Naval cadet boats
Construction of Jewell began in May 2014.
Later pictures
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On the trailer and nearly ready to go.
Goat Island Skiff
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Now that I am back from Hobart, work has started on a Goat Island Skiff. This is a new venture for me as the skiff parts are cnc cut from files supplied by Clint Chase
http://www.chase-small-craft.com
The kit is quite small ,6 sheets of 6mm plywood and is very easy to assemble.
This picture shows the 3-d cnc scarf that Clint uses to join panels, this is the hull bottom.
Both ends of the bottom panel waiting to be glued together.
Bottom panel glued together
Gunwales fitted
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Sole and garboards stitched together
Stitching using cable ties
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Stem and forward frame
Frames attached to cross pieces
This is the sole , sheathed with glass cloth and covered with peel ply.
I have made a special two piece bench for gluing plank scarfs.
Garboard being sheathed.
Naval cadet boats.
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Construction has begun, like all of Francois' cnc kits the building frame including supports for the frames are cut first, these are usually either structural ply or mdf.
Cross support and after end of building frame, these pieces are joined with the same zig zag scarfs used in the planking.
Building frame base.
Building frame with cross supports.
Cross pieces showing indents, the number of indents corresponds to the frame position, this is frame 7.