tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26617737955187982912024-03-13T14:06:59.679-04:00Chase Small CraftNews and Information about the most Beautiful boat kits, Ready to build.Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-25706937602775412792017-11-22T10:45:00.002-05:002017-11-22T10:46:36.348-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-18864514880617973832016-12-23T09:15:00.001-05:002016-12-23T09:21:29.365-05:00Happy New Year from Chase Small Craft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Early this year, I decided to relaunch a company focused completely on my designs and boat kits + plans. The aim was simple: design the best small craft in the world and make them available as kits and plans that people can build on there own with excellent instructions and unmatched personal support. I am available 24-7 by email, phone and text to help people during their build and be professional, knowledgeable, and experienced single-source for all the information they will need to build their own Chase Small Craft.</div>
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We have been prototyping a new boat kit by Clint Chase of <a href="http://www.chase-small-craft.com/" target="_blank">Chase Small Craft</a>. It is a beautiful skiff that can be built in 2 days! We will feature the skiff at the March 19-20 Maine Boat Builders Show. The boat assembles using a tab-and-lock feature between bulkheads and the side panels. The results are quick and accurate. Seats are being made this week and we look forward to a launch in min-March.</div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0Biddeford, ME, USA43.4925843 -70.453384443.3082043 -70.7761079 43.676964299999995 -70.130660900000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-15507958219972982862015-12-28T09:36:00.001-05:002016-02-26T00:29:06.744-05:00New Website in Development<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-40031073668206245692015-12-09T16:50:00.001-05:002016-02-20T09:45:51.635-05:00Some Articles on My Boats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Recently two came out, one in Small Boats Monthly and the other on the brand new, UK-based Barnacle Bill. Small Boats covered the Calendar Islands Yawl and Barnacle Bill had a piece by a customer in the UK who has built and avidly rows a Drake 17.<br />
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Progress on mkII Deer Isle Koster</h2>
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Many want to know the changes from MkI. Mainly, the boat has been brought back up to the original 5'10" beam that Bruce drew on the original KDI's. Another change is that the nearly flat garboards and solid wood keel have been replaced by a piece of 3/8" plywood and the first two planks. The joints are glassed and the bottom sheathed (see hatch markes in picture below). This will make building simpler and alow the builder to make a very durable bottom for beaching. The mk II wll be roomier inside and I expect it to have faster off-wind speeds. The specs for the new KDI are below.</div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-78735484744241891102015-09-30T16:56:00.002-04:002015-11-08T16:28:17.536-05:00KDI Design Project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see different color planks. That foot wide strip will be stitch-and-glue style so that it can be fiberglassed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow entry makes her fast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is just over 5'10" wide not including the rubrails.</td></tr>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-65377781796400487602015-09-05T22:46:00.003-04:002015-09-06T13:21:46.427-04:00Happy September!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The KDI project is fully funded thanks to a group of enthusiastic sponsors. Thank you! I now have a lot of work to do through October!</div>
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In November and December I hope to have funding to further develop the Drake Raceboat. A campaign to get this crowdfunded begins. Three sponsors at $600 each (or six at $300) will get the project funded and you will get a full suite of plans, and preferred status for first kit cutting with a 10% discount. Please contact me at boatkits@gmail.com if interested. The final design brief for the DRB is as follows:</div>
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<li>A fast rowboat in the Drake spirit optimized for single, fixed- or sliding-seat rowing</li>
<li>Ideal for fitness rowing and the open water racing curcuit </li>
<li>18'3" LOA (kit) stretchable up to 20' by spacing out molds (plans)</li>
<li>Waterline length almost 17', 27 1/2" waterline beam</li>
<li>Max beam is set at 4' so boat can be rowed in fixed seat class with 8 1/2' oars</li>
<li>Sliding seat is an equal option in this boat, the Poseidon rig being the ideal, using sculling length oars</li>
<li>Oarlocks for sliding seat can be mounted using Shaw and Tenney oarlock brackets or a custom made outrigger that fastens to gunwales (TBD)</li>
<li>5 kts speed potential race pace with 6kts in sprints</li>
<li>Flotation tanks optional in sides or ends, but more likely flotation bags will be used and canvas decks to shed water</li>
