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.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Prepping the Floors

The gussets firmed up overnight and I began to prepare the floors for gluing and nailing tomorrow. The floors go on the same side as the gussets. I had to reset them all to the correct side. At least I caught it before I set them!

They are made of 1” pine (3/4” nominal) and I will use 1-1/4” long silicone-bronze ring nails to fasten them into the frame.



First I position and mark their limits off on the frame for glue placement.



Then I drill 4 pilot holes on each side for the nails.





It was a fast operation and will help everything go smoothly tomorrow when I glue and nail it together.
Posted by Steve in PR at Wednesday, May 06, 2009

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