Shaping bow peice, adding Mast Step and building Centerboard case

[Richard Lathrop]

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Shaping bow peice, adding Mast Step and building Centerboard case - Bow, mast step, centerboard, sailing sneakbox

Working from the bow to the transom, I have been working on completing the interior of the sneakbox.

If you installed the top ribs correctly, a straight edge will lay flat from station 7 to the bow piece. Using hand plane and scraper I shaped the bow nose piece. A couple of ribs were low so I cut and glued on a filler piece to get a level line from station 7 to the bow.

From the beginning I planned to build the boat with sailing parts installed. Using white oak I installed a mast...

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[Eric Patterson]

Somehow I missed you were making a sailing version. She's looking great.

 

[Richard Lathrop]

Richard Lathrop updated Shaping bow peice, adding Mast Step and building Centerboard case with a new update entry:

Centerboard case completed

The centerboard was used to verify that everything was correct prior to assembly. I disassembled the case and using epoxy and a bedding compound of wood flour and epoxy assembled the case. Once assembled the case was bedded into the boat and screws used to attach the case to the hull. The well cap was then attached to the top ribs.

The case will be lined with fiberglass when I fiberglass the hull.



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