This blog describes in words and pictures the building of a Paul Gartside designed fantail launch. There are a number of fantail launches of various sizes on the Paul Gartside website at http://store.gartsideboats.com/collections/steam-launches.

My boat will look like his 20 foot steam launch but will be 18 feet long and will be powered by a small diesel or petrol engine or possibly an electric motor. I have built a rowing boat, one and a half sailing boats and a small canoe and so this will be something different.

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Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Strip Planking on Port Side

Since the last post (is it really 3 weeks ago?) I have slowly been fitting strips in the final layer on the port side. Here are a couple of photos; first shows progress after the first 2 days - 4 strips one day 6 the next. The strips are 50mm wide, the boat is 5.5 metres long so there are a lot of strips!


The last few strips were fitted yesterday, as you can see they get shorter and shorter. This didn't make them easier to fit because there is a "hollow" curve towards the stem and holding these last strips became quite tricky. The plastic nails I have been using didn't have enough grip so I resorted to "sky-props" and screws through pads.

So, that's one side finished. The other side of the boat will take at least a couple of weeks and I will post something when I get there.
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