Building the "PocketShip" Pocket Cruiser

This blog documents the progress on a sailboat I finished building in 2015, the "PocketShip" pocket cruiser from Chesapeake Light Craft, http://www.clcboats.com. (Picture copied from CLC website.)

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

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Since completing the other repairs I have ordered white oak and built a new tabernacle, which is now on the boat. I didn't bother takin...

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Ready to Head for the Lake

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She's a sailboat again! Now I'm just waiting for the weather to cooperate. I discovered today, though, that one of the...

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Gaia is Whole Again at Last

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The original stringer was glued to the plywood, so I had to cut out a relief on the replacement to allow the plywood to fit flush with ...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Starting to "See Light at the End of the Tunnel"

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I found the missing piece of the tabernacle (just above the mast-swivel hole at the top) in the anchor well. So I decided to glue it bac...

Saturday, May 6, 2017

A Little More Progress

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I was able to trace a fairly accurate outline of the breasthook using what is left of the old one. From that I was able to fashion a ...

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Steam-bending Second Stringer Using PVC Pipe

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As you saw in the previous post, the wood I used to build a steam box was too thin and split in half on both end caps. Rather than repair i...

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Steam-Bending Stringers

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Things went fairly well on the first stringer, except for a couple minor hitches. A little hard to see but here is the bow section of ...

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