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May 4, 2012

5×10 Devlin Skiff: Stitching

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May 4 2012, today I worked from 8am-noon. I stitched the skiff together and tabbed the seams.

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May 4, 2012

5×10 Devlin Skiff for Fundraiser

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May 3, 2012. Today I started a 10′ skiff to be donated to Wahkiakum County as a fund raiser. It is a Devlin model 5×10 skiff. I worked from 1pm-5pm doing the layout and cutting all the panels including the transom. Here are a few photos.

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May 2, 2012

Eider: Building Tips

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May 2, 2012. I want to sum up some issues that I think would be helpful for folks that are building Eider from paper plans. I would like to say that this is what I found. Other builders could be of a totally different opinion.

1. I would not cut the top of the transom until the hull is built and turned up right.

2. The measurement of the foot of the sail and the boom are very different. I would personally go by the foot of the sail when building the boom and then add 12 inches. This way it can be cut to fit.

3. There are no measurements for the gaff. I would get that measurement from the top of the main sail and add at least 12-18 inches. This again can be cut to size.

4. I abandoned the welded goose neck on my tabernacle and cut the aft points off the top of the tabernacle and made a boom with jaws. If I were to build a goose neck, I would build an assembly that rotates both up and down and side to side. I would also build the tabernacle’s back plate larger from top to bottom, so the goose neck assembly can be bolted to its proper location.

Building Sam Devlin’s “Eider” was one big good time! My hope is that anyone that builds her has as much fun as I did. I can’t wait to sail her.

Happy building!!!

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April 29, 2012

Eider: Vanessa Launched

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April 29, 2012. This last week my friend Kirk Gresham made another trip down from Port Townsend to give me a sailing lesson. The big problem was there was no wind….again!

Here are a few photos of “Vanessa” (Eider) in the water.

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April 23, 2012

Eider: Registration

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April 23, 2012. This morning Vanessa (Devlin Eider) is sitting in the parking lot waiting on the Washington County Sheriff to issue the Temporary Registration and Hull ID#. Here are a few photos of yours truly and Sheriff Joseph Yazzolino. Yesterday Kirk Gresham and I finished rigging her but could not launch because there was not a breath of wind. Kind of like going to a pizza parlor that doesn’t have any pizza, a little disappointing but Kirk plans on coming back down this coming weekend to show me how to be a real gaffer!!

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April 16, 2012

Eider: Pulley Blocks

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April 14, 2012. Today I built a few pulley blocks. The cost of these blocks are near or well over $100 each. I pulled a piece off the net on Rope Stropped Blocks. I changed it a little and made Cable Swedged Stropped Blocks. The sheaves are made with a hole saw and UHMW and the blocks themselves are made of spalted maple. The cost is about $2 each plus the fun of building them.

I also have been out a couple of times Spring Chinook fishing here’s a photo of my friend Johnny G holding one of the two we caught that day.

This coming Friday the 20th Kirk Gresham from Port Townsend will spend the day helping me rig Vanessa. I plan to show her at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival this coming Sept 7-9. I hope to see you all there!

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April 4, 2012

Eider: Ready to Rig

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April 4, 2012. Today I completed fitting “Vanessa” to her trailer. I then mounted the bow sprit, tabernacle and boom. Now I just have to rig her.

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April 3, 2012

Eider: Fitting Her to the Trailer

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April 3, 2012; 3:30 pm. Today I got to the shop around 3:30 pm and got right to fitting “Vanessa” to her trailer. It’s starting to rain again so I will continue this tomorrow morning. Here are a few photos.

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March 23, 2012

Eider: The Build is Finished

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March 23, 2012; 7:00 am – noon; day #74. Today I finished the build. The mast, boom and gaff are done. The canvas guy came and fit the dodger. He measured for the drop curtain and will return next week. What is left is a few more coats of varnish and paint. Then I will put her on the trailer, pull her outside and fit the bow sprit and tabernacle and then rig her :-) .

At this point, to finish this build it took 383 total single-man hours.

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March 16, 2012

Eider: Mast Timber

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March 16, 2012; 10:00 am – 2:30 pm; day #73. Today I drilled the mast timber to fit the tabernacle. Then I shaped the fir mast timber to the plan specs and put the first coat of varnish on.

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