one splice looks better than two.
I tried to do the best job I could with the scarf joints. They look nice and clean but I won't know for sure until after they're faired and a coat of epoxy is applied. If it doesn't look good, I can always paint it or apply a vaneer.
But for now, time for a beer!
This blog is devoted to my John Welsford designed 15' Navigator yawl Ellie. I built her in my garage over a period of 18 months and launched her in 2011. She sports a sliding gunter main, roller furled jib and sprit-boomed mizzen. Her construction is glued-lapstrake over permanent bulkheads and stringers. This blog is a record of her construction and her voyages here in the Puget Sound area and (hopefully) a useful resource for fellow Navigator builders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Full Size Paper Patterns
- CNC files
- DIY Roller Furler
- DIY Jam Cleats
- DIY Boom Tent
- DIY Wooden Blocks
- DIY Folding Step Ladder
- DIY Tiller Lock
- DIY Wood & Leather Scoop Bailer
- Dinghy Cruising Packing List
- Is a Tabernacle Necessary?
- Laid Decking part 1
- Laid Decking part 2
- Nearshore Anchoring Methods
- Re-Boarding Straps
- Really Simple Sails
- Rigging my Sliding Gunter Yawl
- Self-Steering Yawls
- Setup Time
- ShopSmith Boatbuilding
- Sleeping Aboard
- Suzuki vs Honda 2hp Outboards
- Daysail Videos
- Build History