Building the Bouchie Dory Part 16 – Fibreglassing the garboards Fibreglass is wonderful useful horrible stuff. We take this brittle stuff, “glass” which due to a miracle of both science and nature is actually a slow moving liquid, and make...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 15 – The Garboard Planks In the world of wooden boats we refer to the lowest planks near the keel as the “garboards”. Where that name comes from is hard to say. The vikings called them kjølbord. Kjøl means keel, so it stands...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 14 – Installing the bottom This is a big day. Technically our first plank! On a hard chine hull, such as this, the bottom is a big deal. it takes 90% of the abuse. It is under more strain than any other part of the boat. If...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 13 – Fairing the building jig This is one of those moments in the process of building a boat where you find out exactly how well you executed all your previous tasks going right back to the lofting stage. In theory if you’ve...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 12 – Scarfing the bottom panel The introduction of waterproof plywood was a boon to the boatbuilding trade and there was a time when you could order it in any length you choose right from the mill but those days are...
