More Skiff Progress

Finished Varnishing

This Friday night we finished varnishing the skiff, mast rudder tiller and boom, now we can start painting and rigging. One more coat. . . . just didn't hurt.

Progress on the skiff

Ben is applying the final coat of varnish to the skiff. We should be done painting and start our rigging Friday night.  Hopefully we will have some good photos and video to share before the weekend. This isn't the best shot as I took it with my iPhone...

Another Entry

Christopher on his Lightspeed. Now it is your turn to send us a photo of you on your bike!!! Visit our gallery here.

New Bike Contest Entries

Two new entries to our Bicycle Photo Contest. Now it is your turn... send us a photo and we will post it here and add it to our gallery.  We will pick a winner on the first of January who will a prize... and it may be one of our model ships! Send your entry to benandpappa@gmail.com today.  Check out our gallery here

And remember you should never use your cell phone while riding... Kathy!!!!

Ben and Pappa - Thanksgiving Day Ride

Happy Thanksgiving to all who watch our videos

Crabbing Skiff -- Video of Part 2

Here is a short video of our latest progress. As you can see Ben is actually doing most of the work and Old Pappa is here for support and guidance.

Crabbing Skiff Part 2

Today Ben and Pappa spent another couple of hours working on the crabbing skiff. Here are a few photos from our work session. This first picture is the way we left off last time, with the centerboard trunk installed and trimmed.

Our first task today was to build and install the Mahogany seats and the mast step and king plank in the bow.

Then came the tedious bit of installing the chines

We also had to completely cover up all the detail work we had just made. 

We installed the decks fore and aft.

And then Ben cut 44 strips of 1/16" square stock for the ribs. These were then installed by both Ben and Pappa then trimmed and sanded flush with the sides.

So this is our progress for today and it is beginning to look like a boat! 

Ben may come over tomorrow evening and we will work on the skiff some more.