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Ethan's Ark Boat Pix Aug, 98 |
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| This picture shows the starboard side of the hull, with the name Manatee stuck on by Dave, the boatyard manager. This also shows the 2X12 beams that I used to stabilize the hull after the deck had been removed. | This picture shows the port side of the hull, with various helpful pieces of wood, for shoring and scrap, and the home made tool box. Notice that the sawhorses are brand new. The are old and gray now, like me. They do age faster though. At least I like to think so. |
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| This picture shows the transom, and some x bracing. You can see the shear clamp on the starboard side, and one of three pieces of 1X3 clear fir scarfed to 40 ft. that will be laminated to become the port side shear clamp. | This picture shows the cut-out for the propeller aperture. Note the solid piece of fiberglass at the bottom of the aperture. This is for the bottom rudder bearing. It is about 50 layers of 18-8 biaxial fiberglass. I still have some concerns that this will be strong enough. |
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| This is a pretty good picture from the stern towards the bow, with a good view of the X bracing and the starboard side shear clamp | This picture is of the port side towards the stern, showing the home made clamps used to laminate the four 1X3s that make up the shear clamp.
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| These pictures were taken in late 1998 after working on the boat for about a year and a half. The lay-up is complete and I am installing the shear clamp. You can see my X bracing which held the hull in shape while I laid it up and while installing the shear clamp, bulkheads, deck beams and carlings. Once I had the carlings installed I no longer worried about the shape. It was not going to change at that point. You can see in the photographs my home made clamps for the gluing the shear clamp. Notice also the cooler. This was used to cool down the resin during lay-up. With 90 degree temperatures, that gave me about five extra minutes before the resin would set up. Sad to say, but by this point Bob never saw the boat this far along. He had died of massive heart failure while working with me on the boat. He was an inspiration.
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