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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Sunday 7 August 2016

First Coats of Paint

It is a relief to have reached the end of the filling and sanding cycle although it might only have been replaced by the painting and sanding cycle. The painting began with the bare woodwork on the stem, keel and skeg. Two coats of primer, the first thinned with about 10% thinners.



Then 3 more coats of primer over the whole hull except for the stern tube hole, the area where the rudder shaft will pass through the hull and a strip around the sheer where the gunwale will be fitted. Light sanding after each coat of primer mainly to remove the dead flies and other debris. Here is a photo after the second coat.


The hull looks very different now it is a uniform colour. Once again I am surprised how many blemishes show up after a coat of paint!
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  1. Sundowner11 August 2016 at 14:59

    Hey Dave, the photos don't seem to being showing up? Very keen to check your work because I am nearly up to painting.

    Mal

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