Oars and spars

 Now that the boat is essentially done, on to peripherals. I had some 8' 6" oars that I just had to setup for the oarlocks and finish.

I also picked up the aluminum tubing for mast and spars. I had to make the wooden end plugs by hand as I didn't have a lathe and because of Covid could not just go use a friends. Took a little more time but ultimately got the job done. 

Then on to priming the aluminum with an etching primer and  drilling out for fittings before final finish. 

       

Launching onto trailer

 With painting done, it was time to move her out to the trailer.

Hull finishing

 Some shots of hull finishing here. Rolled and tipped. single part polyurethane. Hand done graphics. 

Work on the mahogany gunwales

 Set and plugged

 Putting final finish on now, starting with the cockpit;

While finishing I will also be working on gunnel pieces;

Prepping and scarfing;

I will also pre-bend them in a jig;

Final fairing and finishing to primer

 In between fire and smoke evacuations, I managed to get some progress on the SEI.  Below is a series of photos showing that progress to primer. Final finish and graphics will take a while longer and I still have to put together a trailer.

Also I put together the oarlocks to be installed after paint.

 

Finishing, the long slow process

Mostly working on fairing the cockpit now. 

For me getting a good consistency of filler that doesn't tend to flow downhill has been difficult. So before doing the sides I installed the gudgeon using it and the bow eye as lift points. With a couple of vangs that I had, i could easily lift and adjust the angle.

I have also set the pintles on the rudder head.

One thing I did notice is that with unlocks on the studs it will be difficult to put the pintle pins in. I am hoping after I set the gudgeons permanently I can grind down any excess thread to help.

And here is shot of the bow eye.