Masts are in!

Last Monday and Tuesday, I finally stepped the masts.

Mock mast placement

I used pieces of pvc pipe to simulate where the masts will rest down below deck.

Mast partners

Sea Elf will be rigged as a Junk rigged schooner. The masts are aluminum flagpoles. The mainmast is 7" x 38ft and the foremast is 6" x 34ft. The masts are stepped completely through the boat...6ft for the main and 4ft for the fore. Because I didn't have sufficient 'bury' forward where the heal of the foremast lives, I had to "raise" the height of the deck by adding raised partners. I had them built out of stainless steel. Norm Turner did the fabrication. The mainmast only needed plywood partners.

Wee Elf

The old pram I built back in 1995 was neglected while rebuilding Sea Elf. So in 2010, I built another one and decided to rig her with a junk sail. It has been great learning experience since I've never sailed a 'junk' before. It will all be helpful when I go to rig Sea Elf. Wee Elf sails great too.

October 2010....in the water!

After over seven years, Sea Elf is finally in the water. She isn't completed, but what boat is ever done? Here are a few pictures of launch day

old pics during rebuild

Here are some shots taken just after I put Sea Elf in the shop at work and after I started to make some 'minor adjustments'.

finally painted yellow

its yellow