Monthly Archives: April 2009

Slow Progress but progress all the same.

Posted on April 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

The past week has been slow going. Lots of distractions sick baby, runaway dog and Féile Átha Dá Chab. However I did manage to get the keel and stem fabricated, all the frames made and set up ( more on that later). So I suppose I have been getting stuff done. Uh Oh, I feel a Waldorf and Statler moment coming on

Actually now that I think about it I haven’t done that bad. Except for a rather stupid mistake where I checked a dimension three times and got it wrong three times, nice. It’s very easy to turn 784mm into 748mm. I should have stuck to the axiom that if it looks right it is right and the corollary that if it looks wrong it is wrong. Well the new number 9 frame is just dandy. Anyway here’s a photo of progress so far.

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Roeboats, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, t:+353 (0)28 38973 m: +353 (0)86 158 69 37 e:roeboats@ymail.com

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Assembling Frames

Posted on April 14, 2009 | Leave a comment

I have been very busy finishing this project and building the boat. Despite this I’ve been able to fabricate the frames and bevel them; now all that remains is to assemble them. I am about halfway through at this stage. The temporary cross beams have to be attached and the excess glue and fingerprints sanded off before they can be set up on the strongback. Here’s a photo.

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Behind the doors is my new extension.

And just to keep me organised a list of things to do before setting up the frames.

  1. Finish glueing up frames and bulkheads
  2. Decide location of and plane,cut and attach cross beams,
  3. Scarf up chines, battens, inwales and apron,
  4. Shape, joint, bevel and assemble keel
  5. Build and level strong back

Oh boy that’s a lot of stuff to get done so I’m off.

Roeboats, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, t:+353 (0)28 38973 m: +353 (0)86 158 69 37 e:roeboats@ymail.com

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RTE radio covers Roeboats

Posted on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment

Quick post to let you know that Roeboats was mentioned on Seascapes Irelands national adio programme covering all thing marine related. You can listen here it’s about 15 minutes into the programme. Hopefully there will be more to follow.

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