A builder recently sent us these pictures of his Winchelsea 8 build and kindly let us post them here. It was a first attempt and he did an excellent job. The final pictures of the boat afloat are not as it will be as he has some plans to change a few things.
1 Planks Cut Out
2 Preparing Butt Joints
2a Set Butt joints
These will now have 75mm saturated glass tape applied over them.
3 Preparing Jig 1
4 Preparing jig 2
5 Attaching the planks
6 Attaching the planks
7 Interior view of planks with screw mounts
8 Epoxying the outer joints
8a detatched from jig and interior fillets applied
9 The hull shell
10 The interior is also given a coat or two of epoxy
11 Fitting the seats
12 Attaching the rubbing rails
12a Attaching the rubbing rails
13 Transom quarter knees
14 Breast Hook fitted
15 Undercoated exterior
16 Final coat and final furniture
17 Rear view
18 Afloat 1
19 Afloat 2
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