Cedar Stripper Construction

Here are some constuction photos of my cedar stripper. Click on the smaller images to see them enlarged.

This is the bottom after fiberglassing. The keel was set into the wet resin and screwed on through the bottom from the inside.

This is the inside after fiberglassing.

This is inside the bow before adding gunnals and deck.

I used plastic lace to "cane" the seats. While the lace is synthetic, the cane patern is true. All the trimmings are oak.

This is the bottom after sanding and varnishing but before adding the brass keel-strip.

This is the inside and gunnals after sanding and varnishing.

This is the deck before adding the brass strip.