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Wooden Boats

Wooden Boats. School, Build, and Virtual-Build By Chris Schwartz. Wooden Boats – School basics. The WoodenBoat School is located in Brooklin, Maine (about a 5-hour drive north of Boston). Took a Traditional Woodstrip Kayak Construction class for a week in 2006.

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Wooden Boats

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  1. Wooden Boats School, Build, and Virtual-Build By Chris Schwartz

  2. Wooden Boats – School basics • The WoodenBoat School is located in Brooklin, Maine (about a 5-hour drive north of Boston). • Took a Traditional Woodstrip Kayak Construction class for a week in 2006. • There were 10 people in the class, including one person from Austin. • Ted Moores taught the class. • KayakCraft book very helpful.

  3. Wooden Boats – School, why? • My family initially helped get me into woodworking – book case, checkers set, wine rack, etc. • Took the class because I like how wooden boats are both beautiful and functional.

  4. Wooden Boats – School photos • Here’s the view of a boat from the boat house overlooking Eggemoggin Reach.

  5. Wooden Boats – School photos • More boats out in Eggemoggin Reach. • Short walk from WoodenBoat School Campus.

  6. Wooden Boats – School photos • Boats Docked…

  7. Wooden Boats – School photos • Inside the School • Breakdown of labor resources (am on Endeavor’s hull)…

  8. Wooden Boats – School photos • Beginning planking on the hull (1 inch strips of cedar)…

  9. Wooden Boats – School photos • Working on planking strip with friend…

  10. Wooden Boats – School photos • Good friend Chuck (from Austin) making a point at the hull…

  11. Wooden Boats – School photos • Sanding and fairing the hull…

  12. Wooden Boats – School photos • Initial fiberglass cloth layout…

  13. Wooden Boats – School photos • Applying the epoxy onto the fiberglass…

  14. Wooden Boats – School photos • Scraping off the excess epoxy…

  15. Wooden Boats – School photos • Trimming the excess fiberglass off…

  16. Wooden Boats – School photos • Finishing the deck…

  17. Wooden Boats – School photos • Cockpit coaming trimming being cut…

  18. Wooden Boats – School photos • Setting the cockpit coaming…

  19. Wooden Boats – School photos • Final touches on Endeavor…

  20. Wooden Boats – School photos • Other classes to see include metallurgy…

  21. Wooden Boats – School photos • …sketching…

  22. Wooden Boats – School photos • …watercolor…

  23. Wooden Boats – School photos • …and other boatbuilding classes…

  24. Wooden Boats – School photos • …including a dinghy…

  25. Wooden Boats – School photos • …and stitch-and-glue method.

  26. Wooden Boats – School photos • Farewell WoodenBoat School…’till hopefully another year!

  27. Wooden Boats – quick bad joke • Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were getting cold so they decided to light a fire in their boat. It promptly sank…

  28. Wooden Boats – quick bad joke • …proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.

  29. Wooden Boats – Build • In 2008-2009 decided to build a kayak for my friend Steve and his wife. • Used stitch-and-glue method, which I figured out as I went (real simple!). • It took me one year to build, 10-5 on Saturdays only.

  30. Wooden Boats – Build • Here are the wooden components as they are shipped in CNC’d pieces in a box…

  31. Wooden Boats – Build • …a simple stitch at the seam between two components...

  32. Wooden Boats – Build • …beginning creating the stations...

  33. Wooden Boats – Build • …sanding the hull...

  34. Wooden Boats – Build • …stitching and gluing the deck...

  35. Wooden Boats – Build • …fixing the deck to the hull...

  36. Wooden Boats – Build • …glassing the deck...

  37. Wooden Boats – Build • …checking for potential leaks in the friend’s R&D test pool...

  38. Wooden Boats – Build • …at the boat launch party with friends...

  39. Wooden Boats – Build • …taking Sandy Lake out for a tour...

  40. Wooden Boats – Build • …family memories...

  41. Wooden Boats - Build • ..all done! Here I’m taking Sandy Lake out for a final excursion.

  42. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • Took plans from a simple sailboat design and virtually built it in Google Sketchup 2017. • The plans came from the WoodenBoat shop and are of a Nutshell Pram. • I broke the process into four phases – (1) Hull beginning, (2) Hull finishing, (3) Sail integration, and (4) Finishing. • Named her Grace and was sure to add a Texas flag!

  43. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • Phase 1 – Hull beginning…

  44. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • …Phase 2 – Hull finishing…

  45. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • …Phase 3 – Sail integration…

  46. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • …Phase 4 – Finishing isometric view…

  47. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • …Phase 4 – …finishing hull view…

  48. Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build • …Phase 4 – …finishing stern view.

  49. Wooden Boats – Conclusion • It’s been quite an adventure since the initial days of WoodenBoat education with Ted Moores. • Final questions?

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