the bulkheads are installed on hull #2 and I just finished the beams. It’s been a rainy cold fall, but I’ve been lucky to fit most of the work I want to do inside the garage. I’m still trying to finish as many of the little bits before winter comes, to make way for the hulls in the yard next season.
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November 11, 2009 at 10:40 am |
watching your build closely. thanks for the pictures.
looks like you already have a kid infestation :) have fun with them building your boat.
November 11, 2009 at 12:53 pm |
Hey ernie,
Is it really possible you just randomly found us regarding boat building? I just looked at your website, and considering the number of things we have in common, I’m wondering if you met Heather somewhere.
November 11, 2009 at 5:49 pm |
I was looking at woods designs because i like the idea of a cat and want some weather protection. sides he emailed me back and actually communicated. not so the other folks i looked at.
Dont know about meeting Heather unless she has taken a workshop here in oregon or been out on the crab boats in Alaska :) I think that from reading your blog it would be nice to meet all of you. Erica and I are just in the planning stages of getting the heck out of dodge. but once it’s decided it will happen pretty quickly.
November 11, 2009 at 6:46 pm |
I guess all those other things in common are a coincidence, and it would be great to meet you sometime. Are you going to head off cruising? I can’t recommend richard woods highly enough…he has been great to work with.
Keep in touch. I’d love to hear what you end up doing for a design/travel plans.
November 11, 2009 at 7:46 pm |
our plans are to head off cruising in the pacific. i think we can be on and out in three years. Things are stacking up for the Romany and i have been building the boat in my head for weeks now. i figure a week for molds and cut out then several months for the hulls, cuddy, mast, and beams once we get a little fitting out done; galley, cabin, head, etc. we will move aboard and anchor in one of the free anchorages here, head for the coast and rent a slip for a bit or if i need more yard time see if the Cushman yard has space in it (not fancy but its run by and for fishermen so what it lacks in fancy it makes up for in do able and cheap.
I am a fast builder and have time on my hands i figure i can get the boat float able in a year and sail able in about 18 months. ( we dont normally get weather that you cant work in here. so winter wont be a stopping point for me) we dont want a luxury hotel boat so the fine finishes and trim wont be in the plan. we know how to make our own paints and such so those will be cheaper than expected. i plan on almost all the other stuff like fridge, freezer, stove etc. to be built in as i go. About the only really expensive bits we see are the outboards, glass and epoxy.
if things continue the way they are going, getting all the gear for the boat used will be easy; it looks like a boat junk yard around here with all the abandoned vessels. most of the gear i want is not new stuff any way. I rate fixable above the fancy new stuff. and am for the most part accustomed to most of the older gear. We plan on finishing out the boat underway in any case due to the time on long crossings.
i want the boat ready to sail before we get pregnant. I am sure i dont need to spell out why :)
we will defiantly keep in touch.
November 16, 2009 at 9:11 am |
Greetings from Tasmania, Australia. Have my Romany plans and getting ready to build. Decided on a round hull. Strip plank or Vertical foam? Latter seems simple, stronger, and, of course, more expensive. Really interested in your experience. Notice design has 9mm ply for hulls, but you used 12mm foam. Reasons? Richard W reckons you had a few difficulties, and I am wondering what they may have been. Love the pics! You estimated 40+ sheets. About right? You wanna sell the form designs? (lazy me!)
Congrats on your progress – don’t know how you do it all!! Julian
November 18, 2009 at 11:41 pm |
I actually found that building with corecell was quite a bit cheaper than WRC. Good WRC is wickedly expensive here right now.
The main problem that I had with the half form method is that it was too big of hull to learn on. I had built some small boats with more traditional methods, and I thought I could figure out the half form thing, but when you make a little mistake on a 34′ long hull, it takes a long time to fix it. It’s all going to be fine, just a bit more work than it needed to be. I’ve said this other places, but if I had to choose over again, I’d go with Richards flat panel building method…unless I had good access to some affordable WRC.
the 9mm is for ply. It doesn’t equate to foam sandwich. Richard and my supplier recommended the 12mm. I used 9 sheets per half hull, but I still have yet to build the keels. I’m going to have some extra and I’m considering building the hull decks with it.
As far as selling the form designs, you don’t need me for that. I just plotted the points from the lines plan and used a circular spacer to run along my batten to account for switching to the female form.