Ken Crosbie

Building my Boats

Slide 1

First boat built some 20 years ago

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Slide 2

Same boat on Newplatt Lake

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Slide 3

Preparing boat for first fishing trip in Scotland

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Slide 4

Launched with Scottish whisky in the old tradition

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Slide 5

First wooden boat built from notes, handwritten by the chap at stern

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Slide 6

Page 1 of these notes

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Slide 7

Page 2 of these notes

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Slide 8

Page 3 of these notes

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Slide 9

Third boat complete and ready for launch

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Slide 10

Fourth boat ready for launch

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Slide 11

Preparing & laminating bow and keel

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Slide 12

Preparing spilling battens ready for pattern on fixed moulds

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Slide 13

After joining two battens together, they make a pattern to lay on first board for marking and cutting

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Slide 14

Clinker boards coming up gunnel leth one being fixed and cramped

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Slide 15

Preparing last pattern for gunnel boarded

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Slide 16

Laying patterns on board ready for cutting

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Slide 17

All boards in place & ready for bent timbers

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Slide 18

After steaming, all bent joints in place

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Slide 19

Laminating knee joints

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Slide 20

Preparing dock board

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Slide 21

Preparing thwarts for seats, ready for mounting

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Slide 22

Fixed stiffing piece to bow which is laminated

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Slide 23

Thwart in place and knee joint fixed

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Slide 24

Fix rubbing strake

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Slide 25

Boat turned over and underside rubbing strip fitted

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Slide 26

Brass rubbing strip fixed to keel

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Slide 27

Stainless Steel for engine mounting

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Slide 28

Boat ready for launch with all fittings in place & fishing seat ready

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Slide 29

New boat launched on Newplatt Lake

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Slide 30

New boat in background with 4th boat ready for sale (£2150)

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