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 Setting up the frames on saw horses linked together |
 The bow knee doubles as the foremast step, and joins plank keel to the apron |
 The stern knee joins the plank keel to the transom |
 The apron lands on the plank keel; chine logs join from the sides |
 The sheer clamps join the apron at a breast hook |
 Frame completed; bow view |
 Frame completed, stern view |
 Springing a plywood sheet over the frame for tracing and cutting |
 Dry-fitting a bottom sheet for tracing and cutting |
 The hull is planked. Note the gap for centerboard slot and skeg |
 Dry fitting the skeg and stern post components |
 Stem and gripe have been added; the finished hull is covered with Xynole-polyester fabric saturated with epoxy, then painted with high-build epoxy primer |
 The righted hull receives knees for washboards, deck beams forward, and support aft for stern sheets prior to saturation with thin epoxy |
 The centerboard trunk halves with posts and trunk logs attached are internally fabric/epoxy covered before installation |
 The rudder and centerboard |
 The mainmast is sawn to an octagon shape using the table saw |
 The masts are finished round, with round tennons to fit the mast step mortises (main shown) |
 Delrin sheaves are installed in masthead slots for halyards |
 The deck is reinforced from beneath for mast partners (fore mast hole shown) |
 The Douglas fir mooring bitt |
 Sail clews are given rat-tailed grommets for sheet attachment (I had to do this: the sailmakers didn't know how to!) |
 After passing the snotter through a hole, a looped stop hitch is used to secure the sprit to the mast (main shown) |
 Stock Schaefer hardware was modified for rudder gudgeons |
 The tiller pivots vertically in the rudder head; the hike stick is secured with a loop |
 A reduced nipple secures the sail clew to the sprit; a "slippery dick" knot secures the sheet end |
 An eyestrap secures the fore sheet fairlead block to the front of the mainmast |
 UNICORN sailing off Key West |
 The Sharpie 16 Eastern Shore Stickup UNICORN at the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT |