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2006.12 “White” Black Pearl: Deck Joined to Hull

April 13th, 2007 | 6 Comments

Deck Joined to HullThursday we hit a milestone on the project: We joined the deck to the hull. We buttered the sheers with thickened epoxy and taped the deck to the hull. It is now a usable boat. Not finished but usable. To complete the joining we still need to put fiberglass tape on the inside seam (in the cockpit only) and tape the entire outside seam. I celebrated the achievement that night with a nice single-malt Scotch and water…

T-3 weeks to delivery.

BTW: I weighed the boat after joining (sans paint, hatches and outfitting). It weighed in at 26 pounds (11.8 kg)… the same weight of our first BP at this point. That one finished came in at 29 pounds outfitted.

Written by Dan (CSFW)

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6 Responses to "2006.12 “White” Black Pearl: Deck Joined to Hull"

  1. John March says:
    April 13, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    Hi Dan,

    Looks terrific. I really like how the cockpit dimensions came together with the rest of the boat. All that going back and forth was really worth it.

    So, what single malt did you imbibe? One of these days, we’ll have to trade single malt stories. A few years ago when some friends and I did the southeast coast of Newfoundland, my contribution to the culinary portion of the adventure was a fifth of Springbank 21.

    Thanks,

    John

  2. Dan (CSFW) says:
    April 14, 2007 at 9:34 am

    Hi John,

    Thanks. For such a small hole, the cockpit looks really roomy. You should have no problems with getting in and out.

    Just a bit of The Glenlivet. Nothing special… Scotch was my grandmother’s drink. She give us a taste when we were kids and tell us “Not too much. It’ll make you foolish!” When I have one I think of her…

    Later,

    Dan

  3. Bryan Hansel says:
    April 14, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    I remember reading about the seam taping in the last boat. Why only tape the seams in the cockpit and could you explain a bit more about the seams in the rest of the boat? I’m a little fuzzy on exactly how you did it. Thanks.

  4. Dan (CSFW) says:
    April 16, 2007 at 7:06 am

    Bryan, short answer: Why Not? Long answer: On each side there is an internal cedar sheer strip which runs the full length of the boat. It’s about 3/8″ thick. It’s needed to reinforce the edge of the deck which gets rounded over. It also allows the deck to be attached to the hull with out a lot of internal seam taping. The inside seam is taped iniside the cockpit because, A: it’s easy to reach and B: it adds extra strength to an area which will experience a lot of loading. Taping the seams inside the bow and stern would be very difficult due to the limited access in such a low-volume boat and they don’t see a lot of tensile loads. Bjorn has been doing it this way on a lot of his boats with no ill-effects.

    Dan

  5. Erik van Woerkens says:
    April 19, 2007 at 12:53 am

    hi Dan,

    It ’s true that it’s difficult positioning the seam at the ends. That’s why I use the ‘Jay Babina’-method. Have a look here: http://www.outer-island.com/Attaching_Deck.html
    Seam in and out, it ’s all that ’s needed IMHO.

    greatings from Belgium,
    Erik.

  6. Dan (CSFW) says:
    April 19, 2007 at 3:45 am

    Hi Erik,

    I like Jay’s method and use it often on rounded sheers. Unfortunately due to the sharp deck/hull connection, as stated previously, you still need the inner sheer strip to reinforce the area. Bjprn’s method also allows me to install the bulkheads before the deck is installed.

    Thanks for stopping by,

    Dan