Building the Bouchie Dory Pt. 22 – Installing grounding shoes Funny little story to go with this one. When I got out of boatbuilding school I got a job working for an old time BC Forestry Service shipwright. His name was Ed McGeachy. Ed worked from a home...
https://youtu.be/82Cw82b39C4 Building the Bouchie Dory Part 10 – The Transom The transom is such a significant part of any boat. It serves a function in that it creates usable space in the aft portion of the boat and increases buoyancy. It also provides a...
https://youtu.be/FFmY2–pDrU We finally get on to seeing a little sawdust flying around but admittedly most of it will be at the sawmill we’ll visit. I talk a little about sawmill etiquette in this episode. Sawmills are wonderful places to visit but you can...
In this episode we knock out a quick half model using the drawings we’ve done in the previous episodes. This is a great way to get a look at your efforts in 3D plus they can come in handy for figuring out material requirements and...
In our third lesson we complete our scale lofting of the Bouchie Dory. This part of the drawing is called the “body plan”. It is comprised of slices of the boat across it’s breadth and the locations of our stations. Think of it like a loaf of sliced...
