She's a large barge

There's a lot of boat there. Port to starboard she's 3/4 of an inch shy of 8 feet. Length is 20 feet.

I have the sides and ends planked along with the first layer of bottom planking. The next step is to epoxy the second layer of bottom to the first layer.

Pelican on the hunt

shanty boat project

This shows the stern frame of the hull right side up in the foreground. The center frames are upside down in the background.

Afternoon sail

I took my wife, my friend Jacob, and his wife Lauren on a sail about a week ago in Winyah Bay (so far my only sailing grounds). Just as we left the landing a storm started building behind us. We managed to stay just in front of it, though we caught a bit of a drizzle. Then, as when the storm cleared it took the wind with it. So, we rowed back most of the way, Jacob on one oar and me on the other. My 8 foot oars are at least 6 inches too short, probably an entire foot too short. This makes them perfect for two oarsmen rowing side by side with one oar each.


I have taken the boat out about 5 times thus far and I love it. It really has been fun. I'm looking forward to a day long cruise. I have also decided that I want to build another set of masts out of aluminum. This will save my back when stepping and unstepping the masts. These solid spruce ones
are cumbersome, but they do work.

Launched!!!

wood for next boat

A client gave my dad these cypress beams. They are 10" x 10" and were 22' long. I cut them into 9' lengths and plan to resaw them into 1/2" x 6" planks for my next boat. There won't be enough good wood in them for the entire boat, but it'll get me started.

more delays

I was expecting to get my sails in the next couple of days but it seems the loft made the wrong sails. They made a set for the BRS 15 and my boat is a BRS 17. Hopefully I can get a full set in 4 weeks instead of 6. And, the designer is going to try to come up with a sail for me to use until I can get a full set. This will at least get me on the water and in the mean time I can fix a few minor things and do stuff like finish off my oars.