Marty Loken (Norseboater)
05-31-2009, 07:55 AM
Friday afternoon we finished work on a 1930's-vintage nine-foot cedar dinghy for friends Bob and Lori Scott of Burlington, who will use the boat aboard their 1927-built 33-foot Rathfon raised-deck cruiser, the Wanderer. (Bob and Lori motored over to Mystery Bay to accept delivery, and we mounted the dinghy on new mahogany cradles atop their classic cruiser.)
Work on the dinghy included all new steambent oak frames, new Honduras mahogany transom, seats, floorboards, inwale and gunwale strips, breasthook and bronze hardware. (In other words, we saved most of the original planks, but everything else was new.)
Nice to work on a little boat, just for a change of pace.
Here are "Before" and "After" views of the little dinghy, built in British Columbia by the Chappelle Brothers. (Still don't know anything about the builders, but they designed a sweet little dinghy!)
- Marty
Work on the dinghy included all new steambent oak frames, new Honduras mahogany transom, seats, floorboards, inwale and gunwale strips, breasthook and bronze hardware. (In other words, we saved most of the original planks, but everything else was new.)
Nice to work on a little boat, just for a change of pace.
Here are "Before" and "After" views of the little dinghy, built in British Columbia by the Chappelle Brothers. (Still don't know anything about the builders, but they designed a sweet little dinghy!)
- Marty