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Sailing in New York Harbor aboard Cygnus- April 2010
Building our 30 foot strip plank wood epoxy sailboat, a Mark Smaalders design.
Our New BLOG
NEWER POSTS ARE IN THE LAST "CHAPTER".
Click on the chapter below that you would like to view.
CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO ENLARGE.
I have arranged the blog in chronological order of the build. If viewing the whole build in order, scroll to the bottom of each page & push the button that says OLDER POSTS to see the next pages.
Chapters in Chrono Order
- A The Conception of our Project
- B Picking the Plans
- C Beginning th Build
- D Setting up the Strongback
- E The Keel the Sheer and Fairing
- F Centerboard Placement
- G The Planking Begins
- H The Learning Curve of Strip Planking
- I The 1000 Hour Mark
- J The End of the "First Build Year"
- K Trimming the Keel
- L Applying the First LAyer of Veneer
- M Another Layer of Veneer and Shaping the Outer Stem
- N The 1500 Hour Mark
- O The Keel Takes Shape
- P The May/June Pre-Roll Push
- Q Rolling the Hull
- R Integral Tanks and Sub-floor
- S. Glass work and drilling for keel bolts and shaping of sheer
- T. Deck frame construction
- U. Starting the third year by mounting the deck frames
- V Roughing out the SailBoat Interior
- W. The Deck and the Deadwood
Jane and Richard
Sailing in New York Harbor aboard Cygnus- April 2010
About Me
- Richard and Jane Beck
- Flathead Lake, Montana
- Richard is a custom cabinet maker. He is building his beautiful cold molded cutter in a side room of our cabinet shop. Jane has been documenting the progress since the build started in January 2009. He works on her every day after running the cabinetry shop and on every weekend.
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