The 0.6 Metre Whaler

I have selected John Welsford's "6 Metre Whaler" design as my next boat build. This is my biggest project to-date, so I am going to come at it with more deliberation than is my usual habit.

My previous boats were all built using the "lap-stitch" and stitch-and-glue method, so this will be my first exposure to Mr Welsford's brand of "lapstrake" construction. Currently, Welsford's own book on the subject Backyard Boatbuilder: How to Build Your Own Wooden Boat , is out-of-print and unavailable.  For these reasons, I have decided to first construct a 1:10 scale model of the boat to familiarize myself with the new methods and the construction steps of this particular design. Thus the 0.6 Metre Whaler will be born. As an added bonus, I will have a completed model to show incredulous vistors to the boatshop what the finished boat will look like.

The full-scale boat will be built upright on a jig, so I will mirror this in the model by first building a 1:10 scale building jig. I'll post pictures as the model build comes together.