This weekend I worked on the seats.
Saturday I cut out and glued on all the seat side supports.
I also epoxy coated the inside of the seats/flotation compartments. No need to paint inside there. Inspection and repairs are easier without paint getting in the way.
I also added a doubler underneath the port side seat. This is to reinforce where the boomkin mounts.
Sunday I glued in the seat tops.
The seat tops will eventually be covered with laid decking.
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