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7-1-2007 John and Lulu enjoying a great day on the James River in an undisclosed location with the Shenandory. Picture provided by John's son John Coleman. |
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5-27-2007 Heading down the road after a successful maiden voyage. The boat has performed quite well, much to John's pleasure. Now, let's see how many rivers we can get it on this summer..... Stay tuned! |
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5-27-2007 John and Lulu contemplate the best route through a blow down on the North Fork. |
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5-24-2007 The boat loaded and ready for it's maiden voyage down the North Fork of the Shenandoah. |
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5-24-2007 Transom Anchor Pulley Assembly with rope and anchor installed. |
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5-22-2007 The Anchor Cleat is mounted to the Rowers Seat for ease of access while floating. The Anchor Rope has also been installed along with the rope for the seat. |
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5-6-2007 John sands the gunnels in preparation for varnish ....... six coats of varnish to be exact. |
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5-5-2007 The interior has been painted. Now sand some more on the gunnels and the rest of the brightwork to prepare it for varnish. Almost fishing! |
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5-1-2007 John and Lulu measuring for the length of the oars. A little water under the boat would make it perfect! Fishing season is here! |
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5-1-2007 Four coatings of paint have the boat looking Good! Now sanding the inside and a little more paint. |
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4-27-2007 The boat is back from having Linex put on the bottom. This lining will provide protection from the ledges the Shenandory is bound to hit! Next comes painting the outside.... hopefully this weekend! |
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3-22-2007 Both pullys installed (one near the front of the rowers seat and one near the transom) and John cleaning up. Once the peanut butter on the pullys sets up it is back to sanding. It will not be long until the boat is upside down again and we are doing the final filling of the screw holes and preparing for the bottom liner installation. |
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3-22-2007 One of two installed pully's for the anchor rope.
The bottom of this photo is the fillet where the floor and transom meet. |
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3-22-2007 Applying epoxy/wood flour mix (peanut butter) to the Anchor Pully Blocks to be attached to the floor for the Anchor Rope. |
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3-22-2007 The Oar Blocks are installed with epoxy and bronze screws. Only need a pair of oar locks and it's ready to row........ |
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3-21-2007 The American Cherry Breasthook installed in the bow of the boat against the Ash Gunnels. |
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3-14-2007 View of the boat on its dolly. It has amazed us how light this boat has remained - less than 200lbs. thus far. At the bottom of the photo is Lulu - John's Setter doing a little quality control patrol. |
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3-14-2007 Final sanding of the gunnels in preparation for coating them with epoxy. |
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2-22-2007 The Breasthook is ready to be installed and the Ash gunnels are finished. In the middle of the seat (lower right center of pic) you will see one of the oar blocks which are ready to be installed also. |
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2-22-2007 We placed the boat on the shop floor to calculate the placement of the foot brace. John got to sit inside the boat for the first time....looking great! |
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2-2007 American Cherry leg locks in place along with the Ash gunnels, bow storage and front deck. |
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1-2007 The Oak bow seat framework installed. |
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Flipped back to right side up. Ready for seats. |
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12-2006 The boat upside down and working on the chines and more epoxy to the bottom. |
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Put together and finishing up the chines. Starting to look like a boat. |
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11-2006 Working on the chines. |
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Another layer of epoxy and more sanding. |
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11-2006 Putting the bottom and sides together. This is known as the "stitch and glue" method versus using ribs on the inside to provide a framework. |
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Glassing the bottom and sides to waterproof them for many years of hard use. |
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Drawing the patterns and cutting them out with a skillsaw. |
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10-2006 First: Cut the plywood scarfs and put them together. Here is John checking the finished scarfed joints. The boat will be slightly longer than 12 feet when finished. |
