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Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy

Cabin Boy's Launch At this moment, I am blogging from the middle of the river that flows through Steinhatchee, FL. Helena and I have spent the last few days preparing the Blue Moon for its 2000 mile…

Replied Apr 7

Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy

Cutting out and fastening Cabin Boy's bottom was easier than I expected. Using plywood, rather than the spiled cross planks that I'd planned on, saved a few days work, at least. Since it's almost ti…

Replied Mar 24

Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy

Mountain Climbing There are a lot of good boat building books (BBBs) out there, and I own many of them. But when I started to build Cabin Boy, I decided to pick one guru to follow. That guru, for me…

Replied Feb 19

Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy

A Garboard Tragedy (Act 2) All the BBBs (boat building books) tell you that when you spile, you must lock down your dividers and use exactly the same radii for all your arcs. Being an overly-clever…

Replied Feb 16

 

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John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Cabin Boy's Launch At this moment, I am blogging from the middle of the river that flows through Steinhatchee, FL. Helena and I have spent the last few days preparing the Blue Moon for its 2000 mile voyage from the West Coast of Florida, around the…
April 6
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Cutting out and fastening Cabin Boy's bottom was easier than I expected. Using plywood, rather than the spiled cross planks that I'd planned on, saved a few days work, at least. Since it's almost time to pull the boat off the forms and start workin…
March 23
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Mountain Climbing There are a lot of good boat building books (BBBs) out there, and I own many of them. But when I started to build Cabin Boy, I decided to pick one guru to follow. That guru, for me, is Greg Rössel and specifically his book "Buildi…
February 19
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
A Garboard Tragedy (Act 2) All the BBBs (boat building books) tell you that when you spile, you must lock down your dividers and use exactly the same radii for all your arcs. Being an overly-clever chap, I saw straight through this lie. This brill…
February 16
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
The first step in getting out any plank is to spile it. Determined, this time, to follow the advice of the Boat Building Books as closely as possible, I read and re-read the pertinent sections of Greg Rossel's "Building Small Boats" until I believed…
February 14
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Lining Off The Hull Resuming our Tale of Two Boats... The Blue Moon's hull being painted, I relaunched her, splashing half a bottle of Blue Moon beer on her bow (no need to waste the whole bottle!) Then Bob and I motored her down to her temporary…
February 8
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Day 10: Seeing DNA When you look at the plans of a Master, like John Atkin, everything you need to know is right in front of your face. It's in the plans... in the boat's DNA. The trick is seeing it... Read complete blog post: Seeing DNA Enjoy:…
January 20
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Once or twice a week, I get gentle (and sometimes not so gentle) comments or emails from readers, asking me, in one way or another "Why do you do everything the hard way?!?!" An easy answer would be, because my goal is not just to build a boat, but…
January 16
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Bulwarks a la Buehler One of the nice features of the Tom Glimer Blue Moon is the raised deck amidships. It gives the boat great strength, lovely wide side decks, and lots of room below decks (for a 23' boat.) I don't know what Tom specified on th…
January 14
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
There's a woodworking adage that goes something like this: "Every one makes mistakes. The difference between a beginner and the Master Craftsman is the Master Craftsman knows how to fix his mistakes." No doubt this is true, but on the long road tha…
January 13
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Day 13: Chine Logs - Part 1 I knew it might come down to this: Build or Blog? Build or Blog? So, for the last two day's I've been building, with no time to blog. The cause for all this concentration is the hardest thing I've run into, yet: letting…
January 6
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
I had a nightmare last night. Not about 60 foot breaking waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Not about being dashed on rocks, or falling overboard. No, I was worried about my lofting. I woke up in a cold sweat, realizing that the chance were zero that a b…
January 4
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Well, on this Day 17, my mission was to mount Cabin Boy's transom, using the micron invention described yesterday, and to tie the whole backbone together, as much as possible. I started by bolting the keelson to the stem. To do that, I had to drill…
January 2
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
Day 18: Year of the Blue Moon On this Day 18, my goal was to work on Cabin Boy's transom. I had bought a large plank of Mahogany from Condon's. It was a beautiful piece, but since I'd brought it home to my basement workshop, it had developed a nast…
January 1
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 20 Days to Build a Dingy'
January 1
John Almberg replied to John Almberg's discussion 'Unlikely Boat Builder: 'Plan B''
Day 19: Stem Invention What a difference a deadline makes. I've been puzzling over a build problem for several weeks now, without success. None of my boat building books has a solution. Even Clem Kuhlig's "Building the Skiff Cabin Boy" just skips o…
January 1

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In the process of building the Atkin "Cabin Boy" lapstrake skiff.
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