Construction of Jeanie Deans.

[Mike]

Hi All.
This is the start of getting the rope around bottom of seats to look right.
I hope I am on the right track.
Not sure what the " grabrope " should be called.
Prentice.

[Mike]

A start has been made on the aft stanchions and wood rail.
The curved rear made of 4 off .5mm x5mm laminated upright ( like plywood ) sandwiched in a wood former until dry.
Then used same formers with packing pieces to sandpaper the 5mm down to 1mm to give 2mm x 1mm handrail.
 There its easy.
Prentice

[Chris Harding]

Lovely work Mike, stanchions are a pain.
Will find some time this month to pop round and see it.
Chris

[Mike]

Hi All. The crew have arrived. But I think they have mislaid their caps.
Not sure how I can finish them off yet. Prentice.

[djcf]

Hi Prentice,
The stanchions/handrails turned out really nice, that perfect curve round the stern is spot on! Nice to see the crew arrive too.
Enjoying your progress,
Clark

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's.......the crew seem a little  pre-occupied Prentice ....if I were the skipper those two 44 gallon drums would be lashed down prior to departure..

Lovely work as usual...... I also like the joggled planking.......Derek 

[Tug--Kenny]

A pleasure to see such workmanship. You must be very proud of her.

Well done Prentice.     

Cheers

ken

[Mike]

Hi All.
Thanks to Clark, Derek and Ken. For all the comments, Please keep them coming.
As I'mm not too knowledgeable about things and also am relying on photo's for a lot of info.
To lash the oil drums is something to think about. I am sure they must have had some ring bolts on deck to fix to.
Can I just rope them down or put netting fixed or does it have to be tarpaulin.

Next photo has Pensioners outing, They could not wait ! and waiting to go onboard, Last pic.

I have made a temporary rudder and put reciever and battery in ready for sea trails to come soon.

There's a lot to do on aft deck yet.  Prentice.

[djcf]

Just lash the drums to a spare bit of the rails with some rope. They wouldn't bother with netting or tarps - simple and easy is the way to go!
Clark

[Mike]

Hi All. At last steaming under its own power. A few small balance problems, had to add a bit of ballast to the rudder area, then was good until the wind picked up to a stiff breeze. It goes nice and slow , it looks just right. Am very pleased, A bit of worry until we had it sailing with the little extra weight on top of all the fittings.
Prentice

[Eddy Matthews]

It's gorgeous Prentice - That first photo taken from a low angle could easily be mistaken for the real thing!

Regards
Eddy

[pete]

Lovely job Prentice, - congratulations!

Pete.

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's.....must agree with Eddy......."could easily be mistaken for the real thing!" congratulations on her first sailing......Derek 

[the bombus]

Hi there
Eddy is right , with that low angle it's really the real thing
A job wel done , and a log that i enjoyed very mutch
It gave me a lot of good ideas
thnx for sharing it all
Gr from The Bombus

[djcf]

Well done Prentice, she looks fantastic on the water!
Clark