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Mike's Boat Build Log

Feb 20 2011 - Launch

Feb 14 2011 - Sail rig fitting., finishing touches

Feb 12 2011 - B'Scout hull finished and ready for trailer

Feb 06 2011 - Finishing mast with bronze coin "bearings", HIN number stamped, compass mount, hatch cover

Jan 31 2011 - Boom glue up, nicely cut scarf

Jan 29 2011 - Upper and lower mast sections. Aluminum tube will be used to reinforce the connecting plate.

Jan 21 2011 - Dean is making a two piece mast which will be 21' in length. Here he is planing the lower section of the upper mast to fit into a piece of aluminum pipe which will also be fitted over the top of the lower mast.

Jan 17 2011 - Complete rudder set up.

Jan 15 2011 - Photo 1 : completed rudder blade mounted in rudder cheek. Photo 2 : completed tiller, Photo 3 : full rudder/tiller assembly. Photo 4 : tiller being sanded. photo 5 : Completed leeboard completed and mounted in place, nice red painted rub rail.

Jan 11 2011 - All the rudder parts are being clamped for gluing.

Jan 10 2011 - Here the rudder has been coated with a mixture of epoxy and graphite powder.

Jan 08 2011 - Home made scarfing jig being put to use on the saw table to make the pile of tiller parts laid out in second shot.

Jan 06 2011 - Here the rudder has been glassed (fiberglass cloth and epoxy on both sides) this will keep the lead in place and encapsulate the wooden rudder. The second picture shows the painted seats.

Jan 02 2011 - One coat of paint in cockpit and leeboard coated with graphite/epoxy coating.

Dec 31 2010 -Prepping and sanding leeboard and rudder for graphite/epoxy coating.

Dec 30 2010 - Deck being used as boatbuilder/painters work bench. Susan again called to duty to finish glassing leeboard.

Dec 29 2010 - Dean lucked into some free lead for the rudder, a 100 year old pipe fitting. You'll see two rudder blades below, the shorter on is the one per plans which will now be used for my Toon2. Dean based on reccomendations from other Mikesboat builders has made his longer. Dean called me over the holiday with some inspiration based on some chineese take out in an aluminum tray, which was used to make the molds for the lead inserts for the rudders.. Leeboard edges glassed and coated. Bottom picture more lamps used to help cockpit paint dry.

Dec 28 2010 - One rudder cheek side is glued to center insert.

Dec 26\7 2010 - Dean is making a modification from the Mikesboat plan. He is making the rudder check to over both sides of the rudder blade, insteap of just bolting to a single sided cheek.

Dec 26 2010 - Here the edge of the leeboard is recieving a layer of glass tape.

Dec 26 2010 - Dean is making a modification from the Mikesboat plan. He is making the rudder check to over both sides of the rudder blade, insteap of just bolting to a single sided cheek.

Dec 23 2010 - Decks coated with epoxy. Hatch combings being glued in place.

Dec 22 2010 - Front hatch cut and fit to size, precoating paint in the cockpit

Dec 21 2010 - Dean shown here cutting our rudder cheek parts.

Dec 20 2010 - Decks coated with epoxy. Hatch combings being glued in place.

Dec 18 2010 - Dean shown here cutting our rudder cheek parts.

Dec 17 2010 - fore and aft chanbers are patinted lamps being used to raise tempature to assist paint drying.

Dec 12 2010 - Decks and hatch openings cut. Leeboard in upper guard.

Dec 4 2010 - Weather in North Carolina has been very cold for this time of year. Dean lounging on his seats fitted into Mikesboat. Bow deck with hatch cutout.

Dec 3 2010 - Decks fitted for size.

Nov 28 2010 - Dean fiberglassing the bottom, so he can take his 65 pound lap dogs aboard.

Nov 19 2010 -great view of the mast step and partner on forward bulkhead.

Nov 17 2010 - Heavy mast parterner bolted in place.

Nov 13 2010 - Mast step securely set in place with epoxy filtes. Seat framing intalled Dean daydreaming of adventures at the helm.

Nov 7 2010 - Flip crew sets the Mikesboat right side up. Also see the fruits of the Susan's labor, nice paint job.

Nov 5 2010 - Dean's better half Susan putting on a coat of boyscout green to the Mikes boat. The power plane makes short work of fairing the rudder.

Nov 1 2010 - The Three sided sprit sail has arrived.

Oct 31 2010 - Happy Halloween - and Dean's treat is a glued up upper mast.

Oct 30 2010 - Leeboard guard and pivot bolt support epoxied in place.

Oct 28 2010 - the lee board is mounted on it's pivot point, and the guard (slot not yet cut is fitted.

Oct 22 2010 - Here Dean is marking out where the lee board gurad will be attached.

Oct 9 2010 - Dean is making a two part mast here he is routing out some of the center of the lower mast to reduce weight.

Oct 8 2010 - Epoxy and graphite coats the bottom

Oct 5 2010 - Skeg cut, trimmed and fitted

Oct 4 2010 - Keel glued in place

Oct 3 2010 - The keel is glued into place with lots of weights to clamp, the temp frame is removed once the tape/epoxy on the outside joints are set.

Oct 2 2010 - Later that day - as I had suggested ;) Dean applied tape to still wet outside joints for best adhesion. Also purchased lumber for mast

Oct 2 2010 - I had the pleasure to spend the morning working with Dean to filet the outside seams and help plan next steps with keel, skeg and mast.

Sept 29 2010 - Taping the inside seams in cockpit, test fitting motor

Sept 22 2010 - Adding bow deck support

Sept 18 2010 - Taping the inside seams, prep by cutting fiberglass tape, filet the seams lay in tape, epoxy in tape.

Sept 17 2010 - Stitching in the blige panels, duct tape the seams, flip the hull to filet and tape the inside seams.

Sept 12 2010 - Stitching in and glueing the botttom, fitting and add butt straps to the bilge panels

Sept 10 2010 - assembling the bottom and complete the installlation of the wales.

Sept 10 2010 -Flip the hull and dryfit fhe bottom

Sept 10 2010 - assembling the bottom and complete the installlation of the wales.

Sept 04 2010 - Glue and screw bulkheads and attaching the wales

Sept 03 2010 - Mike's boat going three dimensional - sides to bulkheads, temp frames, bow and stern transoms