Wooden Boat Festival!

Here is how my festival weekend kicked off. Stormy weather (real thunder and lightning) and pouring rain. Chris was Really excited to help with the heavy lifting. Without his help getting the boat to and from the festival would have really been a problem.

So here is the set up. The IRH nestled between DragonHeart on the left and a lap strake Whitehall on the right. In the picture below there is also a Decked McKenzie boat  see if you can spot it?

After setting up it was a eyeopening whirlwind look at all the boats.

 
Below is Spike Africa, Chris will be working with/on her for a while..... That's why he was all smiles.

Loved this.

I was fascinated with some old rowing boats there not called shells there called...??? Ah i can't remember.

No matter the Dacron decks looked amazing!

What do you find deep in a tugboat from the 1890's? Just look at the excitement in their faces!

This four cylinder engine was amazing! Check out the oil cans for lubing the cylinders.

Then it was talk talk talk talk. Everyone was interested in the strange boat that looked suspiciously like a clog.

The picture below has one of the most amazing boat builders i have met thus far in it. Although Jay Smith may not be interested in my work his boats are fantastic.

Last but not least the display card from the event.

Now its finish up with the Boat School, make oars, test boat.

I'll keep everyone posted.

Drift boat Bilge Pump.

 OK so here is a very brief explanation of the bilge pump on the IRH.

As you can see in the above picture there is a gap underneath the front of the seat. This gap allows water from the rowers foot well to enter into the pump area under the seat.

Above you can see the switch mounted to the right of the seat, also note the hole in the back corner of the seat, this is for draining the seat area.

The pump itself is screwed and glued to the floor under the seat. All those pipe clamps are there to help the hose keep its shape.

 This is a picture of the hose through hull and the underside of the switch.

The battery box is a plastic ammo can. the white fitting is a outlet so that the battery can be charged without removing it from the boat. This whole assembly is in the forward compartment. Its anchored to the hull with industrial strength Velcro.

Inside the box you can see the battery and wiring for the system. The round object above the box is the washer and nut for the bow eye.

So that was brief, if you want more info just ask.

Oh Seattle.

Some snaps of a recent visit from family, tourist time baby!

Even though i love wandering around in Seattle its always nice to hop the ferry and downsize.

Pre-festival news.

The IRH is finished. All the major components except for the oars are done. I tried to get Sawyer to lend me pair but to no avail, no matter i'm building my own anyhow. 

Tomorrow she heads to the Wooden Boat Festival for the weekend. If you are anywhere near Port Townsend please come out to see her and support the festival. It usually looks something like this.

In the mean time if the rivers are running where you are get out and boat! I'll have a full report next week!

Cheers,

Stuber