Remember Flat Stanley? He existed in only two dimensions. That's what the boat has been like up to this point. Flat sides, flat bulkheads, flat bottom. Going to "work on the boat" just meant to make these 2-D pieces. Well, after this weekend, there is "a boat" to work on. But first..... flipping that bottom over.
I wanted to take advantage of the bottom being up and round off the edges.
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| Just kidding! I would never let a 3 year old use a router!! |
I started by hoiking it up onto its side with Dad's chain hoist.
Then I built a crib to set it on and lowered it down onto that.
To draw it over onto the blocks, I had to use a handy-billy. I doubt it weighs much less than 400lbs.
Also had to pull it back a bit.
Then, I discovered a boo-boo. I had used 1" drywall screws to pull the sheets together, then took them out before I sheathed the bottom. Looks like I missed some. Some metal detector work narrowed it down to five screws.
I don't know how bad this really is. One would assume they will eventually rust and cause nail sickness in the wood. I took a 5mm socket (how often do you use 5mm?) and filed teeth onto the ratchet end, chucked it up in the drill,...
and drilled out the offending screws.
Ground back the dynel a bit around the holes
Good as new? I dunno. Was this necessary? I dunno. I had half a mind to call an expert, but it felt like one of those situations with various wrong answers and no right ones (besides prevention), so I just went for it.
OK, here comes the 3-D part. I hoisted up the mid-bulkhead (they don't call it a handy-billy for nothin')
Then the forward one.
The aft bulkhead doesn't actually sit on the deadflat, so it will be hung on the sides and the bottom will come up to greet it rather than it resting on the bottom, so it doesn't go in yet.
Ale and I were too busy wrestling this side into position to take any pictures, It was a lot of work.
There it is. We have a bit of a boat to look at.
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