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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