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Cedar Shortage & Bow Section Construction - Building A 50ft Sailboat - Ep. 357 RAN Sailing
28 July 2023 · 21 min · 110K views · Sweden
What this video covers
Johan and Malin are building a 50-foot sailboat on their farm, currently focusing on planking the hull and constructing the bow cone. With the bow section fully planked, the remaining hull strips are becoming progressively shorter, requiring precise measurements to minimise timber waste.6:03 The couple has nearly exhausted their supply of cedar, leaving them approximately 10 per cent short of the total needed to finish the stern.11:57 To compensate, they are ripping and planing odd cedar scraps into narrower strips, which maintain the required thickness for the hull.10:57 They also identified a 2.5-square-metre area where the keel plate will sit, which will be solid glass rather than cedar, further reducing the remaining material requirement.11:33 For the bow cone, Johan is using oak planks cut into six layers via CNC router files provided by their naval architect, Ulf.14:00 These layers feature pilot holes for alignment plugs to ensure accurate stacking before final hand-shaping.19:26
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