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Posts: 495 IP: Logged Posts: 262 Next I will make the centerboard, rudder, transom support, spars, yoke, seats, and deadwood. Hopefully by the time I finish these items it will be warm enough to move the construction site from basement to garage and get in on the fun of setting up the molds!!! After years of dreaming of this project, it's great to be building it! Happy Holidays, Tom (aka webmaster [admin5]) IP: Logged Posts: 231 IP: Logged Posts: 40 Paul, an old Pro gave me the advice to pull a fine chain through the limber holes, for easy cleaning of any clogging. This may be an option before you modify your floor timbers. Rolf IP: Logged Posts: 29 During '02, I finished the transom, and applied several coats of varnish. I also built the centerboard trunk, built the construction platform and set up all the molds, faired the starboard side and started on the port side, built the stem (twice) and cut the rabbet, and built a steam box. My resolutions for 2003 are to finish fairing the molds, bend the frames, attach floor the timbers, install the keel, and start on the planking. If history is a decent guide, this will turn out to be way too optimistic, but might as well aim high, right? Many thanks to all who have offered advice and answered questions. Happy Holidays to everyone. IP: Logged Posts: 30 I have had a fun year working on the boat, and have gotten more used to the idea that this is going to take me alot longer than I would like, due to limited time between family and other commitments. Changing my mindset and tempering expectations has helped me to really enjoy the process along the way. Getting to actually sail in Paul's beautifully built Haven with he and Dan has been a true inspiration to keep me going, not to mention a boat load of fun! I would recommend to anyone thinking about, or actually building this boat who hasn't sailed it, to seek one out and have a go - it will convince you that you've picked the right boat. In the spirit of the season, I am reflective and thankful this past year to have met and associated with some incredibly creative, intelligent, generous, and courageous people along the way who just happen to have a shared interest in boatbuilding, which has been truly wonderful. Happy Holidays to all! IP: Logged Posts: 62 Recently I steam bent three 1" pieces of white oak to become the stem. This is now rabbeted. The stern knee is done as well. As of a few minutes ago, I laminated 1/2" marine ply and 1/4" ribbon stripe ply together to become the sides of the centerboard trunk. I am planning to finish as much of the boat as possible bright. Also, I figure that the laminated pieces will resist warping. In the next couple days I plan to sheath the inside surfaces for the trunk sides with fiberglass as a precaution against wear. I made the slot a little wide to accomodate this. My next move will most likely be the floors. Hopefully I can keep my mo-jo going through the winter. May the saw dust be with you, Steve IP: Logged All times are ET (US)
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Topic: Year end updates please, and Happy Holidays!
Admin5
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posted 12-14-2002 01:34 PM
Happy holidays to everyone. How about bringing us up-to-date on your construction progress as of year-end? What is the next step you plan as the new year begins? If your Haven is completed, tell us how well you have enjoyed it this year.
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Tom
Builder
Registered: Jul 2002
posted 12-14-2002 03:51 PM
Having completed the 22 molds, transom, transom knee, tiller, centerboard trunk, stem, and lead keel mold, I am getting ready to pour the keel. I plan to line the mold with plaster of paris, per one of the forum posts.
Paul
Builder
Registered: Nov 2000
posted 12-18-2002 07:51 AM
Sailing the boat is the fruit of the labor for this beauty. She sails great and is no problem for one person to sail.
It's always interesting to talk to people who come over to check her out. A majority think she is a rebuild of an older boat.
It's been great having Dan and James, two Haven builders close by, to sail with.
Other than the centerboard hang up, I have not had any problems with the boat. Knowing what I do now and having some hours under sail, I think I would recommend opening up the forward compartment for storage and better ventilation. I might also suggest arranging the halyard cleats higher on the bulkhead wall or maybe even on the main deck beam. The location on the plans, although they work fine, are rather low. A higher location would facilitate handling the halyards as well as keeping them off the deck. On the floor boards (red cedar), I used a deck mix but I opted to paint the floor margins. I am thinking now that I should have oiled these as well. The paint gets scuffed up, especially on the aft end near the rear deck, as it serves as a foot rest. The floor timber limbers (weep holes) seem to clog up and not drain properly. This winter I will drill drain holes in the floor timbers to compensate for this problem. The location of the jib sheet needs some consideration. I now have a running block on either side of the bow but I really haven't decided how I want to secure while tending. I am thinking that I may put a cam cleat on either side of the boat on the covering boards as this seems to offer the fastest and most covenient way to tend the jib sheet. The other option would be jam cleats either mounted inside or outside of the coaming. I have been using the dock cleats, but they are too far aft and leaning back to secure it, isn't the most effective way to do it. Securing the jib sheet outside the cockpit would prevent the sheet from chaffing the varnish. I would definately recommend installing a topping lift when rigging out the boat. This really helps and keeps the boom from dropping down on the coamings or transom when lowering the sail. The main sheet traveler I have is the one that does not have the ball at each end of the bar. As a result it hangs up in the bend of the bar. The balled end traveler would be a better option with the traveler block I am using. I will probably outfit this block with a clevis and it should cure this problem. With a clevis on this block I will also be able to remove it for boat transit. The existing block I have can't be removed unless you remove the entire traveler bar arrangment. I used 5/16" three stand for all my halyards, in retrospect 1/4" for the halyards would have been better choice. The 5/16 three stand was tough on the hands for the main sheet so I changed it out for a braid, and I like it much better and so does my wife.
I wish all the Haven builders on this forum a Christ filled Christmas.
Rolf
Builder
Registered: Feb 2001
posted 12-18-2002 10:33 AM
Merry Christmas to Everyone!
I'm working on the sheer planks. I made a dummy one to get the correct shape of it. I plan to finish the planking until New Years Eve.
tborah
Builder
Registered: May 2001
posted 12-18-2002 04:51 PM
I started my project a little over 2 years ago, and I have been diligently logging time and money spent on her. I managed to squeeze in a total of 80 hours (so far!) in 2002. One thing I have improved at is my creativity in finding time to work on the boat: I logged a total of about 20 half-hour sessions from 5:30 to 6 am before catching the train to work. Every little bit helps! If only I didn't get assigned the occasional bookshelves and cabinets for the house, I could've logged twice as many hours. I try telling my wife I will get to her list of projects "as soon as the boat is done", but she has caught on.
Tom
fergie
Moderator
Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-19-2002 08:44 AM
Year end update...I've recently hung the first garboard, and plan on fastening the second second this evening (sadly, I goofed up the first second. Clear?). I've cut out the first broadstrake and will start on trimming and fitting over the weekend. Fitting the planks to be 'light tight' has taken alot longer than I ever thought it would, but what hasn't on this project?
Steve Martinson
Builder
Registered: Jan 2002
posted 12-30-2002 07:35 PM
Some of you may know from the pictures that my mold is set up and my sassafrass transom has been complete since summer.next newest topic | next oldest topic
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