After the death of Allen Fannin, the club's work
on the boat was temporily halted. He had been the driving
force in building the boat. The club had invested a lot in
the restoration of the mold but technically the mold belonged to
Allen's estate. Magnamiously, the family agreed that the club
should retain possession of the mold. This was very generous of
the family and the club appreciates the gesture very much.
The first hull was not completed at the time of Allen's death and
it was decided that we should seek professional help with the
first few hulls. Subsequently, the mold was transported to CNY
Fiberglass. Mike Winkleman, who had done the repair on the mold
agreed to finish the first hull and then to build a second one.
Work on the second hull was completed and both hulls were
delivered to a garage owned by Jim Morris. The garage has a
walled off room which is heated so that we could work during the
winter. Work on the second hull began on January 2, 2005.
| The first thing needed to be done after
acquiring the hull was to trim the edge. We used
a thin batten and clamped it along the edge to be
used as a guide. |
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| A router was used to trim the edge. Here Jim
Morris is trimming the edge while John McKay is
using a shop vac to suck up the loose fiberglass. |
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Supports for the decks were made and
installed. The 1 1/4 inch wide by 3/4 inch
gunwales were made of white ash and attached to
the outside edge with brass screws. |
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It was decided the seat frames were to be
joined using half lap joints. Jigs were made to
make the cuts necessary for the joints. Here is
the jig made for the bow seat. |
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| This shows the stern deck being attached.
White ash boards were resawed to 3/8 inch
thickness and glued to the gunwales. |
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| The frames for the stern seat were sized to
fit and located. Note the floor boards made of
re-sawed white ash. |
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Here Paul Miller and John McKay is checking
the alignment of the center piece of the stern
deck. |
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You need lots of clamps to be a boat-builder.
Paul is trimming the end of the bow deck. |
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| Paul is here shaping the blocks to support
the seats. Because the sides of the boat are not
flat the blocks need to rounded off to fit the
contour of the boat. |
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| This is the supporting blocks for the stern
seat being epoxyed to the side of the boat. Tape
was used to hold the blocks in place while the
epoxy set up. |
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Jim is here, attending the grand opening of
Herb Philipsons in New Hartford. Shown is the
bow, oar locks and the oars. Almost done! |
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Mike Mercoldie is manning the booth at Herb
Philipson's grand opening in New Hartford, NY.
Jim Lawler made the rustic boat supports. |
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