The Man himself

Thats Paul standing proudly next to his home made steel center board, it's 20mm plate and weighs aprox 75 kg.

Center board

Another shot of the forward edge of the board.

Laminating the Stem

All glued up and clamped, 6mm ply and epoxy used.

Stem off the moulds

The stem is looking good, just needs to be cut to the correct profile. It will have a nice flaring shape once cut.

Merging the bits.

Paul has the bottom panel mounted on the building form.

He also has the center case fitted in place and is now fitting the stem.

Same stage, closer shot.

The string line shows where the water line should end up.

Rudder Blade

340x30mm = NACA 0009 profile

Fitting the stringers

Artwork on Temporary bulkhead 3 courtesy of my 7 year old son Matthew.

Amidships aft

6mm ply girder visible at edge of bottom panel

Amidships forward

Bunk fronts along edge of bottom panel

The Bow

This is what other boats will see comming up fast when they look behind them! :)

Cockpit

A view of the cockpit area from the cabin.

Cockpit forward

Looking forward the rear of the cabin, the top side panels yet to be fitted.

Chine panel scarfed and roughly cut out

Fitting up the chine panels

Chine panels fitted.

Believe me the chine panels are stressed big-time at the stem. I left the panels well over width (from bow back to B2) then glued and screwed 100 x 25 scrap timber to the panels to achieve extra leverage. This along with small pulleys (3:1 purchase) and thin nylon rope allowed me to haul the panels in relatively easily.

Fitting up the side panels.

Side panels glued and screwed.

Bow view (Side panels on).

This is what wooden boats are all about.

The two NZ Sweet Pea builders, Roger Munn and Paul Wapp (with kids) and the man himself John Welsford at Lake Rotoiti NZ.

John Welsford rigging one of his designs, 'Truant'.

John commented that 'Sweet Pea' is basically a larger version of the 'Truant' hull form.