The new boat

Plywood kit arrived!

Strongback

Cutting out panels

Scarfing jig. Gluing planks.

Station molds, wood choices.

Steaming oak, ripping larch

Epoxy storm

Centerboard case. Hardwood trim on frames

Laminating cb-case. Transom work continues

Bevels

Work on transom and cb-case continues

Transom cleanup. CB-case touch-ups

Mahogany trim

Hanging centerboard case. Transom cleaned and beveled.

Dry fitting: aft structure

Sloped floors

Midships flotation chambers. Aft structure.

Fore structure

Last bulkhead & stem installed

Keel timber

Dry-fitting the keelson

Keelson glued

Mortises for the skeg

Cleaning scarf joints

Epoxy spills. Marking keel bevel

Keelson - preparations for bevelling

Keelson beveling

Bevels everywhere

Garboard no.1

Garboard no.2

The skeg. Small fixes & Clifton bullnose plane

Second strake no.1

Second strake no.2

Third strake no.1 + rudder blade axis + inspection hatches

Third strake no.1

Dry fitting third strake no.2

Third strake no.2

Fourth strake no.1 & skeg

Fourth strake no.2 & inspection hatches

Blood, epoxy and hole saw

Fifth strake no.1

Fifth strake no.2. Kerosene stove.

Sixth strake no.1. Winter is close.

Fitting sixth strake no.2

Sixth strake no.2

Seventh strake, starboard. Bevels, gains.

Seventh strake installed on starboard

Give it time!

Seventh strake, port

Eight strake, starboard

Eight strake - port

No. 9, starboard

No. 9, port

Sheer strake, port.

Hull planking finished!

Preparations for false stem and keel

False stem

False keel

Trimming, shaping

Bilge keels. Hull sanding

Epoxy coating

Flooding strake edges

Edge impregnation finished

Technological break

Sanding

Primer

Priming finished

Colors

Weather window

Metal works

Jewellery

Right side up!

House-keeping procedures

Start of new boatbuilding season!

Battens, seat riser, rubrails and floatation tanks

Foam shaping, deck planks

Rubrail preparations. Decking.

Gluing battens and half-frames

Food for dreams

Rubrails. Floor suports

Wrestling with gunrails

Gunrails - finishing touch

CB-case trim. Main sheet cross member. Bits & pieces

Centerboard case finished. Bolting frames. Sanding

Epoxy-coating

Quarter knees, more battens

Additional rubrail

Deck

Fillets, hatch and beautiful lumber

Sanding epoxy

Flotation tanks - encapsulation. Deck planks.

Bilge painting, oiling deck

Bilge pump, deck, bits&pieces

Thwarts, breasthook/foredeck

Foredeck - when things go wrong

Mast partners

Varnishing. Making the tiller.

First time under bare sky

Bow cleat

Rudder assembly

Gluing spars

Spar gauge

Rounding spars

Equipping the mast

Mast partner belaying pins, oar locks, varnishing

Deck oiling

Oar leathers

Compass mount

Rigging

Ready for launch!

Rocna anchors on a tiny boat. Rope storage etc

Metalworks, helm impeder and other small jobs

Anchor rode locker

While waiting for launch...

Launched!

Galley box