12 Foot Catboat

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

Building a 12 Foot Catboat

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.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Frame Bottom Brace

I am making the patterns for the each frame's bottom brace or "floor' as it is called in the boatbulider's vocabulary.

I will cut these from 1" pine then glue and nail them to the frame when I assemble the frames.



Some of the frames (#5-7) will have the middles cut out of them to accommodate the centerboard trunk or box. This will be seen down the road. For now, I won't put nails in the middle area of these frames "floor" they will just get tossed and it would be a waste.
Posted by Steve in PR at Saturday, May 02, 2009

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