Sailing/rowing dinghy project

[Don McDermott]

Hello everyone, new member here. I will shortly be building a large boat (48 foot clinker planked), and will happily post photos of the process, but in the meantime, here's some work on a nine-foot dinghy I've been building, sort of as a "warm-up" project (and this will also be the tender for the larger boat). I don't take as many photos as I should do, because I also film the process for a YouTube series, and filmography tends to distract me from photography!

 

[Malc2098]

Welcome from Mid-Devon. I like a nice boat build. Used to live at Flackwell Heath, if you're the Bucks Bourne End.

 

[Don McDermott]

Thanks! It is the Bucks one, I know Flackwell Heath well.

 

[meccarroll]

This looks interesting.

 

[Mike G]

I had planned to be building a 22' clinker boat around now......but a short discussion about our priorities led me to quickly see the error of my ways. So, I get my boat-building vicariously instead, unfortunately. And dammit, Leo's finished. I wish you'd hurry up and lay down your centreline timbers!!

 

[Don McDermott]

I had planned to be building a 22' clinker boat around now......but a short discussion about our priorities led me to quickly see the error of my ways. So, I get my boat-building vicariously instead, unfortunately. And dammit, Leo's finished. I wish you'd hurry up and lay down your centreline timbers!!

It's been an impatient wait, I had originally planned to start in August but there have been multiple difficulties with finding a place for the build. 2 January is the confirmed start date!

 

[Mike G]

Oh good, I look forward to that very much. I reckon boatbuilding is the only good traditional woodworking to be found on the internet.

 

[duke]

Welcome Don, I am also looking forward to your build.

 

[Cabinetman]

Great! This is going to be fascinating, nice copper roves? did I get that right?

 

[Don McDermott]

Yes, copper nails and roves. When I went to boatbuilding college, they all told me that everyone quickly gets tired of roving, but that's never happened to me, I love it.

 

[NickM]

Yes, copper nails and roves. When I went to boatbuilding college, they all told me that everyone quickly gets tired of roving, but that's never happened to me, I love it.

Great project. Which boatbuilding college did you go to? I had a peek at the one in Lyme Regis a few weeks ago.

 

[AJB Temple]

Great stuff. Looking forward to it.

 

[Don McDermott]

Great project. Which boatbuilding college did you go to? I had a peek at the one in Lyme Regis a few weeks ago.

IBTC Lowestoft. They and Lyme Regis are, I believe, the only 1-year, full-time boatbuilding colleges left in England, after IBTC Portsmouth closed down a couple years ago.

 

[Lons]

These guys are usually at Harrogate show and I always spend time on the stand admiring the work on display.

Boatbuilding

Internationally recognised boatbuilding training college, in Lowestoft. Traditional boatbuilding & joinery courses, woodworking skills & maritime crafts.

www.ibtc.co.uk

 

[heimlaga]

Any progress lately?

 

[Don McDermott]

Photo from yesterday. Steaming in plank 18, only 4 left to go after this. Meanwhile, the larger project will be starting this month, going to look at some massive oak planks this weekend.