We are now finished building the Mill Creek 13. We painted it red and coated it with polyurethane on lower part. Here we took it out for a row along the canals of Bangmod around dusk…
Mill Creek 13: Stitching together
Here are a few pictures of assembling the main body wood pieces and stitching them together with copper wire. After assembling the pieces, we used a mixture of resin and filler to apply a fillet to all of the strips where two pieces of wood meet. And then sanded it smooth And then the inner…
MillCreek13 and PocketShip
Looking around at various options for building a sailboat, we decided on the PocketShip by CLC boats: https://www.clcboats.com/modules/catalog/boat.php?category_qn=wooden-sailboat-kits&subcat_qn=pocketship&code=pocketship-sailing-pocket-cruiser-kit But at the good advice of their team, we are starting with a kayak to get the hang of the “stitch and glue” plywood and resin build process. We went with their Mill Creek 13 kayak: https://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/kayak-kits/recreational-kayaks/mill-creek-13-stitch-and-glue-recreational-kayak-kit.html…