16ft Catboat
16ft Catboat, based on the traditional working boats of the N.E. coast of the United States, comprising beamy, shallow-draft centre-board sailing boats with a single gaff sail set well forward in the bow.
Construction commenced: October 2013
Construction completed: July 2015
Designer : Selway Fisher Design (www.selway-fisher.com)
- Length 16ft (4.87m)
- Beam 7ft (2.13m)
Strip-plank construction, sheathed with glass cloth and epoxy.
Photo Diary – Construction process
Laminated frames (iroko)
Cutting out moulds (18mm MDF)
Edge glueing oak planks for the transom
Glueing laminated frames to the transom
Frames, moulds, transom and inner stem set up on the strong back
Fixing first plank of laminated hog
Frames,inner stem and hog bevelled, and three planks fitted
Planking screwed to frames(permanent) and moulds (temporary)
Temporary screws and penny washers secure plank to moulds
Clamping arrangement
Longitudinal frames fitted in way of outboard well
Driving stainless steel screws into transom edge
Temporary clamping blocks
Hull planking complete
Hull after sheathing with epoxy and biaxial glass cloth (320g). Note surface layer of blue Pleel-Ply
Half finished boat being turned and repositioned for construction to continue on the inside of the hull
Turn over – July 2014
Lift onto trailer – July 2014
Boat in shed on trailer – July 2014
October 2014 – Breasthook/mast thwart, deck beams, king plank, mast step and some floor beams fitted
October 2014 – Breasthook/mast thwart, deck beams, king plank, mast step and some floor beams fitted
October 2014 – Breasthook/mast thwart, deck beams, king plank, mast step and some floor beams fitted
Nov 2014 – Compartment with
guide tube for mast
Nov 2014 – Bow compartment filled with foam buoyancy
Nov 2014 – Breasthook, bulkhead, deck beams and king plank completed
Dec 2014 – Bulkheads fitted
Dec 2014 – Centreplate ready to be lowered into place
Dec 2014 – Centre plate
installed, floors, sole beams and locker/seat fronts fitted
Dec 2014 – Aft deck beams, bulkheads and outboard well fitted
April 2015 – Seats and centre plate capping complete
April 2015 – Arrangement for outboard well
April 2015 – Glueing in first layer of 3mm plywood core for coaming
April 2015 – Glueing second layer 3mm plywood core to coaming
April 2015 – Coaming and decks fitted 3mm oak veneer complete on inside
April 2015 – Fitting oak capping to coaming
May 2015 – Steaming rub rail
May 2015 – Rubrail fitted
May 2015 – Painting hull
May 2015 – Mast collar
May 2015 – Fitting floorboards and fore locker complete – note removable panel
June 2015 – Interior completed
June 2015 – Mast collar showing halyard blocks
June 2015 – The beauty of the hull
June 2015 – Varnishing spars
July 2015 – Sailing
July 2015 – Sailing
July 2015 – Sailing
Sailing in Plymouth Sound – Summer 2015
Sailing in Plymouth Sound – Summer 2015
Sailing in Plymouth Sound – Summer 2015
Sailing in Plymouth Sound – Summer 2015
Sailing in Plymouth Sound – Summer 2015