We’re back to pick up where we left off with our transom repair. In the last video we made a bandaid to patch over our wound. Now we need to do the plastic surgery that makes it look like nothing untoward ever happened in the first place. We also have a little...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 23 – Fixing Mistakes We all make mistakes and I have made a ton of them. It sucks but all we can do is try to smarten up, which seems to be hopeless in my case. Failing that we just have to try to fix them well. This is one...
Building the Bouchie Dory Pt. 21 – Installing the cutwater The cutwater is technically just the leading portion of the stem out side of the planking. I use the term to refer to a separate component that can be replaced in the event of damage. In the...
Building the Bouchie Dory Part 17 – Finishing garboards If there is any real art specific to lapstrake construction it may be found in the execution of bevels and gains. Unlike carvel or batten seam planking, there are no band-aids that will make up for...
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...
