12 Foot Catboat

12 Foot Catboat
Designed by Edson Schock - Circa 1940's

Follow me as I build a 12 foot catboat from plywood and pine. The boat was designed by Edson Schock in the 1940's. This is a project born of a desire to have another boat to sail here in Puerto Rico that will stand-up to the Trade winds. The sail plan will be changed to a gaff rigged sail. All the lumber is locally bought and pine will be substituted for oak, which is not readily available here. Marine plywood will be used.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Floors and Gussets

Today was cutting day for the gussets and the "floors".

I put my sheet of 3/8" marine plywood on the sawhorses and laid out a pattern for each gusset on the panel, trying to waste as little wood as possible. Then, I broke out the saber saw and began to cut them out.



Finishing them all, I then turned my attention to cutting 12: long pieces on 1" thick pine to male the floors, or enter frame supports. The circular saw cut the needed 12" lengths then the table saw was used to cut the angles.



This is the pattern on the 12 inch pine prior to cutting.

Tomorrow, I will rip 2 x 4's down the middle to make the last part I need to begin putting the frames together.

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