We then roughly cut three pieces of 12 mm plywood for the bottom. Here they are in place to scribe the bottom outline
and here we are ready to cut the central bottom panel
Total work time to date: 332 hours
Diary on the construction of a Seaclipper 20, a plywood trimaran designed by Jim Brown and John Marples. Our boat's Sail No. is 50. The boat has been named GEODETICA and was launched on september 28th, 2024.
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Main hull bottom planking (1)
Five hours of work today. We first faired the daggerboard trunk logs to match the bottom curvature. Here's the result after several passes of power plane, surform and sanding board and frequent checkings with a straightedge
We then roughly cut three pieces of 12 mm plywood for the bottom. Here they are in place to scribe the bottom outline
and here we are ready to cut the central bottom panel
In the picture above you can also see the two butt blocks to join the three pieces of the bottom planking. The final photo shows the two butt blocks being glued to the central bottom panel.
Total work time to date: 332 hours
We then roughly cut three pieces of 12 mm plywood for the bottom. Here they are in place to scribe the bottom outline
and here we are ready to cut the central bottom panel
Total work time to date: 332 hours
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