the time i built a sailboat in high school
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I built a gaff-rigged sailboat from plans a number of years ago. These pictures show the process.TRANSCRIPT
The time I built a sailboat in high school
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Building a sailboat
• When I was 17, I decided I was going to build a sailboat
• From the end of February through June of that year, I built a 20-foot gaff-rigged sloop
Building a sailboat
• I built and launched the boat within 137 days
• The plans are for a Stevenson Weekender, purchased online
February 24th
keel lofted
March 4th
March 6th
March 12th
March 11th
March 20th
bulkheads, hull, transom ready
March 24th
hull bottom attached to keel
April 1st
deck attached
May 3rd
lazaret attached, benches cut
May 7th
hull sides & cabin trunk attached
May 7th
May 13th
cabin rafters & stringers added
May 13th
cockpit bench frame attached
May 16th & 17th
cabin windows & deck hatch cut
May 17th
deck hatches + cabin bookshelves
May 26th
bench seats attached
May 26th
bench backs & hatches cut
May 30th
boat flipped for fiberglassing
June 1st
hull fiberglassed
June 8th & 10th
hull gel-coated
June 10th:
June 11th
boat flipped & toe rail added
late June
deck & cockpit fiberglassed
late June
bowspirit & mast stump added
July 1st
grab rail & companionway hatch
July 1st
almost ready
July 2nd
prepared for travel
July 4st
Christening & launchChebacco Lake
Essex, Massachusetts
July 6th
Pleasant BayOrleans, Massachusetts
July 8th
Pleasant BayOrleans, Massachusetts
