Ensuring alignments for new pod

The wooden panels are being planed to adjust to fit perfectly with each other.

Pod Panels being worked on

The new pod

The new motor pod being made by dad. Here the plywood panels are just held together with small nails to be sure of their alignment.

The making of a motor pod for the boat.

Today we had a little diversion from the initial plans we had bought for the boat. Dad has started work on the motor pod we plan to implement at the back of the boat to provide more space for two outboards. He cut the structure out of half inch marine plywood and then planed them to the correct angles untill a proper fit was obtained.

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Unfortunately we had to put this particular motor pod into long term storage as the angle it would make relative to the transom would make it bend into the water at an inappropriate angle.

A small step for a boat but a giant leap for us

The clamps were removed and the inwales were revealed glued to the boat. It all glued together beautifully and will contribute to giving the boat more strength in case of collision with another boat or with a pontoon.

The point where the two inwales meet. Will later be planed to install the decking.

Then the boat made a leap forward of about 2 feet. We had to get it more to the front as else we would not have enough space to later install the motor pod.

Glued Inwales

Starting work from early morning, we glued the two inwales one after the other so that the boat will have equal forces applied on both of its sides. We used a lot of g-clamps as well as a lot of other tools to hold the inwales onto the hull sides.

adding glue onto the boat hull edge

inwales glued

note the heterogeneous nature of the holding points

both inwales glued and holding on tight

Polishing the inwales

Today we removed the two inwales and polished them up for later gluing. We also made a chamfer on the edge of the inwales that would be visible from inside of the boat. This is to give it a smooth rounded edge that won't hurt anyone bumping into the inwale from inside the cabin.

Inwales removed and bulkhead corners sanded

note hand-made smooth rounded edge

One inwale ready