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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Starting second skinning layer

April 30, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Today I started the second layer of skin on the fore part of the boat. It’s a little tougher to work on the peak of the boat. I had to […]

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Video from my Ignite talk

April 26, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

I was honored to be asked to give a talk at Ignite San Francisco in December. It was the first time I had “come out” about the building of this […]

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First thin plank layer is done

April 26, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

This initial fore layer was started with 1/6 inch marine ply cut into 2 inch strips. I used one single side tapered piece for each 12 inch section to help […]

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Switching to thinner plywood for the next planks

April 12, 2013by tsunamiChris Leave a comment

Midship was easy, but the fore and aft of the boat are very curvy. For the aft I used 1/2 inch plywood cut into 1 1/2 inch strips. I had […]

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