plans

I sold IBIS in December of 2013 to a man from New Jersey. Despite what a wonderful, handy and fast cruiser she is, I had never intended to keep her. I had been trying to sell her for two years, and kept lowering my price. But the only offer that came in required that I use owner financing... a HUGE mistake!
    The buyer refused to make payments, and I was forced to repossess the boat. This took two years, and cost thousands of dollars. I had to sail IBIS to Florida from New Jersey in November/December of 2015 after making emergency repairs at Holiday Harbor boatyard in Waretown, NJ.
    I documented my solo trip--The Delivery From Hell--in my WoodenBoat Magazine Blogs.

When I arrived back in south Florida, I spent many weeks repairing and modifying IBIS, before selling her to a wonderful family from North Carolina, who love her and appreciate her.
    You can study the repairs I made in a seperate CONSTRUCTION BOOKLET.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN DRAWING FOR IBIS--FOR THE FINAL REVISED PLAN, SEE THE "REVISED" CONSTRUCTION PAGE
The Big Tent; Lots of plywood	Bulkheads set up on the Strongback
The Apron, bow knee and chine logs	The apron, breasthook and sheer clamps
Stern post, sheer clamps & chine logs	Stern post, breast hook and sheer clamps
Stern post, chine logs and keel plank	First of two diagonal bottom plank layers going on (note correct beverage)
First bottom layer done; topsides planking is next	The hull is planked; Outer stern post on
The keel looking aft; the gripe is solid yellow pine, the keel is hollow-box	The keel looking forward; the aft bottom will be solid plank; plywood bottom amidship
The finished keel with stern tube installed	The stem/gripe joint in the bow; note wood fillets
The stem; the hull is ready for Xynole Epoxy	The Xynole/epoxy covered hull in primer, ready to be turned over
Righting the hull using square wheels and a gantry	The hull right side up, back in the tent
The cockpit roughed in; lazarette hatch frame aft	The holding tank/head platform
The port side 150 gallon integral water tank (also the master cabin bunk)	The master cabin berth; furring strips are for ceiling planking
Shelves in the master cabin, roughed in	Companionway steps into the aft cabin
Aft cabin; galley drawers	The foc's'le V-berth with foremast tabernacles
Fore deck beams; forepeake locker forward	Looking into the head from the forward cabin; companionway to left
The side deck beams in place	Side deck beams
The cockpit; deck and coamings	Deck underside; I pre-varnish beams and pre-paint the deck underside
Decks are on, ready for Xynole/epoxy	Mainmast tabernacle and stbd side hatch frame above master berth
Solid wood cabin corner	The mooring bitt and forepeak hatch opening
Companionway hatch coamings and coachroof beams	Rabetted coachroof beams for foam core construction; sealed and varnished
Router & template for beam mortises in cabin sides	Hatch carlins
Hatch covers Xynole/epoxy covered	The aft cabin coach roof with hatch turtle and Lewmar skylights
The first bulwark layer being lag bolted	First layer finished
Adding the second bulwark layer	Prying the layers apart to apply epoxy glue
Bulwarks bunged, ready for shaping & Xynole/epoxy	The finished boat in primer
IBIS shrink-wrapped for the summer of 2008 * * * * *	Upon my return in Fall of 2008, I painted my topsides first
Making cabin top hand rails from teak plank stock (heavy duty)	Finished hand rails ready to be installed
The cabins and decks painted with Dupont Industrial Imron (custom color)	The cockpit, lazarette hatch and pedestal
A Lewmar size 50 Ocean-Series skylight installed (typical)	Cargo hold deck hatch
The deck skylight over the master cabin double berth	The sliding hatch for the forward cabin companionway
The mainmast tabernacle and water tank vent	The galley refrigeration compartment and countertop
Drawers, shelf and saloon table, made from wild black cherry (from my own trees in Maine)	Galley drawers
The rudder from solid core stock ready for plywood sheathing	The rudder core
The rudder with plywood sheathing	Rudder cheeks
The rudder with template for Naca 009 foil shape	The rudder with end plate ready for Xynole/epoxy
The finished rudder in primer	Using a chop saw with blocking to cut scarfs in mast timber
Mast panels ready for assembly (bird's mouth method)	Mast glued up using rope strop clamps
The mast power planed to an octagonal shape	Power planed to 16 sides
Power planed to 32 sides	Using a low-speed body grinder with 8" soft pad for final shaping
Reducing the mast head for the SS collar	Dry fitting the collar--rounding the head
Cutting out booms from solid Douglas fir stock	Using a long twist drill to transfer shape to the opposite side
Finished boom (left); Sawn boom (right)	Gaff jaws cut for laminating shape (mahogany)
Laminating gaff jaw curvature	Boom jaws sawn from mahogany stock
Making bee rail components (mahogany)	Bee rails--one side containes Delrin sheaves
Aligning boom jaws for drilling holes for SS allthread	Stainless steel chainplates, mast collars, rudder gudgeon
Rudder hardware--virtually indestructible!	Rudder hardware being dry-fitted
Rudder pintle	Rudder gudgeon being dry-fitted
Rudder hardware attached (through-bolted)	The rudder hung; Ash tiller in place; Rubrails on
IBIS! Bowsprit on	Propeller shaft, Phenolic cutlass bearing, set screws, ready for prop
The stuffing box and shaft flange plate	The A-frame for tabernacling the masts being dry-fitted
Starting the steel centerboard--frame and sides	Bill Smith welding the upper strut extensions
