Boat Builders 2009

On Tuesday April 7th we split into 3 groups.  Mr. Trabona and I were originally planing the boats’ transoms, but gave Noahthe honor instead.  While he did that, Mr. Trabona and I screwed the side board to the frames on one side.  Mr. Kovacs and his partner were on the other side with the other [...]

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Last Tuesday we finsished riveting both sides of the second boat even though we aren’t perfect so we made some mistakes.  The second boat I think looks better that the first even though it isn’t complete.  The first boat’s linseed oil that we put on a week ago gives it a beautiful dark color on [...]

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Kevin Thibodeau Blog Entry 3/31/09 Today at boat building, we finished the bottom of the second boat.  We had to caulk it with a kind of clay that is waterproof and will keep the boat from sinking.  We are almost done with the first boat.  We would have been done sooner with the first boat, [...]

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Working with Mr. Ansel is a lot of fun!  Yesterday we flipped the boat over and put the keel on.  Some boards were uneven so we had to hammer them down, but the putty was coming out so we had to put it in again.

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Today we put on the garboard strake [bottom side plank], except for all of the riveting.  We also coated the inside of our first boat with boiled linseed oil.

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Ok, since I’ll most likely forget date and times, I’ll give you this quick update.  And since we are done, yes done with the first boat, I’ll give you a quick review/update on what we got done, and next time give you a full description of what we have, and will still be doing. So, [...]

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We have a lot of fun when we are working on the boat. We tell stories and tell jokes as long as nobody is using a dangerous tool or could mess up the work on the boat like turning a drill the wrong way and messing up the screw hole. Usually somebody brings cookies or [...]

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The last day of boat building we learned how to work with a tool called a planer.  How you use a planer is you put one hand on the front handle and the other hand on the back angle.  You have to hold it at an angle to plane the wood well. Then you push [...]

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We finished planking the second boat except for the caulking with cotton.  And this time the garboard strake didng break!  So hopefully there won’t be anymore setbacks and we’ll be able to continue because I can’t wait to see the finished products.

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Boat buliding is a very hard job.  The hardest is putting on the bottom planks.  Because you have to put 5200 on, then string, then you need to drill the boards on to the boat, last you need to cut the sides of the boards off.  Working with Mr. Ansel is a great opportunity.

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