I got the coamings done yesterday.
After breaking several pieces of 6mm ply in an attempt to bend the sharp curve at the front, I finally decided to follow John's directions and make the piece from 2 layers of 3mm ply. I was hoping to make this piece from the same 6mm ply I used throughout the boat so I could varnish the coamings, but no luck so I will paint them instead.
I trimmed the forward coaming a bit to allow better access to the storage locker.
And trimmed the aft coaming a bit to clear the tiller.
I also got the rubrails finished.
Next up: Deck paint
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