Additional Old Pictures To Some Day Be Put In Chronological Order
This is a shot of the stern below the waterline at sunset. Lovely colors- all toxic no doubt. Bud & Ned thoughtfully coated this ship in all the righteous poisons of the day.
A sweeping look at the cabin top and cockpit. Built for fairweather cruising, the Micky Finn has a large and comfortable cockpit. The white striped lines in the picture show the remains of the glue/paint/spit/birdshite that was holding down the canvas cover to the deck and housetop. The replacement deck & house top will be a modern affair, most likely okume covering the original pine boards and then a fiberglass/epoxy sealing coat. Someday, when my significant investment in scratch lotto tickets begins to show a return, I'd like to laydown a proper teak deck over the fiberglass, but in the interests of going sailing before I die, I'll have to make do with fiberglass/okume for now.
Interior detail shot. Of interest is the extensive (some might say phanatickal) use of oak knees to support both the cabin top and the the house top ends. She might sink boys, but she'll never be crushed, by gawd.
Deena sez this is the "prettiest" picture. Feh. Clearly, she has no appreciation for the manly art of Duffing Around Out Back in the Shed.
Another look at the decks, sweeping forward. Note: everything forward of the bit post was Done In by rot. I have asked Paul Rollins about this. His opinion: back in the Olde Days, ship builders would let the stem head rise above deck level, using the top of the stem as a rest for the bowsprit. The Problem with this, is it allows moisture to trickle down the exposed stemhead, course along the rabbet, and seep back through the deck covering. Modern design dictates that the stemhead be sealed below a layer of (hopefully) waterproof decking and any bowsprit, anchorblocks, etc. are supported by secondary structures bolted through the deckbeams. It is somewhat ironic that the greatest danger to a wooden boat is the fresh water from above, not the saltwater below.
This is a picture from early in the re-framing process. Note that every 3rd frame or so has been replaced. In this fashion, a boat may have it's frames replaced without loosing shape or structural integrity.
A sweeping look at the cabin top and cockpit. Built for fairweather cruising, the Micky Finn has a large and comfortable cockpit. The white striped lines in the picture show the remains of the glue/paint/spit/birdshite that was holding down the canvas cover to the deck and housetop. The replacement deck & house top will be a modern affair, most likely okume covering the original pine boards and then a fiberglass/epoxy sealing coat. Someday, when my significant investment in scratch lotto tickets begins to show a return, I'd like to laydown a proper teak deck over the fiberglass, but in the interests of going sailing before I die, I'll have to make do with fiberglass/okume for now.
Interior detail shot. Of interest is the extensive (some might say phanatickal) use of oak knees to support both the cabin top and the the house top ends. She might sink boys, but she'll never be crushed, by gawd.
Deena sez this is the "prettiest" picture. Feh. Clearly, she has no appreciation for the manly art of Duffing Around Out Back in the Shed.
Another look at the decks, sweeping forward. Note: everything forward of the bit post was Done In by rot. I have asked Paul Rollins about this. His opinion: back in the Olde Days, ship builders would let the stem head rise above deck level, using the top of the stem as a rest for the bowsprit. The Problem with this, is it allows moisture to trickle down the exposed stemhead, course along the rabbet, and seep back through the deck covering. Modern design dictates that the stemhead be sealed below a layer of (hopefully) waterproof decking and any bowsprit, anchorblocks, etc. are supported by secondary structures bolted through the deckbeams. It is somewhat ironic that the greatest danger to a wooden boat is the fresh water from above, not the saltwater below.
This is a picture from early in the re-framing process. Note that every 3rd frame or so has been replaced. In this fashion, a boat may have it's frames replaced without loosing shape or structural integrity.
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