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I can hear you groaning but here comes another sailing fishing boat ……..

 

Falmouth working (Oyster) boats, Gaff rigged long keel boats with mainly internal movable ballast. As well as general fishing these were used to dredge the oyster beds in the upper reaches of Carrick Roads. The bye laws to this day prohibit the use of engines for this task and the boats are still used today. The fleet has seen the ingress of glass fibre copies which has ensured a healthy racing class. https://www.falmouth.co.uk/on-the-water/the-falmouth-working-boats/

 

Elevation at 1.100_000112

 

Detail 1.72 print at 72 percent for 1.100_000110

 

Falmouth Oyster Boat at 1.100_000005

 

 

Plug made as before

Setting up to form one side of the mould

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One side laid up

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Mould made

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and we now have a glass fibre  hull to play with  …..

 

Thanks for looking in

 

Kev

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That be 'ansome. Sea shanty festival this coming weekend in Falmouth. May be some topic matter there. I won't be there myself as the Dartmoor trout have been sadly neglected by myself of late so playing safe and staying this side of the Tamar.

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18 hours ago, longshanks said:

Cor I always wanted to be a charmer 

🎵 "You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?" 🎵

 

Martian 👽

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1 hour ago, longshanks said:

Thanks for the support guys, cheques in the post .....

Don't believe him Guys, he says that to all the girls!

 

Martian 👽

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Looks like you've got this fibre glass mold making nailed, nice little production line you've got yourself there kev, liking it and taking down the particulars. 

Glynn 

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First step fix support for deck

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Template for deck. Lay hull onto card and draw around the outside, cut out and fettle in one side first

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Having got one side snug we have an overhang which we can mark

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Template fits, mark out plastic card

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Need to mark out cockpit as you will see from the plan view above the side decks are curved to match sides. So I made a jig to mark a constant line 3mm in

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Deck laid in place, visible beneath are the ribs I've started on. As seen above there is a grating in the bottom of the boat so I've not taken the ribs to the bottom

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Thanks for looking in

 

Kev

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10 hours ago, Dads203 said:

the thumb

 

5 hours ago, Ripaman said:

 small  builds

 

2 hours ago, RichO said:

can't see anything bigger

 

Due to my own inadequacies I'm trying to prove size doesn't matter :wink:

 

Kev

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Not happy with the way the ribs were going so they all came out ...

They were not perpendicular to waterline, not parallel etc etc.

The ribs are 0.5 x 0.75mm

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Used spacers top and bottom, doesn't look tidy but will all cover up

 

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Working on template for bottom boards

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and with deck loosely in place

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Thanks for stopping by

 

Kev

 

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Well the ribs completed and the grating made

With fiddle bits like the grating I draw/CA bits to paper, the boards are 1.5 x .25mm. When all completed flip it over and sand off the paper

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and in situ

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and with the deck in place

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I think it's starting to look like a boat ....

 

Thanks for looking in

 

Kev

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