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!

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