Beautiful little craft!! Nice design and great workmanship!!

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Beautiful job that. Lovely to see you in it at the end. Thanks for sharing.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Nicely done!! I hope you enjoy her for many years! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

@appinwood

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael.

That's a pretty good first attempt I'd say. Well done!

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Beautiful design. Brilliant 👏

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@vintagetweed

2 жыл бұрын

@@appinwood my father was an old school boat builder and built a beautiful 16' sailing dinghy, but when us kids came around, my mom said no more boat because it was too small. So naturally, my dad went out to the shop and literally cut his beautiful boat in half, Built another 4 foot section, and I learned to sail on that 20' "dinghy"

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely story.

This is just beautiful. First attempt? You are obviously a pretty accomplished woodworker. I saw a small sailboat a couple years ago and just fell in love. When I inquired about the design it was of this type construction. So here I am learning all I can about it. I'm probably crazy with my abilities. But I would sure like to try. You must be very proud. Very nice little boat! Thanks for posting.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment. It is my first attempt and was my Christmas project a few years ago. I would encourage you to have a go at making one. The things that I would recommend that you need are, patience, good plans, instructions books and the best marine plywood you can find. I started using inferior plywood and regretted it. Iain Oughtred's plans are very detailed and very high quality. The Little Auk may also be built as a sailboat.

Great work, she's a beaut!

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great work! I am about to take on this design (I have the plans in the closet right now). I'm curious what type of lumber you used for the backbone and transom. It appears to be fir for the backbone? I'm considering lengthening the frames out to get the longer, 8'10" as it will be used as our dinghy from our cruising boat but avoiding the need to re-loft is making me second guess.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that you are going to make one of these boats. Apart from the plywood used for the hull, all of the other wood was timber that I repurposed from pews from an old church. They were used as garden benches and after about 20 years they began to rot. I rescued what I could and used the recovered wood on this boat. Judging by the appearance and the smell of the wood, I think that it is pitch pine. I made the oars from new Douglas fir. Good luck with your project.

Nice job!

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very pretty little dinghy.

@appinwood

2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Great build, really like it. What was the purpose of the stringers before you started sheeting out the dinghy. Thanks.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

John, thank you for your comment. I put the stringers on just to make sure that the overall shape was just right and that I hadn't messed up in cutting the moulds. I did wander about showing them as I immediately removed them once I was satisfied that shape was correct. Well spotted.

This is in another dimention!!

@appinwood

2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

GOIN ON THE LIST

How long is this boat? Could you guess at its weight at all? Also great job its a real beauty.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. The boat is based on a design by Iain Oughtred from the Isle of Skye here in Scotland. This is the Auklet which is the smallest one that he sells. The plans are very comprehensive. He has published an instruction book that really helps. The boat is about 2.2m (7ft 2inches) long and 23kg (50lbs) in weight. The plan also contains the option to make it a sail boat.

This is awesome! Did you coat it in epoxy?

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I didn't coat it with epoxy but used Owatrol Deks Olje D1 Wood Oil. This is an oil finish intended for marine applications. It is easy to apply and looks great.

What's the estimated price on building this boat? I want to build a small clinker very similar to this and am trying to get an idea of cost. Also how many hours did you get to enjoy building this?

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your interest in my boat. It is very difficult to estimate the price of building a boat of this type. Wood prices have been quite volatile. If I were to build another one of these I think that I would be budgeting about £400 (UK prices). If you decide to use plywood for the hull, use the best that you can find. Look for plywood with equal thickness layers. I started using marine ply from a builders' merchant, it delaminated and the outer layers of ply were incredibly thin. I finished the boat with Deks Olje D1 which was a pleasure to use. It took me about 3 months to build from start to finish. Some of this was me going through a learning process. Much of the time was spend waiting for epoxy to cure meaning that I could only do two strips per day. I suspect that I spent maybe 150 hours spread over the three months. Good luck with your boat build.

@peters6850

2 жыл бұрын

@@appinwood thank you for the reply. I'm sorry to hear that some of the layers delaminated. 400 is much lower than I expected.

Tasarım uygulama güzel oldu...🙏👏

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Teşekkür ederim

She's a little beauty :o)

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

What type and thickness of plywood did you use?

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

I used 4mm thick marine plywood. It is very important that you use the best plywood you can get you hands on. I got mine from a specialist marine timber supplier. Try to find plywood with veneers of equal thickness. Avoid plywood that has very thin decorative veneers on the outer layers and inferior wood on the inside.

Gostei do vídeo.

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Muito obrigado.

bonjour est ce que vous vendez les plans

@appinwood

4 ай бұрын

Please see www.classic-marine.co.uk/product/auklet-building-plans/

teşke bu genişliğe biraz daha boy verseydin

Add comment. What’s there to add to a video that says nothing

What’s the point of buying marine plywood just to cut it into strips?! When you could just use pre-cut solid wood strips for a fraction of the cost & effort!? Plus wouldn’t it look the same & still be building a wood plank boat yourself?

@appinwood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question. The answer lies in strength and weight. The plywood used is only 4mm thick but still very strong. It is also relatively easy to bent into shape. In order to get similar strength in solid wood the strips would have to be three or four times thicker and hence much heavier. You would then have to steam bend to get them into shape as they would be quite stiff. Finally you have to take account of wood movement using solid wood. Traditionally this means nailing the planks together when dry and soaking them so that they expand and provide a seal. This clinker built tradition goes back a very long time and is something I would like to try some day.

AAh, just messing about in a boat......