I have my epoxy and related materials in the shop, and my plywood and long dimensional lumber will be delivered on Friday. It is time to play...
Don't forget we are going to need boat porn.
Al
First cuts are made, 2x6s are now stringers, and the forward deck is laid out to cut. Not quite to the drawings, as I added 4 inches to one half on the centerline, and 4 inches to the back of both halves to allow for scarfing all of the plywood together. as soon as I figure out how to get the photos on my laptop, you will have boat porn...
If you have been a follower or lurker on this and other sites in regard to your Vacationer, you may want to consider making any changes or alterations now, rather than as retro fits.
If this is your first build, maybe disregard the above paragraph, but if you're ambitious or simply need some things the plans don't cover, now is the better time to approuch it. This could be addressing known issues or possibly things you need, like more cabin headroom.
Food for thought and welcome to the insanity . . .
I already plan to use your barn door rudder, and extend the front bulkhead to form the front of the cabin.
One of the big challenges is to get everything laid out on the plywood before cutting. The good plywood is not cheap, I don't want to waste any...
One other thing that I have found, the video that comes with the plans shows building a weekender. The keel on the vacationer is a lot more work than it shows on the video...
The keel is all cut and screwed together, but not glued. The bulkheads are cut out, the transom is laid out, all of the hull bottom is cut out, and the deck front and center is cut out. The parts are starting to stack up...
I have to get out with a digital camera and the figure out how to get it from a camera to the computer. I will work on that this evening. But for now, after cutting about 60 feet of scarf joint in 1/2 inch plywood, I am about to glue up the hull bottom. The 60 ft of scarf also includes all of the deck parts. I found the best, and fastest way to do the scarfs was to use my 7 inch sander to rough them in, and then use a block plane(razor sharp) to finish off the scarf joints. My daughter at one point came out to my workshop and asked if I was going to be like Gibbs from NCIS. At that point, I picked up the block plane and began to create curls. LOL. To the shop.