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The Chincoteague Skiff
Note: In 1998 we had to move from our home in San Francisco. Consequently, the skiff went into storage since I had no workspace large enough to accomodate her. The molds and plywood are waiting in my new shop (which isn't very large) for some time in the future. Meanwhile, due to a server crash and subsequent loss of data some time ago this page has been reconstructed in a somewhat incomplete fashion. It gives the idea though...
These pages are intended to act as a documentary of the progress of
construction of a modern seaside bateaux of a type known as a
Chincoteague Skiff. It is based upon one found in the collection of the
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Thumbnail images are included in the text. Most are linked to larger versions of the images if you'd care to spend a bit of time downloading them.
*Progress Report*
*Date:* Feb. 15, 1998
At this point, the strongback has been complete for some time. Lofting boards were constructed and the lines from the two sheets sent by the Chesapeake Maritime Museum lofted and faired. Corrections taken from the faired lines were then used to revise the original table of offsets to provide a version to be used in the actual contruction.
 Table of offsets |
 Lofted lines |
 Getting out mold 5 |
Following the lofting process the lofting boards were moved to a side wall and the molds were outlined on 1/2" plywood and gotten out, usually three molds to a sheet. These were then erected on the strongback at every other station except in the stern where the last two stations, 7 and 8, were set up to preserve the additional information required to define the curve of the rabbet and deadwood.
 Setting up the strongback |
 The Strongback |
 The Strongback |
The next step will be the construction of the stem, forefoot block, keel batten, and transom. Once these are set up on the molds the chine logs and sheer clamps can be put in place.