<li>Glued lapstrake construction, 4 strakes per side (4mm), no fiberglass </li>
<li>Estimated weight below 75 lbs at kit length</li>
<li>Numbers from computer model"</li>
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Cp = 0.58<br />
Volume Displacement = 306 lbs<br />
Center of Buoyancy = 53.9% aft<br />
Wetted Surface Area = 27.74 sf<br />
Waterline Length = 16' 11 1/2"<br />
Maximum Waterline Beam = 27.6781"<br />
Water Plane Area = 24.5 sf<br />
Center of Floatation = 53% aft<br />
MSA 70.1711896 (+/- 1e-08) square inches<br />
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-90506670926884133142015-08-21T23:28:00.002-04:002015-08-21T23:28:52.504-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Design Projects</h2>
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A new approach to getting projects funded and delivered is through a model sort of like crowdfunding. A design project is any boat design that is either started from scratch or a project where an existing design (that has been built) is reworked or it may be a boat that has been design but not built which needs further development.</div>
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The KDI has been crowdfunded for this Fall...a number of sponsors pay into the project and receive the plans for free and a discounted kit. I benefit from having paying work, We all benefit by having the work get done! </div>
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Another design project is the Drake Raceboat. It has never been built, but needs sponsorship or a commission to finish the speculative work that I have started...a 3D hull model. Further work to do is to build a hull model, finish designing the interior, create cutting files and draft the plans. The Drake Race is all about speed and efficiency but retains the seaworthy faering-esque hull.</div>
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Another design project is the Caravelle Skiff. It has been built a few times now, but soon a sailing model will be launched and from those sea trials a set of revisions will me made (I will call it a mk2 model) and the plans and kits will be delivered to those who preorder kits. I am looking for a few more preorders. A gent in NYC will cartop his skiff to all sorts of places around LI Sound for sailing and rowing.</div>
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Lastly, an example of a scratch design project is my brief detailing what I will likely call the Calendar Daysailer, which is actually the precursor for the sail-and-oar boat the Calendar Islands Yawl. This new boat model will be 90% daysailer with water ballast and a motor well and a lot of space for 4 people to go out sailing. </div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-66738719843977336892015-07-10T08:36:00.001-04:002015-07-10T08:37:45.839-04:00Developing the Calendar Islands Yawl Daysailer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Be part of the Calendar Islands Yawl project this winter</h2>
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Calendar Islands Yawl daysailer</h3>
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Hull above will be modified to create more of a
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-41190917583013277622015-07-03T07:19:00.001-04:002016-02-20T09:56:16.479-05:00Early Summer 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Early Summer Activities and Updates</h2>
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Mostly my work focuses on watching four Deblois Street Dories getting finished, one of which has hit the water. Compass Project's Dory launched successfully with a a bunch of excited students who helped build her. Compass is looking for another big project commission to use in their work with at-risk youth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2015 Compass Project launch of the DSD.</td></tr>
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I am busily preparing the cutting of more Echo Bay Dory Skiff kits which will be built in Maine. This is the very latest version of the Skiff and any tweaks in the design demand a lot of attention to make sure all the details get done correctly. Those files are done and ready for more customers. It is hard to believe over 30 Echo Bay's have been built now!<br />
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Also in the works are the files for cutting the first ever St Lawrence River Skiff kit for the Bain & Co. Annie model. I am back in the computer model after quarter scale modeling the hull.<br />
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Here is the information for my workshop in August. Spread the word! Contact me for more info.<br />
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<br /><br />NEW! St. Lawrence River Skiff Building<br /><br /><br />Clint Chase, an instructor at the WoodenBoat School, The Landing School, and The Compass Project, will teach how to build a St. Lawrence River Skiff. This boat is plywood and strip-composite constructed. One kit will be built in the class and raffled off to one student on Saturday. The boat will have some finish work to still be completed by the raffle winner. Participants must register by July 27 to make sure the class will run. For more information about the boat visit: <a href="http://clintchaseboatbuilder.blogspot.com/p/st-lawrence-river-skiffs.html">clintchaseboatbuilder.blogspot.com/p/st-lawrence-river-skiffs.html</a><br /><br /><br />Instructor: Clint Chase<br /><br /><br />Session 1: August 10– 15, 9 AM- 5 PM<br /><br /><br />Tuition: $1000</div>
Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-53437211673613022042015-05-29T18:18:00.001-04:002015-05-29T18:18:56.513-04:00Updates and Launches<p dir=ltr>I'm slowly updating the webpages on the blog. In the meantime, three Deblois Street Dories are slated to launch in the next several weeks, including two in Maine and one by a woman who teaches college Geology in Indiana. The first Drake19 rowboat will launch midsummer. I will do sea trials with Walter Baron, the builder. An Echo Bay or two should launch. And a Caravelle sailing skiff will also launch this season. Lots of activity!</p>
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I recently built another quarter scale model of the EBDS as part of an eventual workshop. Unlike my first model of the boat, which was just hull panels stitched together to check the lines, this one is a full build; all parts are scaled down to one quarter size. Additionally, the rig was modeled. It was fun to build I have a nice addition to my living room space!</div>
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Boothbay High School students are making progress on their second EBDS build from plans and full size patterns. These two boats they built were actually the first ones of the MkIV version of the boat. Their first boat was sold to a couple in Gardiner and the second one will also be auctioned off.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boothbay Regional HS students' build as of April 2015</td></tr>
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The <a href="http://www.clintchaseboatbuilder.blogspot.com/p/skiffs.html" target="_blank">Echo Bay Dory Skiff</a> is about as much fun as I have ever had in a 12' boat. It sails and rows beautifully, weights just over 80lbs, and can be built within a week from a kit with two people, I miss my skiff but will build another!<br />
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-5652475438614417272015-02-20T11:41:00.001-05:002015-02-20T11:42:20.975-05:00Planking the Deblois Street Dory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I spent the last 24 hours in Bar Harbor helping a customer get the planking going on his DSD. He has been pining after his own D' Street Dory for a few years and is very excited about his project. We met at the Small Reach Regatta, where he and his wife row and sail their current stitch-and-glue dory. He wanted to build a real dory and one with more performance and capacity than the others available. He chose the DSD!<br />
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He set up the strongback very accurately, scarphed planks, and got everything ready for my visit. I arrived at 11am and after the 10-cent tour of his new, beautiful, custom house perched on the edge of Acadia National Park, we got to work. By 8pm we had the garboards fit and glued and looking perfect. Pretty good time for 2 people going hard at it and taking a lunch and dinner break, too. Garboards are often a two-day project because they can be the trickiest to fit.<br />
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The DSD kit is available, just give a call at 207.602-9587 or email boatkits@gmail.com</div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-87175245735759053622015-01-16T20:02:00.001-05:002015-02-19T09:04:10.472-05:00Drake 19 hull #1 built on Cape Cod<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I took a pleasant 3 1/2 hr trip down to Wellfleet, MA, way out on the arm of Cape Cod, to meet Walter Baron of Old Wharf Dory Co. and see the first ever Drake 19 "in the flesh".<br />
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The boat looked great to me. I was so pleased. Even as the designer, I was struck by how much boat there is; it is 19'2" LOA afterall. Designed to be an open water, cruising rowboat for one, the boat would also make an excellent tandem rowboat for rows in the harbor or in more open water.<br />
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The interior has two side tanks on either side of the sliding seat system. The tanks will help the boat be self rescuable, with some additional flotation in the ends, The rails slide right into precut holes in the frames of the boat. Everything fits just so.<br />
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After this build, and with a few months to finish out the drafting and writing of the manual, the boat will be available as a kit.<br />
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-46278231049225500682014-12-16T08:53:00.003-05:002015-02-19T09:03:36.954-05:00Calendar Islands Yawl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Calendar Islands Yawl (CIY) has been built. Hull #1 was built in Minnesota and is a success. Launched late in the year after only about 6 months of part time building on weekends, the owner is really happy with the project and the boat. See his <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111091018237930049744/albums/5994905683971273121" target="_blank">Google + site</a> for pictures of the build.<br />
