Wood working on my boat

[®smpr_fi_mac®]

No, it's not fine woodworking, but it's wood, and I built them! Forward mast support, stern mast crutch, weather hatch, and forward deck hatch. They withstand the 15' test. Not bad for things I threw together in a rush.

If I later decide that I want to make this boat pretty, I'll do it justice with proper woodworking.

[Woodenfish]

Nice work on a nice sailboat. I was at a hardwood lumber dealer yesterday and ran across their selection of teak which reminded me of all the work I did on my brothers boat years ago. Teak was expensive back then but yowza! $300 for a 8’ 1 x 8 today.

[fredhargis]

Nicely done! (17)

[TDKPE]

Nice crutch.  I made something similar for an Aquarius 7.0 (an A23 with different rudder and no motor notch in the transom) out of some 5/4 scrap oak I had laying around.  Mounted to the rudder gudgeons, like yours.  

[®smpr_fi_mac®]

I've since learned that hanging it on the gudgeons isn't best practice so I'll soon build a new one that straddles the stern.