Installing lead ballast in the centerboard	Cutting for strut welds
The ballasted lower part finished--the upper struts ready for plating	The centerboard bottom is shaped from black pipe
Slot welding the internal struts	The welded board ready for grinding; The hole is for the pivot pin bushing; Square part stays inside the trunk; foil part becomes a fin keel when deployed
The hollow upper part prior to finishing	The finished centerboard ready for grinding and Xynole/epoxy covering
The cockpit finished	The midships bridge deck, cargo hatch and hardware
The Isuzu 3LD2 ready for paint	Gaff jaws, boom jaws and bee rails varnished
The patent stern (AKA boomkin) roughed out	IBIS with bowsprit, A-frame, rubrails, chainplates, etc
Stern with rudder and rubrails on, ready for the pattent stern	The Isuzu refurbished and ready for installation
A strum box made from PVC	The bilge pump
The water strainer	Fuel pickup installed thru a delrin thru-hull fitting in an integral tank
Fuel return utilising a tank vent	Bilge pump (left); aqualift muffler (right); float switch & strum box (bottom); Motor mounts P & S
Fuel tank selection valve	Fuel Filter
The finished cockpit and patent stern	Patent stern
The Isuzu diesel installed; Manifold for the domestic water heat exchanger (right)	Binnacle, compass and engine controls
Shaft hookup featuring a Drivesaver (red) to isolate the electrical system from seawater	The battery box and switch--two additional batteries are out of view to the right; Batteries are 6 volt deep-cycle golf cart type
Battery box under the saloon settee; Battery switch (vent to right)	Companionway steps & USCG required plaques
Electrical panel (12VDC only)	Electrical panel guts
The diesel with companionway steps removed to access front	View from above, inside saloon, steps removed
The foremast tabernacle, electric winch and jib sheet traveler	The A-frame for lowering the masts; Twin anchor rollers
A-frame Hinge	The end of the A-frame; Cheek block; forestay chainplate
Custom made anchor roller	A-frame hinge from outside
Foremast and rigging	Measuring for a liverpool (marine) wire rope splice (18" for 5/16" wire rope)
Tools for splicing	Starting to wrap with tarred polyester for the thimble
The thimble bight wrapped (served)	In the rigging vise
Starting the splice; The thimble is stainless steel as is the wire rope	Continuing the splice
Using the spike to render a strand in	Rolling the spike up behind the strand
Slices served with SS seizing wire; Hot dip galvanized rigging screws; I buy half jaw & jaw, and half eye & eye to make jaw & eye	Splice served with tarred marlin (polyester) prior to serving with anealed SS seizing wire; Splices aloft have marlin only; Splices below have SS seizing wire
Mast head with both standing and running rigging attached; Lewmar blocks	Boom end ready for Bee rails
Mahogany bee rail with bedding compound ready to install	Attaching the bee rail (rope end side)
Attaching the bee rail (sheave side)	Method for making off to a bosun's chair for going aloft unassisted (BEST WAY!)
The seagull view...	IBIS rigged and anxious for salt water...
Using a lathe to turn ash belaying pins	Ditto
Chain plate; Rigging; Jib sheet fairleads; Lemar portlights; Gallows aft; Bimini	Gallows and mainsheet traveler; Note patent stern brace
Foremast; A-frame as bow pulpit	Belaying pins; Boat hooks; ash oars, etc
Chisels for lathe turning	Masts down; On the trailer; Antifouling paint on; Centerboard on the left
Beautiful!	YES!
In the Travel Lift	Lowering onto the centerboard
SHE FLOATS!	Captain Parker looking a little worse for wear... but happy!
Making sail battens with fiberglass cores and PVC covers flattened with a heat gun	A batten inside the pocket (installed from the luff)
Batten pocket closed	Fores'l raised for the first time
Mains'l raised; Note tack and clew rigging	leather chafe gear on boom jaws and tabernacle heads
IBIS's rudder had too much counter balance, and I re-proportioned it after our 2010 Bahama's cruise	One of two side davits; IBIS can launch and retrieve her 14' tender under sail or power!
The access plate for the aft end of the centerboard; The SS bolt below pins the board in the up position	Ground tackle: 30 lb Delta plow (stbd roller); 55 lb Hereshoff (port);15 lb Danforth (stbd); A 10lb Danforth is carried as a stern kedge (see below)
Mooring bitt with correct hitch; Anchor chain deck fittings	The Hereshoff (fisherman) anchor and cat head--indispensable for rock and sandstone bottoms
The stern kedge and deck fitting	The stern kedge rode is kept in a 5 gal bucket inside the lazarette; clean and easy to take where you need it
The bow rollers and anchor grabbers	I sold IBIS in December of 2013 to a man from New Jersey. Despite what a wonderful, handy and fast cruiser she is, I had never intended to keep her. I had been trying to sell her for two years, and kept lowering my price. But the only offer that came in required that I use owner financing... a HUGE mistake! The buyer refused to make payments, and I was forced to repossess the boat. This took two years, and cost thousands of dollars. I had to sail IBIS to Florida from New Jersey in November/December of 2015 after making emergency repairs at Holiday Harbor boatyard in Waretown, NJ. I documented my solo trip--The Delivery From Hell--in my WoodenBoat Magazine Blogs. When I arrived back in south Florida, I spent many weeks repairing and modifying IBIS, before selling her to a wonderful family from North Carolina, who love her and appreciate her. You can study the repairs I made in a seperate CONSTRUCTION BOOKLET.