Pause again

It has been almost a month since my last post. It's about the same since my last touch to my boat. Visited Germany twice and once Dubai in October, almost no time at home. November I will try to get to some boatjob again.

Moving again

Today began with finishing the clamp attachment to the stem. Left the glue to sent and went out to help get Svīre out of the water as the sailing season is almost over for this year. Then moved on with cleaning up the shop, removing legs from my boat setup, packing all the tools in boxes. With some help I got the boat out of the shop, fixed on the roof of the car and eventually hauled everything out to the new home in Spilve.

Clamps et al

Now that chines are attached, I am busy attachin the clamps to have the shape whole and rigid for transportation as I plan to relocate from the premises of Latvia Yacht Club on Lielupe to my hobby-workplace at Spilve aerodrome.
Starboard clamp is almost there, except the stem attachment, port clamp is glued to the transom and the next 2 frames so far. Last night I also glued doublers to some of the frames to have extra glueing area for planking.

Scarf joint 2

Scarf joints on both clamps are ready. Clamps half-fitted to the frames. Now trying to solve both the chines and clamps to the stem.

Scarf joint

Needed 510cm lumber for the clamps. Had only 450cm at hand so the time came for my 1st scarf joint in my boat building career. First I marked the lines for 1:8 slope, then stacked the pieces, tightened together with long wood screws, chiseled the corners before starting planing, then a huge work with electric plane, finished with belt sander. I do not clame this is a perfect scarf joint but hopefully it holds well when installed.

Svire sailing

Had a little sailing practice on Saturday with Svire and its captain Viktor. Extremly nice sailing wx on the river - sunshine and 12 kts breeze.

Also we met the coolest Latvian made catamaran. No sail unfortunately.

Chines 4

This magic wet bending! Did it for the 1st time in my life and the result is astonishing for me. Before wetting I could hardly bend these chines in place, even with extra pair of hands. Now they are almost in shape. So last nite I glued the chines to the frames #4 and #3.