Building a 34' junk schooner: progress film

Sunday 15 April 2012

progress film

As I have been very slow at updating this blog I thought I would Make a movie to show progress. The Sailing season is just starting here in Ullapool with a few local boats goiing in this weekend. So not long to go......

At long last I have finished the masts, and have one coat of primer - Heres a picture of me electric plane-ing them into the round. This made my arm ache after a few days!

1 comment:

doryman15 April 2012 at 23:05
Dan and Charlotte, great progress... I watched the vid and all I could say was Wow! You will tell us when you launch? Please don't just take off without us.

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The Plan

To build J Benford’s 34’ sailing Dory ‘Badger’ for myself and Charlotte to sail the high seas on.

Our current boat Maureen was built in 1926 and has (still is) served us well over the past 8 years. She is beautiful and a joy to sail but due to her age and size she dose not have the ability to take us everywhere we would like to go. So, it was decided, to build a new boat with the reason that we would get a much better boat for the for the money compared to buying a secondhand one. I am building on my own in a s derelict shed next to my existing workshop so overhead costs are low.

The ‘Badger’ has long been a boat of interest to us (thanks Annie Hill!). When looking at the construction plans in detail with a view to build I became convinced. It looked like it should be fast and economical to construct and so far has proved to be so. I plan to do everything myself from casting the keel to sewing the sails.........

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