Both of the above building pictures are of a larger 'sister ship' not our build but the sequence of construction was very much the same as ours.
This boat was constructed with local Radiata Pine,it was selected,then twice CCA treated with a rot free copper solution,its water based,so we then end up with kiln dried wood that is wet right through,we Pin Stacked and air dried it over our christmas recess period,all frames,keel,stem timbers and the hull planking were done with this type of pine with no bothers worth talking about.
The boats designer,George Buhler comments
Here's a wood 38 being launched in Africa. She needs the "Little Toot" windows in my opinion...... She was built by Roy Mcbride in South Africa. His company is CKD Boats. They thinking about offering kits of these boats. For more info email him at roy@comlumber.com
This was my build in a very traditionl manner,more on why we took the job on later!
The customer arrived in Cape Town from Zambia,he asked around who would or could build him a wooden boat,he was directed by one of the TBA (traditional boat association)members to speak to myself.A deal was struck and the build started in the premises I was in at the time,this was a starter to much larger things to come.
We made the frames,keel,stem and rudder then re located to an empty metal shed in Cape Town Harbour,when I say empty I mean it,no office,toilets,running water or even lights existed,we had to run temporary cables in to get a supply of 220voly AC power,the local yacht club was our stop for toilets.
Building such a vessel is an eye opener,many came into see it,some even said they were trained Shipwrights but had still never seen such a traditional boat built before,as all they ever get to do is repairs to older existing boats.
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