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 Doug Gill lofting the design mold frame stations for the T-34 |
 The strongback with stanchions for the mold frames; "Taco Stand" in the rear |
 Mold frames mounted on the strongback; plank keel, forefoot log & apron in place |
 The laminated plywood transom with perimeter cleats, knee & horn timber in place |
 Longitudinals (sheer clamps, chine logs & bilge stringers) in place; note rabbeted chine logs |
 The first (of two) diagonal layer of 5/8" plywood planking started; note allignment blocks |
 Keel first layer being laid; centerboard slot has been drop-cut |
 Topsides planking butts are ground hollow & taped with 2" glass & thickened epoxy |
 Hull planking complete; keel finished; ready for Xynole-polyester cloth & epoxy |
 The fabric-covered, epoxy-primed hull being turned using "square wheels", wood A-frame, and the winch on the front of my IH Scout |
 The righted hull; note buttblocks for topsides planking and spacers used to hold hull shape |
 The hull interior sanded and saturated to rejection with thin penetrating epoxy |
 Bulkheads being installed |
 The offset outboard well |
 The galley being framed; apperture for the gimbaled stove |
 The galley showing drawer banks, icebox (left) & berth/settee (right) |
 Cabin trunk carlins being made; notches are for side deck beams, rabbets are for cabin trunks |
 Deck beams and trunk carlins being installed; note blocks fit between beams above sheer clamps |
 Cabin trunk sides & ends are in place and coachroof beams are being installed |
 Cockpit coamings are laminated using plywood |
 The coachroof laid, cockpit finished, Xynole & epoxy covering all |
 Bulwarks from Douglas fir 2x6's ready to be installed |
 Interior trim & cabinetry getting started |
 Mooring bitts & bowsprit in place |
 The centerboard has plywood laminated over a foil-shaped solid stack-laminated core |
 The rudder in place; also plywood over a solid shaped core |
 The solid 6x6 full-length Douglas fir masts being laid out for tapering |
 Mast taper has been cut, squared and trimmed octagonal, using a large circular saw |
 The masts have been power-planed to 16, then 32 sides |
 Step tennons are finished; masts sanded and epoxy sealed |
 The masts are epoxy primed prior to application of linear polyurethane finish coats |
 Booms & gaffs have been shaped & sanded, now receiving epoxy putty prior to primer & paint. My operations are always "asses & elbows"--they should look nice as well as work hard! Note the "Taco Stand" tool trailer in the background and the Cafe Bustelo can ("Cuban Crank") |
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 White oak boom & gaff jaws being dry-fitted before thru-bolting with SS allthread; note space between gaff jaws for clappers |
 Spars being varnished & painted |
 Beth Stevens, my chief helper and girlfriend (near the end) building TOMFOOLERY |
 The prototype Terrapin 34 TOMFOOLERY finished prior to stepping the masts. Total construction time from lofting to launching was 16 weeks |
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 TOMFOOLERY in the slings; the whole gang assembled on the dock; Reuel Parker is shirtless, by the centerboard -- Islamorada, Florida Keys, July 14, 1989 |
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 TOMFOOLERY during sail trials in Islamorada |
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