Dory draw-ring

So I spent a little time out in the garage puttering, but the time was spent without a camera. Go figure...

Oxford

Oxford has been decked fore and aft, planed smooth, and is awaiting some epoxy. The splashboards are cut and prepped, they just need final fitting and gluing up. Pretty little thing, that Oxford. Im pretty impressed with the lines.

I haven't noted yet that my Oxford (I should say hers, right?) is a MODIFIED Oxford, one that John Harris over at CLC stated would work, but that it is going to be extremely lightweight and not as tough as the original scantlings. Being that the boat lives in its own use area, not to be cartopped or run aground, I felt it would be able to handle the changes.

The list includes:

3mm bilge panels, replacing the 4mm
3.25oz "surfboard" fiberglass laminated to the exterior
Single layer of 6oz tape on the interior, reducing one extra layer.
No nails, all connections are epoxy-only

This has produced a VERY light boat. I haven't put it on the scale yet, but she's hopefully going to pop at less than 35 lbs hull weight. Coupled with the 15lb Oarmaster III rig that I should buy today, we are hoping to be in the drink at 50lbs, or roughly the weight of a sea kayak of 17'. Its a hope, we will see how successful it is

Pacific City Dory

For the past week I've been pimping the Oregon Coots messabout group to help collect info on PC dories for me to help the project. I have sat down and looked at my lines, the modified ones, and pondered on the boat. Looks like she will be around 17'3" or so, and hopefully a cockpit depth of 26", just above the knees for ease of hauling pots and working over the gunnels. Plans are still including buiding her on fir frames with fir chine logs and gunnels, but I have to locate a fir board source first, which is proving somewhat difficult.

Thas where we are at today!

E

Full circle

Well here we are again, my faithful readers. The beginning, after the end. Cloud Cap came to a glorious finish, and spawned a complete new site, filled with the spiralling, contorting babble that spills forth after I have been left to my own devices. This blog, however, will continue in a different way from buildingnina. Instead of focusing on one boat, we will instead focus on the current project at hand, and taste testing of the future ahead.

Currently in the shop, SWMBO's Oxford rowing shell is being stubborn and not giving forth any progress. Temps in the 90's are severely hampering all attempts to be done, so each project is completed at a snails pace.

This is the skeg cutout:



Stunning eh? Of course there was a little chisel work afterwards, but Im at the station, so don't expect miracles of photo posting. Hopefully, with any luck, the epoxy inside cured up and is holding the fir 1x in place right at this very instant. That concluded the interior portion of the boat, and Im anxiously awaiting the decks being placed and nailed on.

The bigger matter is that funny little drawing on the right. Im attempting to put together a Pacific City dory. Any information on the boats, plans, photos of the interior or construction, or other info would be greatly appreciated!

That's all, but only for now.

E