Photo 27 May 1 note The handy thing with jotun paint is it is available in all the Ral colours as well as all the BS colours. This means you can get any colour you want. Here’s the website for the company I bought the paint from. http://www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk/

The handy thing with jotun paint is it is available in all the Ral colours as well as all the BS colours. This means you can get any colour you want. Here’s the website for the company I bought the paint from. http://www.smlmarinepaints.co.uk/

Photo 27 May The varnished transom is looking well!

The varnished transom is looking well!

Photo 27 May Here’s a view of the front. The paint is Jotun hardtop HB two pot polyurethane. It’s a satin finish rather than a gloss. 

Here’s a view of the front. The paint is Jotun hardtop HB two pot polyurethane. It’s a satin finish rather than a gloss. 

Photo 27 May So it’s out of the shed! Still have to repaint the top plank to sort out where the grey paint ran!

So it’s out of the shed! Still have to repaint the top plank to sort out where the grey paint ran!

Photo 27 May A laser level taped to a camera tripod helped to join the dots!

A laser level taped to a camera tripod helped to join the dots!

Photo 27 May I made this giant compass thing to transfer the waterline onto the boat from the patterns for the anti-fouling. I have no idea how heavy the boat is, so I have no idea how high in the water she’ll float. I’m hoping she’ll be a little lighter due to the fact that I used douglas fir. It’s lighter than hardwood. Anyway If it’s wrong I can always re-adjust it later…

I made this giant compass thing to transfer the waterline onto the boat from the patterns for the anti-fouling. I have no idea how heavy the boat is, so I have no idea how high in the water she’ll float. I’m hoping she’ll be a little lighter due to the fact that I used douglas fir. It’s lighter than hardwood. Anyway If it’s wrong I can always re-adjust it later…

Photo 21 May The other side of the skeg after sanding and and getting it’s first coat of epoxy.

The other side of the skeg after sanding and and getting it’s first coat of epoxy.

Photo 21 May Finally got to fair that pesky misshapen skeg!

Finally got to fair that pesky misshapen skeg!

Photo 20 May It was wet over the weekend so I couldn’t get the boat out of the garage to turn it over until today, so I spent some time working on the hull fittings. Here is the cheek block for the centreboard line.

It was wet over the weekend so I couldn’t get the boat out of the garage to turn it over until today, so I spent some time working on the hull fittings. Here is the cheek block for the centreboard line.

Photo 20 May The inspection hatches and bungs are in now. They are sealed with white sika flex…

The inspection hatches and bungs are in now. They are sealed with white sika flex…

Link 14 May http://iheartwestcork.tumblr.com/»

On side note, this is my other blog. All photo’s are taken by me and are all from West Cork in Ireland where I live. I’m a homebird and I love the place, hence the name of the blog. Mostly landscapes for now, but hope to add portraits and street photography when I have more time to go out with the camera. And of course there will be a lot more boats too!

Photo 13 May 2 coats of primer on now. The primed top plank gives a good idea of the sheerline…

2 coats of primer on now. The primed top plank gives a good idea of the sheerline…

Photo 12 May 1 note Here’s the same one with the lug sail up, off Adam Island in Glandore Harbour. These boats fished for lobsters with wicker pots or for bottom fish using spillers(long lines).

Here’s the same one with the lug sail up, off Adam Island in Glandore Harbour. These boats fished for lobsters with wicker pots or for bottom fish using spillers(long lines).

Photo 12 May I’m painting the boat at the moment so I figured I’d post a couple of old photo’s I came across. The boat in the picture is typical of the small vernacular fishing boats used around my part of the coast a century ago. The boat is 18ft long, carvel built with sawn frames. They were mainly rowed although they carried a short mast and a lugsail to use in a favourable winds. Check out the thole board on the starboard side at the bow, it has seen so much rowing action, it has worn down to the gunwhale! These boats were commonly known as yawls, even though they weren’t yawl rigged at all.

I’m painting the boat at the moment so I figured I’d post a couple of old photo’s I came across. The boat in the picture is typical of the small vernacular fishing boats used around my part of the coast a century ago. The boat is 18ft long, carvel built with sawn frames. They were mainly rowed although they carried a short mast and a lugsail to use in a favourable winds. Check out the thole board on the starboard side at the bow, it has seen so much rowing action, it has worn down to the gunwhale! These boats were commonly known as yawls, even though they weren’t yawl rigged at all.

Photo 8 May The timber used locally for the thole pins(simple dowels that protrude from the gunwhales to hold an oar while rowing) is gorse or furze. It’s a garish yellow thorny bush that was originally imported into the country for use as hedging and horse fodder. It has since gone native and grows everywhere. Farmers seem to spend half there lives burning it to try and stop its spread. It’s winning though! I quite like it as it adds lots of colour to the countryside. Here is some gorse my Dad kindly cut for me while out walking the other day.

The timber used locally for the thole pins(simple dowels that protrude from the gunwhales to hold an oar while rowing) is gorse or furze. It’s a garish yellow thorny bush that was originally imported into the country for use as hedging and horse fodder. It has since gone native and grows everywhere. Farmers seem to spend half there lives burning it to try and stop its spread. It’s winning though! I quite like it as it adds lots of colour to the countryside. Here is some gorse my Dad kindly cut for me while out walking the other day.


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