Sole Beams & Bulkhead

Making reasonably progress on my Somes Sound - having gained some inspiration from fellow builders. First I needed to fit the trunk sole beam which slants downhill towards the stern.  This necessitated removing some material from the underside of the aft end of the beam to ft against the trunk cleat.  Confusing isn't it?  I...

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Floors Glue Up & shaping sheer clamp

One small sentence in the instructions couldn't take three days...could it?!!  But yep, gluing in the floors is quite time consuming so by the time I had refined their fitting and drilled for the screws, it was quite a slow procedure.Each screw needed three separate drill bits to make the pilot holes, 12mm for the counter...

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Bulkhead Dryfitted

Today I managed to get the bulkhead dry fitted and also refine the camber of the sheer clamps.  Following my earlier post, I contacted John Brooks, Somes Sound 12.5 designer, who quickly reassured me that the bulkhead would be fine without having to make a new web frame also.  Fitting the bulkhead was quite slow,...

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Sheer clamps, Floors and Moving Stations!

The cold weather has slowed progress which is why it's been a while since I have updated the blog.  I purchased a Far InfraRed panel which I suspended over the boat - this is an efficient way of getting the wood up to temperature for epoxy gluing. Far Infra Red Heating PanelSince the last post I have installed the sheer...

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