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Jim Dodd
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Nokomis

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Just started a build. I designed and cut the forms in March, 2000, but didn't build. I was digging through some forms and found it.
So here I go again ! I tell my Wife, that it keeps me outta the bars ! Ha !
Here's a few pics.ImageImageImage
It will be a 16'4" solo. Plenty of tumblehome, flat bottomed, with some flare. Stemless, or the Minnesota method of stripping.


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the 2nd form in looks a bit low.
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Optical illusion, created by the form spacing strip, that is twisted.
I fishlined them all, and they are right on.

I need to post a better pic !

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Here's where I'm at today, and a shot of what the tumblehome will look like.Image Image Image


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Wow! You're quick. Great progress!
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I probably should have started this thread under the Non-Bearmountain designs thread ?

If you could move it Randy, I'd be OK with it.

It's up to you.

Thanks !

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I've had a lot of distractions lately. Here's where I'm at.
I tilt my strongback to make it easier to glue and strip the football.Image


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Centerline cut
I like to stop stripping a few strips short of center. It makes it easier to fit the last strips.
And it's my last chance to fit a feature strip in the bottom.
Here's a pic.Image

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I was told on another site, that in Longfellow's poem. Nokomis was the Grandmother of Hiawatha, and daughter of the Moon.

So to fill in the last few strips, I will incorporate a moon design.
Here's where I'm at today.
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The dark strip near the center, looks out of place. It was the first strip off a plank, and therefore weathered dark. Once sanded, it should match the strip opposite of it.



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Glued up and cut out a panel, and a moon For Nokomis.
Everything needs to be fitted.
Here's a pic of what it will look like.Image


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Have staples pulled. Hull is faired, and about half sanded.
Here's todays pics.ImageImage


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One more.
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Finished rough sanding Nokomis outside today. Unbelievable nice weather !
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Staple holes filled, and hull sanded.

I'm going to try Peel Ply over the cloth after the first wet out coat.

Has anyone tried that on their hulls ?

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Peel Ply came in today. Laid out 6 oz E-glass, two layers, one over the football area.Image

Stick with marker, to locate where I trim the extra cloth layer. I put a small dot, every foot or so, and just trim, dot to dot.Image

Tools I use to wet out.Image


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