Time to relocate posts from my old website to this blog. This is
the building log of Cream Cheese, an AF3 16 foot sharpie designed by Jim Michalak that I built in 1999.
| Materials and Costs |
The cost: $2713
A note about my costs: I had absolutely nothing in the way of boating stuff beforehand except for some leftover line from my last boat. I used lumber yard materials, but I used clear redwood in places. I wound up buying more epoxy, polyurethane glues, paint and hardware than I needed. I could have probably cut $500 to $1000 out of the cost if I had really tried.
Materials:- Lumber: AC Fir plywood, pine 1x4, A-grade redwood for the mast, seats, hatch
- Fasteners: Silicon-Bronze nails, galvanized deck screws, brass wood screws, stainless steel deck screws, zinc coated bolts and nuts
- Glue: epoxy, PL premium, PL premium liquid, PL 400 construction, Elmers polyurethane
- Paint: Homebase brand oil based house paint and primer, Deckworks exterior varnish (I had a hard time getting this varnish to cure)
- Sail: I didn't have any sewing supplies at all. I calculated that I could have bought sailcloth and supplies for abound $250 (including things like sailor's palm and a gromet die). So Sailrite was maybe 30% more expensive than doing it all myself. I also bought some extra stuff like a bolt rope that never used.
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| lumber & misc hardware | $1009 | | Raka epoxy & epoxy supplies | $247 | | sails & sail tools (Sailrite - awsome folks) | $365 | | oars (Barkely Sound - great spruce oars), oar leathers from Woodenboat | $102 | | sail rig: lines, blocks, anchor, deck hdw, sunbrella cloth, cusions, compass, misc hdw... from Defender | $440 | | trailer & traier supplies | $550 |
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Building total: 170 hoursThis was my first boat. I had no problems with Jim's plans or instructions other than my own goofs. The kids and I had fun the whole time, with no major do-overs. Thanks Jim! |
| 1-30-99 | buy wood & glue | 2 hr | 40 degrees | | 1-31-99 | mark up bulkheads | 1.5 hr | 40 degrees | | 2-7-99 | cut bulkheads, glue #12.8(w/kids) | 4 hr | 60 degrees | | 2-20-99 | bulkhead 2 | 2 hr | | | 2-27-99 | bulkhead 7.5 | 3 hr | 40 degrees | | 3-13-99 | epoxy fill panel 2, botched transom (w/ kids) | 1 hr | 40 degrees | | 4-11-99 | 2nd transom | 1 hr | 45 degrees | | 4-18-99 | transom & bulkhead 2 (w/ kids) | 1.5 hr | 45 degrees | | 4-24-99 | loft & glue sides | 2 hr | 40 degrees | | 5-2-99 | cut side 1, glue side 2 | 1.5 hr | 55 degrees | | 5-8-99 | patch holes w/ epoxy, assemble sides to bulkheads (w/ kids) | 8 hr | 60 degrees | | 5-15-99 | cut wales & chine logs (w/kids) | 2 hr | 70 degrees | | 5-16-99 | glue up first layer of wales | 2.5 hr | 70 degrees | | 5-21-99 | wales + chine log 1 (w/ kids) | 3.5 hr | 70 degrees | | 5-22-99 | chine log 2 | 2 hr | 70 degrees | | 6-5-99 | loft & glue bottom, fair chine logs (w/ kids) | 4 hr | 70 degrees | | 6-6-99 | cut bottom & mount on hull, fill knot holws (w/kids) | 6 hr | 70 degrees | | 6-13-99 | sand bottom edges (w/ kids) | 3 hr | 60 degrees | | 7-5-99 | fiberglass bottom w/ epoxy & tape starboard chine | 2 hr | 80 degrees | | 7-10-99 | glass tape port chine, repairs & putty, second coat of epoxy | 3 hr | 70 degrees | | 7-11-99 | glass bow grounding area | 1 hr | 70 degrees | | 7-18-99 | deck clamps | 3 hr | 70 degrees | | 7-22-99 | deck clamps + supports & deck beams | 8 hr | 80 degrees | | 7-25-99 | assemble decks | 8 hr | 80 degrees | | 7-31-99 | sanding & corners | 1 hr | 70 degrees | | 8-1-99 | oarlocks & seat cleats | 7 hr | 70 degrees | | 8-7-99 | oarports & leeboard guards, rudder cheeks (w/ kids) | 4 hr | 70 degrees | | 8-8-99 | oarports, leeboard guards, seats (w/ kids) | 6 hr | 70 degrees | | 8-15-99 | seats | 1 hr | 80 degrees | | 8-22-99 | leeboard & leeboard guards | 4 hr | 80 degrees | | 9-4-99 | sand & prime (w/ sprayer) | 6 hr | 80 degrees | | 9-18-99 | prime coat 2 (brush & roller) (w/ kids) | 6 hr | 70 degrees | | 9-25-99 | prime coat 2, final paint inside | 4 hr | 75 degrees | | 10-3-99 | final paint outside (w/ kids) | 3 hr | 75 degrees | | 10-9-99 | finish paint & work on rudder | 4 hr | 75 degrees | | 10-17-99 | paint red gun'nls & misc sanding | 2 hr | 65 degrees | | 12-23-99 | paint leeboard | 1 hr | got a garage heater! | | 12-25-99 | sew sailbag, reef patches | 4 hr | | | 12-26-99 | sew sail patches, reef points | 5 hr | | | 12-28-99 | sew sail patches | 2 hr | | | 12-29-99 | sew seams & tape, install grommets (done w/ sail!) | 5 hr | | | 1-1-2000 | paint leeboard & misc parts | 1 hr | | | 1-3-2000 | paint leeboard & install windows | 2 hr | | | 1-8-2000 | cut scarf joints for mast | 2 hr | | | 1-9-2000 | cut/glue scarf joints for mast, oarlock sockets, gudgeons, pintles, seats | 6 hr | | | 1-12-2000 | mark & slice mast | 2 hr | | | 1-14-2000 | slice mast & glue 2 halves | 1 hr | | | 1-15-2000 | slice mast, mast parner | 3 hr | | | 1-16-2000 | shape & sand mast, mast parner, plug knot hole in mast | 4 hr | | | 1-18-2000 | varnish spars & misc pieces | 2 hr | | | 1-20-2000 | varnish second coat | 1 hr | | | 1-22-2000 | load onto trailer, rigging, ridgepole & a-frame for boat cover | 2 hr | | | 1-23-2000 | fitting the trailer, oar leathers, rig leeboard | 3 hr | | | TOTAL | 170 hr | | |
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May 1999
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Bulkheads against the wall
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| Side panel ready for assembly (notice the snow) |
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| The bow |
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| Sides and transom assembled |
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| Sides and transom assembled |
June 1999
Summer 1999
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| We later removed these seats - they didn't work out |
Fall 1999
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| Sail in the dining room/sail loft. It took about 14 hours (with only a few hours of previous sewing experience) |
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| Making a scarf joint for the mast. Step 1: Piece in the scarfing jig |
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| Step 2: Chopping out the excess |
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| Step 3: Planing the surface |
Step 4 ready for gluing
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