Almost done!

[almeyer]

Well, this is only a "sorta boat", but it's a Christmas present for my little grandson. Besides, right now my garage is so full of "stuff" that I can't build anything that's any bigger. A few more details to add, but it's getting close to being finished.
Al

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p66c69fc9dbfd405991ed02d97d3e7fb8/ebaa1777.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid220/p902c01a81a07901b4ad29cd871ad3db6/ebaa1716.jpg

and the complete photo album:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2104616503

[Concordia...41]

That's not a "sorta boat." Heck, there's real boats out there that aren't that nice. :cool:

[paladin]

whadidja use inside the fenders?:D

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

That's awesome Al !!!:)

[Doug Wood]

THAT is super cool. Nicely done.

[JimD]

Nice goin' :)

[Ocean Spray]

A real nice job!

[Kitlani]

Ya, but does it float?

"Only in dreams, me'boy, only in dreams!"

Well done. When the child gets a little older you can add a tiller and a few 'sheets'.

-rg-

[Don Kurylko]

If your grandson doesn’t want it, tell him I’m in the market for a new dinghy!:D

Lucky kid!:) :) :)

[almeyer]

Thanks for all the compliments. The project started out as a set of plans from Jordan Wood Boats. The plans are very good, but I decided to convert the boat from slab-sided construction to lapstrake, and then just started adding more details. I'm still not finished. Need to add some sort of handle that he can hold on to as he's rocking backing and forth, and I've got some mahogony cleats being varnished that will go near the stem and transom. Hopefully the boat will see a few years of use. It's got an absolutely flat bottom, so when the grandson gets too old for the rockers, I'll take them off and replace them with a couple of wagon wheels.

Will it float? The plan instructions state that this boat is not intended to be used in the water. I wondered about that, surely if I built it, the thing would float - at least my other two boats have. Then I noticed the height of the seat, and started drawing nasty mental pictures of center of gravity versus center of buoyancy. :( The boat will stay on land. When the little guy gets a bit older, I'll build him a real boat that he can row and sail. Joel White's Shellback looks like a good candidate.

I've got rope fenders on my boat, and get a lot of comments on them, so it seemed only proper to make some fenders for his boat. They're pure rope - no funny stuff used as "filler". I followed the instructions given in an article Barbara Merry wrote for Wooden Boat, don't remember the issue right off hand, but it was printed in '92 or '93.

Al

[brad9798]

WOW!

AWESOME!!!!

Brad

[Ken Hutchins]

Fantastic.:) :) :) :)

[gert]

gorgeous:) :) :)

[River Sailor]

Al, pretty soon we're gonna have to address you as Admiral, since your fleet is coming along so nicely! Keep up the great work.

WB #105, March/April 1992 has the rope fender article...