Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

[Don McDermott]

Well, I'll do my best, Nick! Just need to find some very large grown oak bends for the stem and stern structures... that's holding things up at the moment.

 

[JamesHow]

There were some in the New Forest but a guy called Nelson seems to have helped himself!!!

 

[toolsntat]

Well, I'll do my best, Nick! Just need to find some very large grown oak bends for the stem and stern structures... that's holding things up at the moment.

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I'm unsure if this will help with your quest Don but if you give Mike Cawthorne a call at MAC timbers you'll find him a very pleasant chap to talk to.
Cheers Andy

 

[Don McDermott]

Work continues on Lady Garnet, this time I'm shaping a hefty chuck of oak into the sternpost. Since Lady Garnet is double-ended, she has no transom.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Work continues on Lady Garnet, this time I'm shaping a hefty chuck of oak into the sternpost. Since Lady Garnet is double-ended, she has no transom.

I caught up with this a few evenings ago Don - another interesting update.

You need to invest in some toe-tector type footwear for when you are moving those big lumps of timber around!

 

[Don McDermott]

I caught up with this a few evenings ago Don - another interesting update.

You need to invest in some toe-tector type footwear for when you are moving those big lumps of timber around!

Thank you for the reminder! I do have steel-toed boots, but when doing the lofting and making station moulds, plus the regular work I've been doing at the boatyard (sanding, painting, and crewing on tugs) it's easier to wear regular shoes (and safer for towing, I'd hate to fall in wearing steel-toed boots!). But now that I'm back to working with big pieces of oak, definitely time to switch back to the safety gear!

 

[Don McDermott]

Work begins on laying Lady Garnet's keel, and I continue the search for huge grown oak bends in the New Forest.

 

[duke]

I empathize , hope you can find the naturally bent oak you need.

 

[Don McDermott]

Rather momentous episode... Laying the keel! If I can only sort those grown oak bends (the place in Norfolk has promised to cut them next week...) then I expect to make some great progress over the next month.

 

[Blackswanwood]

Fingers crossed that the oak bends get sorted Don.

 

[NickM]

A few large oaks may have fallen in the recent storm. Have you been posting on tree surgeon forums (assuming such places exist)?

 

[Don McDermott]

A few large oaks may have fallen in the recent storm. Have you been posting on tree surgeon forums (assuming such places exist)?

I haven't posted since the storm, but there are quite a few tree surgeon groups that I belong to on Facebook.

 

[JamesHow]

I haven't posted since the storm, but there are quite a few tree surgeon groups that I belong to on Facebook.

Also try large estates - Chatsworth, Blenheim, Duchy of Cornwall etc.

They have large oaks on their estates which may come down from time to time and probably have in-house foresters.

 

[Accipiter]

I see that I've some catching up to do with this. Lots of videos to go through for your endeavours for this build.

I did think I'd commented at some point in the past but, until now, I've not come across anything from me... possibly this is on another forum elsewhere as well?

Now subscribed to your YouTube channel

 

[Don McDermott]

I see that I've some catching up to do with this. Lots of videos to go through for your endeavours for this build.

I did think I'd commented at some point in the past but, until now, I've not come across anything from me... possibly this is on another forum elsewhere as well?

Now subscribed to your YouTube channel

Thank you for the sub! I share this on the Wooden Boat Forum as well, and the boatbuilding reddit. Your username does sound familiar though.

 

[Accipiter]

Thank you for the sub! I share this on the Wooden Boat Forum as well, and the boatbuilding reddit. Your username does sound familiar though.

I'm not on either of those... only the UK Workshop one ... Still, I'll enjoy following along .

The 1st post I've come to starts with video #9... I've yet to settle down for watching but there's links to the first 8 somewhere there?

 

[Don McDermott]

I'm not on either of those... only the UK Workshop one ... Still, I'll enjoy following along .

The 1st post I've come to starts with video #9... I've yet to settle down for watching but there's links to the first 8 somewhere there?

Yes, if you follow the link from video #9 to my YouTube channel, all the episodes are in a YouTube playlist called Building Lady Garnet.

 

[Don McDermott]

An exciting moment for Lady Garnet as I raise the stern post... and I (finally) get good news on the grown oak bends!

 

[Don McDermott]

Apparently I've been forgetting to post updates... The oak bends that I was struggling to source have arrived! And there's two more episodes since this as well, which I will post later.

 

[Don McDermott]

Here's another catch-up episode I forgot to post, I know some of you subscribe on YouTube so you'll likely have seen this already!

 

[Don McDermott]

Duelling chainsaws... My mate Ollie using a petrol Stihl, while I use my battery-powered Hawksmoor, to cut the stem knee for Lady Garnet. Interestingly, I see that this design is no longer for sale. Hawksmoor sell a shorter bar, powered by one battery, but the two-battery, 40 cm bar is gone. I've found it to be surprisingly good, and it cost £160 for the chainsaw and two batteries (nearly £200 cheaper than a Stihl, petrol or battery). Had to fork out another hundred for a spare set of batteries though, as they don't last that long when cutting oak of this size!