building the hull

unloading timber
timber in stick
cutting oak frames
barnaby drilling deadwood
cutting threads on backbone bolts
backbone with beginnings of rabbet
milling oak bends for sawn frames
Charlie cutting the rabbet
Mark levelling up frame 2
Frames 1 to 5 from the stem
thinking time for Barnaby and Joff
a laminated floor being glued and cramped
floor at ST 5 in place for a final fitting
Mark thicknessing the transom boards
frames from the starboard quarter
Frames looking forward to stem with cross bracing removed
Barnaby and Mark shaping the transom
transom in place
Joff cutting the rabbet in the sternpost and deadwood
lining out the planking runs
Barnaby and Mark lining out the tuck
lining out , internal shot
the fruit bowl
the starboard garboard in place
charlie fitting a sole bearer
mark fitting the 2nd broad (port)
1st 3 planks (Port side)
Joff fitting the 3rd starboard plank
Charlie's sole bearers
'ere .............. who's got me 'ammer
Ahh, there it is
Mark fitting a bilge plank
Barnaby preparing to fit the starboard sheer strake
steaming a twist in the tuck plank
starboard lower planking shining with oil
shaping the rubbing strakes
top 3 planks (port)
Joff 'plank a day' Rorke in action
topside planking
internal view of planking
Top of steamed frames showing over nearly completed planking
Drilling steamed frames for copper nails
counter-boring holes for wood plugs
Joff relaxes after bending in the final steamed frame...
bilge stringers
Skippy caulking
Richard carving the home Port on the transom
hull with first coat of primer
internal shot of primed hull
bulwarks and cutwater