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Now, the work is on my plate. The next steps are to take the information from build #1 and make some revisions to the computer model, draw up plans, and set up the kit for retail sale. I hope to do this early in 2015.<br />
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The CIY is a sail-and-oar dinghy designed for single- or double-handling in conditions that can be found on the Maine Coast. We wanted a boat that handled well going to windward in choppy water, easy to roll up a beach on the Maine Islands Trail, and could still go fast. Moreover, when the wind goes, we wanted to enjoy the row back to land, rather than dread the row. The CIY is available with a centerboard or a daggerboard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hull #1 under construction: after the turnover, May 7th, only 6 weeks after kit delivery!</td></tr>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-976229656595130022014-06-18T21:48:00.004-04:002014-06-18T21:48:47.465-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gear up. I thought it would be good to discuss this summer some aspects of using boats and get away from all the design talk for awhile. I recently bought a new Bell Magic fast, solo canoe and have only taken it out once, but loved it. Until I finish my next rowboat design for racing, I'll mostly be paddling. This boat is fast and beautiful. Made of Carbon Fiber on the outside and Kevlar on the inside with Ash and Walnut gunwales and thwarts, this boat is not only light and responsive, but strong and beautiful. I couldn't be happier</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new Bell Magic being launched on the Saco River. It looks tippy, and is a little bit, but I quickly got used to it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddling my new canoe on the Saco River just above Saco/Biddeford</td></tr>
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For rowing and paddling I really recommend tush-for-your-cush. These GelSport seat pads have been great and allow me more hours on the water in comfort. I can't recommend them enough!</div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-6525588237602727302014-05-08T23:05:00.002-04:002015-02-19T09:05:48.011-05:00NEW! Drake 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New Drake 19 for tandem rowing, cruising and expeditions</h3>
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This new version of the Drake Rowboat -- my first design/build project -- really combines all that I have learned as a designer and rower and builder over the years. She is intended with the following brief:</div>
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An important aspect of the boat is its simple sliding seat system : 7/8" o.d. stainless steel pipes run for and aft with 15" of separation on center. The pipes are integrate into the CNC cut structure. A plywood seat-roller floats over these pipes. Any oarlock system can be used, including leathered-round oars, Douglas oarloacks, C2 oarlocks, or the folding outriggers by Shaw and Tenney. However, I think for voyaging in open water that oar-on-gunwale will be the best way, using traditionally leathered oars in horn-oarlocks or to go with pinned oars. I do think 9-9 1/2' oars would be fine for <i>experienced </i>rowers, using folding outriggers to get the spread for the longer oars.</div>
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The floorboards are show both sitting on the inner keel as floors and raised up and sitting on the pipes to make an over 8' long sleeping platform that finishes flush with the side tanks. These side tanks double as a sleeping platform and as flotation, making the boat self-rescuable in a capsize. </div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-30271023929793071572014-04-23T19:51:00.001-04:002014-04-23T19:54:26.274-04:00Cool features of my kits<p dir="ltr">I'd like to discuss, in the next few months, a few examples of groovy ways to engineer a boat kit and build a boat. The first photo shows the side girders of the CNC cut strongback. This has been one of the gbuildest aspects of creating kits. In a few hours time, the strongback can be built and the chipboard molds attached via precut slots cut in mold and girder. If you make "Spock hands" with your left and right hands and insert left into right, you'll get a good idea how accurately and easily a CNC cut strongback is to set up. Even these two dogs were able to do it, no sweat!</p><p dir="ltr">The second photo shows the chipboard bulkhead supports that slot into the girders and then are locked into alignment with a long batten which slots into the supports and automatically squares up the set up. These chipboard components are made out of 1/2" and 5/8" Advantech chipboard which stays quite flat. These chipboard components DO NOT become part of the boat.