I decided to start by making the rudder and leeboard. For these I bought half a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood and initially rough cut the shapes. The rudder stock was then accurately cut and the centre part then glued to one half before varnishing the inside faces. Completing this task after it was glued together would have been difficult.
The original idea was to build an open canoe and use it for sailing and paddling. However, we had second thoughts about using a homebuilt wooden boat on moving water. Not wanting to see all our hard work broken into small pieces, we had a change of plan and bought a "plastic" boat. This was then adapted for sailing by making a leeboard, rudder and fitting an old windsurfer mast with a commercially made sail.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
First steps
The Rudder etc.
I decided to start by making the rudder and leeboard. For these I bought half a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood and initially rough cut the shapes. The rudder stock was then accurately cut and the centre part then glued to one half before varnishing the inside faces. Completing this task after it was glued together would have been difficult.
I decided to start by making the rudder and leeboard. For these I bought half a sheet of 1/2 inch plywood and initially rough cut the shapes. The rudder stock was then accurately cut and the centre part then glued to one half before varnishing the inside faces. Completing this task after it was glued together would have been difficult.
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