Hand Built Schooner Katie Belle

[Lancecastor]

Two brothers have built a schooner by hand.

The Katie Belle is named after their grandmother.

http://www.russianweek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Katie-Belle-Ship.jpg

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Looks like it's on the wrong side of the fence...

 

[Lancecastor]

That's because it was built halfway between the north pole and the equator.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

KANSAS?



Where Interstate 70 is named the "Submariner's Highway?"

 

[Lancecastor]

Must be pretty much impossible to see anything near the pointy end from the wheel.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Look ma!



I can steer behind my back...

 

[Aphro]

Oh, how awesome! I'd love to see the pictures when it's done, and at full sail.

 

[pensivepoet]

The Schooner would be a good name for a Subway sammich.
I should eat.

 

[trysail]

Must be pretty much impossible to see anything near the pointy end from the wheel.

She does have a lot of sheer (but that's part of what makes her pretty).


At 8 knots, it's not particularly critical to see the water directly below the "pointy end." While that can be important when trying to tie her up, I rather doubt anyone will be single-handing her. In most instances, there will be plenty of hands and eyes to help.



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[chillywilly2]

She does have a lot of sheer (but that's part of what makes her pretty).


At 8 knots, it's not particularly critical to see the water directly below the "pointy end." While that can be important when trying to tie her up, I rather doubt anyone will be single-handing her. In most instances, there will be plenty of hands and eyes to help.



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don't talk to Lance that way....he grew up on boats

 

[trysail]

Two brothers have built a schooner by hand.

The Katie Belle is named after their grandmother.

http://www.russianweek.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Katie-Belle-Ship.jpg

Is that a steel hull? I think 'tis— but am not absolutely certain.

Topsides appear gorgeous.


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[Lancecastor]

She does have a lot of sheer (but that's part of what makes her pretty).


At 8 knots, it's not particularly critical to see the water directly below the "pointy end." While that can be important when trying to tie her up, I rather doubt anyone will be single-handing her. In most instances, there will be plenty of hands and eyes to help.



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It's a 76 foot cold-moulded schooner... arrived in South Carolina today.

http://i.cbc.ca/1.3457222.1460632950!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/katie-belle.jpg

 

[pointless]

so... not townes van zandt fans? fuck them then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWMyxMQ3Qys

 

[thør]

Two brothers have built a schooner by hand.

Not exactly by hand, but quite typical of modern cold-molded yacht construction. Is epoxy a new thing in NS?

 

[Lancecastor]

Not exactly by hand, but quite typical of modern cold-molded yacht construction. Is epoxy a new thing in NS?

I think Crazy Glue is available there now in finer stores.

 

[thør]

I think Crazy Glue is available there now in finer stores.

System 3 is my favorite. Maybe because when I had questions and called them up, the guy who formulated the epoxy (and owned the company) answered my questions. He also made me some special stuff for low temperature work.

 

[Lancecastor]

System 3 is my favorite. Maybe because when I had questions and called them up, the guy who formulated the epoxy (and owned the company) answered my questions. He also made me some special stuff for low temperature work.

I'm more a woodworker, myself, so I'm not up to speed on the latest bonding techniques.

I usually have a crusty topped bottle of LePage's Carpentry Glue at the cottage and some JB Weld and that aluminum epoxy putty in a tube for metal band-aids.

 

[thør]

I'm more a woodworker, myself, so I'm not up to speed on the latest bonding techniques.

I usually have a crusty topped bottle of LePage's Carpentry Glue at the cottage and some JB Weld and that aluminum epoxy putty in a tube for metal band-aids.

Titebond is on my shelf in the garage and is the go to wood glue. Devcon Plastic Steel is there for glass bedding work.

 

[digitalia]

It's a 76 foot cold-moulded schooner... defected to South Carolina today.

http://i.cbc.ca/1.3457222.1460632950!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/katie-belle.jpg

Fyp. Yw.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Titbond

https://sweet1ife.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/rope-9mm-acc258.jpg

 

[LIVINRFANTASIES]

Denny

The only schooner I'm interest in is one filled wth free beer!

 

[Lancecastor]

Fyp. Yw.

You realize you did that without any reference to abortion?

Good for you!

The only schooner I'm interest in is one filled wth free beer!

My grandfather had a few schooners; he'd trade fish for rum in Jamaica, then sell the rum on the way back in New York and Boston.

 

[pensivepoet]

Schooners are for pussies.
I'm building a whaler.

 

[digitalia]

You realize you did that without any reference to abortion?

Good for you!

Duh.

Like they were defecting from anything/anyone else but you pack of jackalized baby killers up there who champion the intentional murder of the most innocent and totally defenseless among us, simply for convenience and even up to literal moment the little girl's or guy's head pops out from between the mothership's legs.

 

[Lancecastor]

That's more like it...I was worried someone had hijacked your ID.