Big Pond Boat Shop is located in Martins River, Nova Scotia. The Shop builds boats; power, sail and human powered to 30` www.bigpondboatshop.com
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Shellback Completed
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Top coat on exterior
Here is the Shellback with its primer followed by two coats of top coat. Nice and shiny. We will be turning it over to finish and paint the inside.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Shellback continues
The Shellback dinghy is planked, and the interior flotation tanks are in place. The aft tank is now covered, and the foward tank is having the mast step installed before the seat cover is installed. The daggerboard case is being fitted.
Here is Keith at the Halifax International Boat Show last month with the Marsh Cat.
Monday, 30 January 2012
Shellback Construction Begins
Here are the Shellback station molds set up on the strongback. The bottom of the boat is made of 12mm marine plywood. The lapstrake planks will be 6mm. The stem and the midship frame are laminated clear grain spruce. The transom is 18mm marine plywood.
The garboard plank and first plank are installed. Planks are glued onto each other with epoxy thickened with cotton fibres.
This is the first of two Shellbacks that we are building. Both will be rigged for sail and rowing.
Sunday, 22 January 2012
New Shellback starts
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The sailing rig is a balanced lug sail on an unstayed mast. The sailing version comes with a daggerboard, rudder and tiller. Finish is gloss marine paint inside and out, with varnished mahogany in-whale and varnished mahogany seats.
This is the amidships frame of the new Shelback. The photo is of the laminated strips of wood clamped onto the jig.
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