Posted on Thursday 13 July 2006
Until I started building this boat I had basically no woodworking experience. (Unless you count assembling Ikea furniture as woodworking) The process is pretty straightforward if you take it one step at a time. Probably one of the hardest things to do is to cut the strips at the right angle so they fit together snugly when you are doing a herringbone pattern. During the hull construction phase I found this quite tricky. I decided to do most of the deck straight up and down to avoid this problem. The herringbone pattern is, however more visually appealing. To make the boat look a little prettier I decided to do this on the edges of the deck. It took longer to do than straight stripping but I’m very pleased with the results. The attached photos show what it looks like before I’ve sanded off the glue or applied epoxy which really brings up the colours of the wood.
Still lots of glue everywhere
Close up showing the nice tight fit of the strips.
The colours should come up well when the wood is sanded and the epoxy is applied.
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