Building a Morbic 12 named Olive

Finally on the Trolley Unable to source reasonably priced Sitka Spruce, I purchased a used Mk1 Cormorant mast from the classifieds and set about reshaping to somewhere near the Morbic dimensions. It came in at around 7kg when finished.  

Coated with 2 layers of epoxy 2 coats of primer Finished with strip protectors, pintles and drain plug all now fitted. Ready to turn over again, now attentions have to turn back to finishing the mast and boom, and rigging with the nice Jeckell's sail that's been waiting patiently since March, it may even get launched before the winter......we'll see !  

  Primed....... .........and painted Fitting out with thwarts, hatches and trim pieces. Rowlock sockets fitted Taken outside to turn back over upside down

A very productive Bank Holiday weekend, nearly ready for paint ! Decks all bonded and filleted, who thought you could build a boat in such small confines? I am definitely getting better at the side step shuffle !! The thwarts are only placed in position, I'll paint everything first then fix them on top, I want to keep them removable for replacement if the soft timber poses an issue. They are made from Abodo timber, light but soft, edged with Sapele, we'll see how it fairs.  

  I decided to fill the gunwale gap with resin to add a contrasting stripe rather than a timber inlay. Progressing nicely, centre board case fitted, buoyancy chambers painted and seat tops glued down. I decided to go for a removable forward thwart seat as I want to regain floor lounging ability up front. There still seems a long way to go.........

Quarter knees fitted. Seat battens and hatch hole doubler added. Progressing slowly but surely.  

  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.