What this is about

We live by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel in Southern Tasmania. It, and much of the Tasmanian coast, offer amazing cruising possibilities. Previously, we owned an old, sturdy and fast 33 ft Huon pine sloop that we loved. The things it didn't offer - easy portability to other waters, shoal draft, beachability and the simplicity of dinghy-like sailing - are the things we gradually craved more and more.
For at least a few years I have thought that I should build an open, or mostly open, 20-something footer that would satisfy these urges. After much looking around at designs, we finally settled on the Stir Ven.
She is beautiful, fast, seaworthy, floats in 25cm of water and is designed as an adventure boat on which one can spend a few nights.
We hope she will be ready for use by the summer of 2012/13!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

puzzle solved

After drying the planks indoors (our house is nice and warm) for a week and a half, I found that the wood shrunk enough that the joints would now fit! It was very difficult still for the sole, presumably because this is thicker (16 mm) ply and it may still have had more shrinking to do or just simply due to a higher surface area and a stiffer set of fingers. The other planks, cut from 9.5mm ply went in with a moderate tap once "lubricated" with epoxy.



 

All the planks are now joined and ready to be epoxy coated prior to hull assembly


 

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