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| First I scribed a line along the bottom of the side plank and marked where
to drill the wire holes. The holes were placed at 6 inch intervals except for
the ends, where I used 2 inch intervals for about a foot. |
Next I drilled the wire holes. |
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| A yard from the bottom of the bow end of the plank, I cut a
transition notch. . |
Here I plane a 45 degree bevel into the plank aft of where I cut the
notch. Forward of the notch, the top and bottom planks will sit directly on top of
each other. Aft of the notch, the planks will run side by side.
(Corresponding notches and bevels were put on the bottom planks.) |
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| Here I use a chisel to finish the transition notch. |
Before carrying the side plank into the shop and wiring it to the bottom
plank, I prepared my tie wires. I used 6-7 inch wires and "pre-bent" them
for easy insertion. |
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| Roger and I move the side plank into the shop. (Before moving the
plank we drilled holes and made a transition joint in the other side plank.) |
Putting the first tie wire in the holes of the bottom and
side planks at the bow end of the boat. |
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| The wiring process continues. |
While I am wiring, Roger holds, raises, lowers, shifts and bends the
plywood to make the two planks come together. Appropriately enough, this process is
called "torturing" the plywood. |
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| You can't see it here, but I'm standing on a stepladder to push the wire
through the holes. We found that it was easiest to push in 3-4 wires in a row before
twisting them tight. |
Twisting the wires tight. Here you can see how the
planking lies flush due to the angle of the transition joint. |
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| The second side plank being moved into the shop. |
Roger rests the back of the plank near the transom while I wire the bow
end of both planks together. |
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| Finishing wiring the second plank to the rest of the hull. |
Roger and neighbor/friend Jurg Derendinger look back over the bow of the
newly wired hull. |
