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Wednesday the 1st of February and the ballast is ready to bolt up to the hull. Everyone is in high spirits and we even lured Doug Jones back from San Diego to work for a couple of more weeks. We are very impressed with the level of accuracy and production the crew is able to [...]

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LEAD KEEL ARRIVES

Monday January 30th and what a whirlwind. Chris and Gus of Olympic Boat Transport “and ballast keels” arrived in Port Townsend about 1330 hrs and we started to work the keel mold. Due to Gus’s schedule (moving another boat at 1600), we decided to disassemble the mold partially and use the mold structure to support [...]

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LEAD KEEL POUR part 2

LEAD KEEL POUR part 2.mov Watch on Posterous Here is part 2 pf the keel pour. We sure are pleased with the results so far, the mold held up very well and did it’s job admirably. The big concern had been excessive off gassing “smoking” and moisture expansion which would yield a poor finish and [...]

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JANUARY 27TH LEAD KEEL POUR

LEAD KEEL POUR part 1.mov Watch on Posterous Here’s the first movie installment of the pouring of the lead keel. It was a great pleasure and very exciting to work with the folks at Non-ferrous metals. The men there have a great deal of experience working in their trade and it shows in the efficiency [...]

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JANUARY 26TH LOAD AND LEVEL THE KEEL MOLD

What a week!!!! With the new timber in place, Chris and David started shaping and fairing, Greg continued with the mast step and floor timbers. New bronze bolts were cut and threaded by the good people of Port Townsend Foundry and Ossian split his time with keel bolts and rudder pintle and gudgeons. Annie worked [...]

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UPDATE Sunday January 22

The snow has melted for now and we are still making progress. Chris and David were able to work on the timber inside the Shipwright’s building. Using the the “Alaska Mill” they were able to remove large slabs of wood to match the shape of the keel (see movie “sawing timber”.) Chris and Griswold [...]

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JANUARY 18TH PROGRESS UPDATE

A vigorous winter storm has made work on the project a little more interesting. Moving heavy timber and lead on wet icy surfaces is a very challenging situation, fortunately the shipwrights co-op has a very nice work shop for us to work in.In addition the lead keel mold is receiving the last bit of work [...]

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BALLAST KEEL PROGRESS

The week ending January 7th provided some great progress on many fronts. Dave Griswold, Ossian Smith and Chris Stohlman chopped the rocker into the top of the 17″x24″x 32′ timber. Martha’s back bone timber and floor timbers were prepared for new bolts. Brandon Smith of Turn Point Design designed the rudder blade foil shape. Doug [...]

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