Building a 27'-0 GA

[Scott L]

Hello, here are some pics of my start.

[Grady300]

Looking good so far, looks like you have plenty of room in your shop for the build. Being able to spread out some really helps.

[json]

Very cool, can't wait to watch your build progress! Get after it!

[Djeffrey]

Congrats on your start. Nice scarf! Where are you building, what state.

[Scott L]

My wife and I are in Bandon OR. We retired last year so I have time for the build.

[Rbob]

Scott,

Congrats on the boat build, retirement and welcome to the forum,  you are starting out looking like a pro.

Keep the pics coming!

Rbob

[Todd j]

Welcome Scott, what model are you building?

[Scott L]

Hello Todd. The model is a sketch of what I envision the boat to look like sort of a Newport. Our use for the boat will mainly fishing but we want to travel up and down the coast line also.

[Todd j]

Nice, I like it!

[ghelland]

Its always good to see another boat coming to life.  Being retired will help with the build time a lot.  In September a few complete boats will be at the wooden boat festival in Port Townsend Washington.  That might be good timing for you to see what the other guys have done with there houses.

[Scott L]

thanks for the info about the boat show. My hats off to all builders who work all week and build in there spare time. I have been waiting for a couple years for this build so I'm enjoying the process.

[Scott L]

Thanks Brian for your help, I am still figuring out this site.
I am putting down epoxy and glass on the transom and shelves today. Things seem to have come to a snails pace now. Just enjoying the project.

[Grady300]

Thanks Brian for your help, I am still figuring out this site.
I am putting down epoxy and glass on the transom and shelves today. Things seem to have come to a snails pace now. Just enjoying the project.

Be sure not to glass anything that needs to bend (outside bend, inside bend is fine) when put it on the boat. You can glass the underside of the shelves or the inside of the side panels prior to installing on the boat. Basic rule is only glass the inside of a bend, if you glass the outside of a bend it doesn't bend too well. Hope that makes sense. You will save a lot of overall time on the build by glassing everything you can prior to installing in the boat. 

[Scott L]

Thanks for the advice Chuck, I Knew that glassing the outside of the curve could be a problem but I did it anyway, hopefully I wont be sorry. Brian talks about glassing the bottom side of the shelves so I'm assuming it has been done before. It is a fairly long limber piece . Cross my fingers.

[Scott L]

Glassed shelves