Almost-A-SCAMP Progress Report #2-9 . . . .

[Charles Brennan]

The fast-pin ball lock came in for the centerboard cap lock down.
Always gratifying to see that the planned dimensions . . . . ummm . . . . . work. 
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Was about to put the cabin roof on and then decided it would be far easier to fillet the cabin bulkheads, BEFORE doing so.
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Getting better at doing fillets,    but I still hate doing them. 
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This was formerly a gap that was covered with duct tape to hold the fillet material in; looks like it did the job.  No gap! 
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Another decent fillet.  There were 8 vertical fillets in all; I've only shown three, but the reason is because I don't want anyone to see where the secret HIN number is. 
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Finally got the fore foot filleted and that gap filled in and hidden. 
Filleting covers a multitude of sins! 
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Enough filleting and sanding and YOU TOO!! Can look Competent.   
Still got to get to the sanding part, though. 
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The acupuncture bamboo skewers, to fill in the temporary clamping screw holes.
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Starting to get matter of fact,    about doing stuff that used to astound me.
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After I was satisfied that everything else in the cabin that I wanted to do was done, it was time to start installing the cabin roof.
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Not glued down yet, just getting the screws in position for clamping after the glue is applied.
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Including adding some hefty straps to force the edges down close enough, to install the clamping screws.
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That roof is under some impressive pressure;    those straps strum like guitar strings and I'm talking about the treble strings, not the bass strings! 
Sure hope that epoxy alone, will hold up to those forces. 
Just having to have a lot of faith, that several hundred SCAMP builders can't ALL be wrong. 

After this was done, the screws were unscrewed (but not removed) and the straps loosened, to apply epoxy glue.
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Everything back in place, after applying glue.
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When I was fooling with the cabin top earlier, I saw that I had to screw down the two center beams first, because the straps alone forced this large gap:
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Worked good!    This is why you try things out BEFORE you start using something permanent, like epoxy glue! 
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The next day, after removing the screws and straps (and with a brief Prayer of Thanks, that nothing went: SPROINGGG!!)    it was time to trim the edges.
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Used a sabre saw with the base tilted to match the angle of the cabin sides and then went after it with a belt sander.
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For the sake of brevity, assume that whatever you see on one side was done on the other side, as well.
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With the sides trimmed, I went to work trimming the back half of the cabin roof.
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Also on the aft edge are several laminated strips that form a sort of "grab handle" on the cabin roof.
Since the back is a curve, rather than having to keep scribing curves off the cabin roof, I grabbed the old, too-short, roof piece.
Then I used a compass set to 1 inch of width and scribed them, following the curve and then cut along the bottom edge.
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Since it tapers towards the front, each successive piece will get shorter, like so:
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But it's OK, because those edges will be rounded off and tapered down after lamination.

After cutting and fitting the forward cabin roof doubler, (at bottom of pic) aft cabin roof doubler, (just above it) and the 4 grab rail strips, they all got their first coat of epoxy.
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Having some left-over epoxy, I quickly mixed up some glue and put bamboo skewers in the screw holes.
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Hard to see in this pic, but I got fiberglass tape applied to the filleted cabin sides to reinforce the cabin side/deck joint.
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Shows up a little better, here:
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This week, I could feel the back had been broken on the heat of Summer, and I welcome the Fall weather and intend to exploit it to the max.
Excited to see that it's starting to look like a REAL Boat!! 

Charles Brennan

[Doug SC]

Charles, all the excellent work you are doing on your Scamp is giving me a bad case of well-built boat envy!   keep up the good work.

[Chris Muthig]

Lookin awesome!!!

[Charles Brennan]

Doug, Thank you for your kind words.

Charles, all the excellent work you are doing on your Scamp is giving me a bad case of well-built boat envy!   keep up the good work.

But, there's a REASON, a lot of the pics are taken from a distance! 

Thanks,
Charles Brennan

[Frank B.]

Great work, but it still hasn't thrown a craving on me to build again.

The Bateau folks told me when I expressed concern about gaps and epoxy, "gaps is good, squeeze out is bad".

[Riley Smith]

Hey, you've got a roof over your head!

[Charles Brennan]

Riley, Actually, only the Expensive Equipment, gets a roof over its head.

There is a small sheltered space ahead of the cabin, jokingly referred to as the "Veranda" that is about the most I can hope for.
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The only roof over my head on this boat, is liable to just be a Bimini Top.

Hope this clarifies,
Charles Brennan

[Captain Kidd]

Getting the roof on is a BIG DEAL! Another milestone! WTG!!

I had a lot of nail holes in my planks that came from using a batten to give me a fair curve in the planking process. I used small nails so fat tooth picks worked for me when filling those hole.

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