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"Hummer" Building 2

Philippians 3:10

MATURE • MENTOR • MINISTER • MAINTAIN • INVESTING IN BLACK FUTURES THRU STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

"Hummer"— the German and Norwegian word for "lobster"

Click here for phase one construction photos  of  "Hummer"

Click here for the original "Hummer" blog

  PASSAGEMAKER PROGRESS REPORT  
from the Downeast Boat Shop
 
Named it so because it's "down" in the
basement and over on the "east" side.
Ayuh, ya got it. Confirmed Maine-iac.

From October 2005 to July 2006 I built an 11' 7" dinghy, wanting something practical to
do with my hands during the winter months to offset the academic pressures of school.
Now we move on to build and install the sailing kit option that C.L.C. offers for the boat.

"The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea."
Tagore ( Bengali poet and novelist)

Hey!  C.L.C. Boats posted a picture of my boat at their Website (it's at the bottom of this page)
The photo of "Hummer" was taken in July 2006 on the western shore of Somes Sound
in a place called Valley Cove on Mount Desert Island — off the Maine coast.

   Click here for photos of Hummer 2006 in action on the Maine coast    

   Click here for photos of Hummer 2007 in action on the Maine coast    

Sail kit: daggerboard, tiller, rudder parts, boom, yard, mast parts, sails (in bag) and hardware — sans fairleads

Dad & I drilled two ½ inch holes in the top of the middle seat, guided by the 4 tinier
ones drilled during the original construction of the daggerboard box/seat assembly.
The markers and the procedure worked out just fine.  After using a jigsaw to cut out
the slot ( not ready for routing yet ), we flipped the boat over to cut out the hull slot.

Step back a bit and Hummer looks like a beached whale.  I was instructed by a spider
that came up on the hull as we used the jigsaw, making its way intrepidly towards the
the worksite, moving towards the noise & vibration.  The daggerboard extends ca. 26"
below the hull, making for a 30" draft.  Glad to be done with putting holes in the boat.

Rounded off the hull & seat slots with my brother's router — first time I've ever used one.
Remembering the resolve of the spider seen earlier, the whole thing turned out jus' fine.

Gotta admit, mahogany's a photogenic wood, especially under incandescent and halogen light.

The rudderhead and daggerboard assemblies.  Nothing spectacular, but at least it's progress.

Boom clears the upper cleat. The mainsail (on the yard) rises some 16' above the boat.

Roughly positioned epoxy-ed assemblies along with most of the fittings.

Rudderhead, tiller (with hiking stick) and rudder blade.

Close-up of the yard & boom.  Attaching the jaws on the yard at the right angle took a while to figure out.

Installed a pair of Harken carbo-cam cleats on the starboard & port sides of the middle seat (for the jib sheets).

Decided to through-bolt the gudgeons — transom brackets that hold the 2 pintles from
the rudderhead — rather than using screws (adds strength): rudder's ready for its turn.

Also through-bolted each of the 4 oarlocks on 4 replacement oak oarlock risers (much
stronger than the original mahogany risers, three of which split during heavy rowing).
Construction's done — just some new hull paint / varnish, then Hummer's ready to rig.

Tim says he's good to go when it comes time to take Hummer out for a sail —"on a small lake first."  F'real.

Fashioned a scale mast, boom, yard, jib 'n mainsail to get a sense of how it'll look 

Laid out the mast, sails, boom 'n yard to check for possible adjustments

Repainted the hull

Sign on Route 322 in Ephrata, PA

Hummer's ready to head out the door, hit the road and head up to the Maine Coast
Finished on July 13, 2007

Harken small boat furler with line rests atop leftover balsam garland from Christmas 2008, awaiting rigging.

Fairlead for the jib-furling line.  The balsam kind of puts you in a 'Maine" state of mind.  Smells great!

Mid-ship cleat — ready for the jib-furling line.

Pied Beauty
1877
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

Glory be to God for dappled things —      For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;           For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;      Landscape plotted & pieced — fold, fallow, & plough;           And all trades, their gear & tackle & trim.                All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled, (who knows how?)      With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;           He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:                Praise him.

   Click here for photos of Hummer 2006 in action on the Maine coast    

   Click here for photos of Hummer 2007 in action on the Maine coast    

Click here for phase one construction photos  of "Hummer"

Click here for the original "Hummer" blog

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