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| January 2009 and I am finally back to building. This is where the center deck beam meets the breasthook. It takes a bit of hand shaping and sanding to get the bevels right. It is Douglas Fir |
| I added a cross-member (per plans) between frame #1 and the breasthook. There is no pattern for this member so I used frame #1 to trace the curvature. It is attached with butt-blocks, thickened epoxy and stainless screws. The outer deck beams are white oak I salvaged from a 1956 Century that was beyond repair. I have salvaged much more lumber from the Century that I will try to incorporate into the build. The wood is beautiful and almost impossible to obtain. |
| I began the beams in the cockpit and have the blocks for the engine hatch area clamped in place and awaiting epoxy to cure. This is mahogany that will be finished bright. |
| How to fill up a garage: Here you see why the Squirt progress has slowed. The Squirt build on the far right, A Glen-L Kingfisher upside down to its left, a Glen-L Tubby Tug, the Glen-L Console Skiff on the bottom right, a strip-planked skiff of my own design on the left, and Abby's Lil Tug (Glen-l) just out of the picture. All this and I still have a job. My new years resolution is not to start another project until I finish ALL of these. |
| Feb 2008 I installed the shelf that the 11 gallon tank will be mounted to. Due to the small size of the Squirt making weight placement a serious issue, I decided on the tank in the bow. I also painted prior to installing the deck - it is much easier at this stage. |
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