Building a Morbic 12 named Olive

  Although the timber would bend to shape cold, the tension was quite a lot so a rudimentary steamer was made to ease this tension particularly at the bow. This picture shows how the bend has formed, with a little spring back but not much. Rubbing strips fitted.

Wheeled out into the sun ready for lifting. Placed onto a tarp temporarily while I constructed the support cradle. It is actually very light at this stage, 2 person lift weight wise but 4 were ideal in rolling it over, mid air, and lowering it gently down. It is a relief that it all looks symmetrical and level. Let the fit out commence............  

Starting to cut the timber parts for the gunwales etc.... Thicknessed to final size I struggled to source 4 metre long Sapele, at a reasonable price, so after procrastinating since starting the build, I've decided to scarf a join and hope it doesn't affect the curvature too much. Glueing up the scarf joins  

It doesn’t look very pretty in the photo but it is all smooth and faired flat. Trying out the keel runner also but I won't fix this until after the centreboard box is fitted and the slot routered out to its final size. I've used these fillers and can definitely recommend the 407 for fairing, hard but easily sanded and being a dark brown colour, turning to a lighter brown after sanding, it shows up well. I haven’t turned the hull over yet, just spun the photo upside-down to get an impression, hopefully this weekend I'll persuade some people that they would really like to help turn it over.    

Planking finally complete and partially filleted - Hurray !!!!  

  Sheaving  the bottom boards Planking now continues......... Lots of clamps are useful, some bought and some made Planking now almost complete, just the sheer strake to go !