</p><p dir="ltr">The third photo shows the bulkheads and other marine plywood components of the boat mounted on the setup. Notice how the strongback catches the top of the stem so it locks into place. Anyone who has mounted a stem in 3d space over a strongback can immediately see how nice this is! You can also get a better sense in this shot how the supports slot into girders.</p><p dir="ltr">Next time I'll try to get some additional close ups of the alignment features of the building jig unique to my kits. These photos are courtesy of Jim Levang building hull #1 of the Calendar Islands Yawl. His build is at https://plus.google.com/115449767543136477921/posts/26mVWdN9FPd</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj8Lv6ebOaGcd3agbfWYp5cw0XVaJbWtEvNOWHfb_DqA41Wy9Ad2WKs6YBC7ACWK6-ABThv0Ml2poqLwN5sc2dmnlFvjNypnSFucDKk9LuY5-5RUA6JC12lyIMaFcp9SouA_Kipp5ahU/s1600/P1040492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj8Lv6ebOaGcd3agbfWYp5cw0XVaJbWtEvNOWHfb_DqA41Wy9Ad2WKs6YBC7ACWK6-ABThv0Ml2poqLwN5sc2dmnlFvjNypnSFucDKk9LuY5-5RUA6JC12lyIMaFcp9SouA_Kipp5ahU/s400/P1040492.JPG"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY2joFDaQ22otuQxroMpoEKZIgbyTo1rPiF0DHxdQvt4eQI2YgMMc_qDrOBrhQxk7jWSCVLNJJOoqL-bZX9xU0eDdCGOB94HR2bY0U-w4lRahZETovk8oF79Lg-y21CD8DE7xusSX9CM/s1600/P1040497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioY2joFDaQ22otuQxroMpoEKZIgbyTo1rPiF0DHxdQvt4eQI2YgMMc_qDrOBrhQxk7jWSCVLNJJOoqL-bZX9xU0eDdCGOB94HR2bY0U-w4lRahZETovk8oF79Lg-y21CD8DE7xusSX9CM/s400/P1040497.JPG"> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXYNshJBHXJVUtQYa8wQINMqESgF3xLgCjyepXjY9XJvu6FicB2HIIygCdsSAsgzXyvIqbPRUNnQyg-yp58ZBXEAdIWWROLLRNLfNfxVRw98HoLIc3cwcbAIYeTPRclNlxwdiSjTKDJM/s1600/P1040546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXYNshJBHXJVUtQYa8wQINMqESgF3xLgCjyepXjY9XJvu6FicB2HIIygCdsSAsgzXyvIqbPRUNnQyg-yp58ZBXEAdIWWROLLRNLfNfxVRw98HoLIc3cwcbAIYeTPRclNlxwdiSjTKDJM/s400/P1040546.JPG"> </a> </div>Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-13344898940567939562014-04-17T23:54:00.000-04:002014-04-17T23:54:04.158-04:00New kits, Old kits, More kits!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Calendar Islands Yawl under construction<br />Updated Deer Isle Koster (KDI) kits being cut out West</h3>
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The CIY hull#1 is being expertly built in Duluth and everything is looks really good. The boat has been set up and planking has started.</div>
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The building jig set up was all CNC cut and self-jigging. In a <a href="http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?175866-Calendar-Islands-Yawl-new-Clint-Chase-sail-and-oar-16&p=4131498#post4131498" target="_blank">post on the Wooden Boat Forum about the CIY project</a>, the builder says "I have the distinct sense of the boat building itself" as he assembled the building jig and is not planking within 10 days time working on the side.</div>
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Here is the boat so far, all photos courtesy of Jim Levang, builder and owner of hull #1.</div>
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But that's not all! You can also get the updated KDI. This model is not my own design, but drawn originally by Bruce Elfstrom, friend, fellow designer, and small boat guru from Connecticut who plays with boats, particularly Scandinavian type boats on the side. I have done a lot of new design work with the help of three builders of hull #3, 4, and 5. Photos below courtesy of Frank Stauss in New Jersey. He looks to be doing a fabulous job. </div>
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The Deblois Street Dory is getting a few tweaks to the building jig set up to facilitate building and then two kits will be cut. Finally, the last project will be to finish the Drake 19, a new model. A bit of a line up is forming there for this kit. Everything is on track to be done by the end of May. Then I am going rowing and sailing, dang it!</div>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-81336992478206673932014-03-30T22:21:00.000-04:002014-03-30T22:21:30.775-04:00Calendar Islands Yawl Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A father son team builds CIY #1 in Duluth, MN.</h3>
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The last update had me quarter scale modeling the CIY hull. That work has completed and I've even put some paint on the model so it looks presentable. The model is also a great opportunity to use up left over paint and to test colors. I consider the color scheme -- and lack of varnish I might add -- to be an important part of the overall feel of my boats. I am not settled on the scheme, but still looking for the right brown for gunwales. I like the sand interior. The dark blue is the only boat I have ever used it and it works OK, but I am not in love with it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little guy helped me paint the interior of the CIY model. He said the interior color "looks really good, Daddy". So I'll go with that!</td></tr>
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CNC Cutting in Maine</h3>
