School, Build, and Virtual-Build By Chris Schwartz Wooden Boats School, Build, and Virtual-Build By Chris Schwartz
Wooden Boats – School basics The WoodenBoat School is located in Brooklin, Maine (about a 5-hour drive north of Boston). Took a Traditional Woodstrip Kayak Construction class for a week in 2006. There were 10 people in the class, including one person from Austin. Ted Moores taught the class. KayakCraft book very helpful.
Wooden Boats – School, why? My family initially helped get me into woodworking – book case, checkers set, wine rack, etc. Took the class because I like how wooden boats are both beautiful and functional.
Wooden Boats – School photos Here’s the view of a boat from the boat house overlooking Eggemoggin Reach.
Wooden Boats – School photos More boats out in Eggemoggin Reach. Short walk from WoodenBoat School Campus.
Wooden Boats – School photos Boats Docked…
Wooden Boats – School photos Inside the School Breakdown of labor resources (am on Endeavor’s hull)…
Wooden Boats – School photos Beginning planking on the hull (1 inch strips of cedar)…
Wooden Boats – School photos Working on planking strip with friend…
Wooden Boats – School photos Good friend Chuck (from Austin) making a point at the hull…
Wooden Boats – School photos Sanding and fairing the hull…
Wooden Boats – School photos Initial fiberglass cloth layout…
Wooden Boats – School photos Applying the epoxy onto the fiberglass…
Wooden Boats – School photos Scraping off the excess epoxy…
Wooden Boats – School photos Trimming the excess fiberglass off…
Wooden Boats – School photos Finishing the deck…
Wooden Boats – School photos Cockpit coaming trimming being cut…
Wooden Boats – School photos Setting the cockpit coaming…
Wooden Boats – School photos Final touches on Endeavor…
Wooden Boats – School photos Other classes to see include metallurgy…
Wooden Boats – School photos …sketching…
Wooden Boats – School photos …watercolor…
Wooden Boats – School photos …and other boatbuilding classes…
Wooden Boats – School photos …including a dinghy…
Wooden Boats – School photos …and stitch-and-glue method.
Wooden Boats – School photos Farewell WoodenBoat School…’till hopefully another year!
Wooden Boats – quick bad joke Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were getting cold so they decided to light a fire in their boat. It promptly sank…
Wooden Boats – quick bad joke …proving once again that you can’t have your kayak and heat it too.
Wooden Boats – Build In 2008-2009 decided to build a kayak for my friend Steve and his wife. Used stitch-and-glue method, which I figured out as I went (real simple!). It took me one year to build, 10-5 on Saturdays only.
Wooden Boats – Build Here are the wooden components as they are shipped in CNC’d pieces in a box…
Wooden Boats – Build …a simple stitch at the seam between two components...
Wooden Boats – Build …beginning creating the stations...
Wooden Boats – Build …sanding the hull...
Wooden Boats – Build …stitching and gluing the deck...
Wooden Boats – Build …fixing the deck to the hull...
Wooden Boats – Build …glassing the deck...
Wooden Boats – Build …checking for potential leaks in the friend’s R&D test pool...
Wooden Boats – Build …at the boat launch party with friends...
Wooden Boats – Build …taking Sandy Lake out for a tour...
Wooden Boats – Build …family memories...
Wooden Boats - Build ..all done! Here I’m taking Sandy Lake out for a final excursion.
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build Took plans from a simple sailboat design and virtually built it in Google Sketchup 2017. The plans came from the WoodenBoat shop and are of a Nutshell Pram. I broke the process into four phases – (1) Hull beginning, (2) Hull finishing, (3) Sail integration, and (4) Finishing. Named her Grace and was sure to add a Texas flag!
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build Phase 1 – Hull beginning…
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build …Phase 2 – Hull finishing…
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build …Phase 3 – Sail integration…
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build …Phase 4 – Finishing isometric view…
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build …Phase 4 – …finishing hull view…
Wooden Boats – Virtual-Build …Phase 4 – …finishing stern view.
Wooden Boats – Conclusion It’s been quite an adventure since the initial days of WoodenBoat education with Ted Moores. Final questions?