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The parts for the kit were cut at Hewes & Co in Blue Hill, Maine. They also cut the Vivier boats now and all the Oughtred kits and I am so glad to be doing business with them. Here is their work:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CNC cut Advantech chipboard supports for bulkheads with some patterns, too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The CIY planks being CNC cut with the NC Scarf.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">
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While the cutting was going on in Maine, the builders in Duluth were starting the birdsmouth masts and spars. They are great, hard working guys and have built several boats.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CIY Builders fabricating hollow-birdsmouth mast.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kit arrives in snowy Minnesota. You can see the Advantech strongback components here.<br /></td></tr>
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My way of giving</h3>
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In the meantime, in my studio overlooking the Saco River I work on more CAD files for people who want to build my boats. It is the highest honor and I will work hard to make it happen for them. They always give back and make the design better than I could have made it alone. The revised KDI kit is about to be cut again on the West coast, the new Drake 19 is shaping up for a few interested rowers, and the Deblois Street Dory is getting a revision based on the Compass Project build and plans and kits will be sent out this spring. I have views like this to keep me going.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I live in the North Dam Mill there on the left bank if the Saco River. The ice is almost out on the river!</td></tr>
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-54923875536799361302014-02-16T21:33:00.002-05:002014-02-28T11:08:46.108-05:00Drake 19 Design Work Continues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Drake 19 Rowboat Project</h2>
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Oar-and-Sail Tandem Rowboat and Cruiser with downwind sail</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drake 19 Rowboat with "squgsail" for off-the-wind sailing. Drake is primarily a rowboat (no board; rudder not shown above)</td></tr>
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The 19 is essentially a stretched Drake 17 with the hull lines tweaked to support tandem rowing and fast, camp-cruising. The boat is being modeled currently and the hull lines tested next with a quarter scale model. Once the hull form is all set, the interior will be modeled and strongback prepared for kit-building. I'm excited about this boat and look forward to setitng up the first builder. I always offer an intro discount for the first builder as they are providing me with the help of documenting the build and providing feedback. If interested in being the first builder, please let me know. You can be experienced or a beginner, but one project of experience is helpful as is some good ole' problem solving abilities. The discount is generally 25-30% and the plans are free to the first builder.<br />
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Clint Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271607986672469042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661773795518798291.post-8463288867644677822014-02-14T09:03:00.000-05:002014-02-14T09:03:37.946-05:00Calendar Islands Yawl Modeling Continued<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fleshing out the Calendar Islands Yawl</h2>
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Modeling the Interior</h3>
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While I am actually breaking out the geometry of the final 3D computer model, the interior of the "in-the-flesh" model was glued in yesterday and I'll prime it today.</div>
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It never ceases to amaze me how everything just fits. Paper patterns are Spray77 tacked to 1/8" plywood and cut to the line on the bandsaw. Then the parts are glued into place with little to no refinement and they fit well. It makes this method of proving out the hull design quite efficient.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After hull turnover in actual full-size construction, this is what the boat interior will look like.</td></tr>
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The beauty of kit construction, is that we set up stem, bulkheads, and transom on a CNC cut, self-jigging strongback. And after planking, we turn over the hull and the interior structure is already complete. In traditional construction, the molds would be removed and bulkheads fit in their place. Kit construction allows the professional and home-builder to skip the time consuming steps of making patterns and scribing in bulkheads.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After turn over, the tank tops are put in place. They play an important structural role in stiffening this very light boat.</td></tr>
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Stay up to date with me as next I'll prime the hull and make paint choices. Furthermore, the cutting files will be ready for CNC cutting of the first kit. </div>
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