Discover Secrets to Boat Building: Hull, Keel and Stem Fairing Explained! S3-E14
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- In this episode of building Victoria, Arabella's tender, Boat builder Bob Emser shows some secrets to fairing a hull. From hand planning, long boarding and using fairing compound the small 9'Dinghy starts to take shape. In addition to explaining some fairing tools, Bob also show how to shape and install the boats keel and outer stem. Victoria will be the sailing tender for Steve Dennete's boat Arabella as seen on the TH-cam cannel Acorn to Arabella.
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Bob is the embodiment of the word fastidious.
Thanks!
I really enjoy watching all of the handwork that goes into wooden boat building
That boat is going to cut through the water really good. I bet Steve is loving the progress and how good it's coming out.
You make me feel that time doesn’t matter, perfection does.
Bob, your knowledge, craftsmanship and patience are joys to behold. She's looking beautiful!
It is always wonderfully relaxing watching a skilled craftsman at work.
The keel turned out beautifully, Bob.
This was an excellent episode. Really enjoy seeing several aspects covered on a longer video.
Hi Mark,
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just love how the keel and stem transformed the look of the boat.
What a beautiful boat... I know it had to be done, but I started to cry when you began to cover all that pretty wood with fairing compound.
It is wonderful to watch an artist at work. You are producing a great boat.
She is coming along beautifully! Great work-so pleasing to watch!
Excellent work friend, I bet Steve will be pleased, have a nice day !!!. Brian UK !!!. 🌊🌊.
Many thanks
Beautiful! ❤
Cheers from Alaska
I really like the aesthetic of the boat and keel line, the way that you have faired it in. Looking forward to the fibre glassing stage Bob.
Thanks. Fiberglass next episode!
The shape is pleasing to the eye. A true working piece of art.
You make this look so easy. Also, thank you for pointing back to previous videos. I enjoyed learning how you made the fairing tool in S2-E27.
She is coming right along Bob and looking great. Thank you for the video and for teaching us about boat building.
I wish I could have faired my boat in less than 20 minutes! Well done - she looks great!
Me too!
If you think that only took 20 minutes, you need to step away from the chemical fumes and get some fresh air, like right now!
Glad your here! Take care and thanks for sharing 😊
You never disappoint in the quality of your videos and your work Bob. Victoria is looking svelte. Looking forward to seeing the glass go on and her turned upright. Thank you and have a great week ahead.
Now that is a beautiful little boat! That one really fits your motto.
It is even aesthetically pleasing to watch you work. Not only do you make it beautiful, you even make it beautifully.
I came to your channel via Steve/A to A, and having watched all the Victoria videos so far, I have to say, your craftsmanship makes for heart warming watching session!
You really need to go watch his tool making videos, and his other two boat builds. They are all so worth the watch.
Work of art ! Congrats ! Looking forward to the next episode.
No other channel on TH-cam does it better. This channel inspires me to get into the shop every time. Keep up the great content
Awesome! Thank you!
I know they asked for paint but your work would have made an outstanding varnish finish. Still, it will be beautiful. 👍👍 Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
She’s beautiful. Impressive workmanship. Bravo!
Beautiful work, Bob!
Misery boards is not what I have known them by, but torture boards. I faired a 38 ft catamaran by myself doing what you have just shown.
Ah!
No one could make it any better!
Keep up the good work 👍
JIM❤
Thank you very much!
I am so enjoying your build, Bob. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Bob, terrific work as always. I'm sure Steve's crew on Arabelle are capable of doing an excellent job of fairing and finishing A2A's hull but I would just love to see what you could accomplish.on her hull after seeing your work on the dingy. In any event your new dingy will obviously look terrific sitting on Arabelle's cabin roof.
Looking good
The stem looks good she's all faired up just about ready for some epoxy work.. looks great thus far Bob. cheers bud.
Thanks 👍
You do magnificent work. Makes me want to run my hand across the hull. Beautiful.
Thanks David!
I enjoy watching a skilled craftsman at work. great job it looks like Victory will move through the water nicely.
The little vessel is really coming to life.
Looking good Sir!
Thanks again for sharing your craft.
Looking really good
Thanks
First class content, really enjoyed this episode
I wish I could feel the smooth wood after your arduous sanding! I’m sure it’s rewarding!
I wish you could too!
You're certainly making it look beautiful. Enjoyed watching.
Love your style sir. Very informative at every step.
I appreciate that!
Such beautiful work, Bob. You definitely raise the bar.
Thanks I try!
Nice to watch a professional at work, thanks
Very satisfying. It's certainly beautiful.
Fantastic job Bob! It is looking so beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Fun to watch. Rings back some memories on past boats I’ve built. Thanks
great work Bob looking fantastic.
Looks Great!!
A work of art as always. Looks beautiful. Really enjoy your videos. And I do not miss the music. I like the sound of your tools.
Thank you! Cheers!
Está quedando hermoso.Saludos.
Well Bob I have you got that last part right! It's looking beautiful.
You my friend, are a remarkable craftsman.
Great job!!
Great work sir.
Thanks for the video
Amazing craftsman! Really beautiful work.
Thank you very much!
Talk about somebody having OCD. Awesome work man!
Your Barber needs to be commended too.
Great video !
Really enjoy watching you work. When I do this sort of work and also following Louis Sauzedde, Nick Schade
and also Mark Reuben Nomad boat building I paint the two surfaces to be bonded with unthickened epoxy before applying the thickened. I think the theory is that the wood (particularly the cedar) will absorb the resin from the thickened before it sets up and the joint won’t be as strong.
Sure is beautiful, great work!
You're doing a wonderful job, I love it!
Are you intending to put in a front door? I guess in a boat this small they are more for aesthetics but they do look nice.
By front door are you referring to a hatch in the front bulkhead? If so no. It will be a flotation chamber. There will be lockers in the center and aft seat.
Thanks for watching!
I guess he is referring to the front door that has been made for tally ho in the episode yesterday..
surely was referring to yesterday’s TallyHo episode. It was an epic April fools prank.
@@mm-hl7gh :) The front door on Victoria would be more like a cat flap but heh. Just my attempt at humour.
Metric units in subtitle - wonderful 😊
Thanks for the confirming comment.
I remember the olden days when you turned a screw in by hand
A True Craftsman a new Sub here
Thanks, welcome aboard!
Beautiful, Bob! That's a real work of art! 😃
Perhaps some day I try to build... A canoe. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Beautiful work, perfect
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice
Thanks
Nice work. I have found when I run my hands over the fairing/sanding area, that I close my eyes. Seems to heighten sensitivity by concentrating on what you feel, not what you see.
Indeed! I do the same.
Victoria will be beautiful. Nice work.
Thank you! 😊
Wonderful 👍... Goodonyas!
Thank you! Cheers!
A work to art.
And Victoria lives on in the tender. She's Beautiful and will look Great on Arabella
very satisfying to watch such a craftsman - my dad on the other hand would say he can watch other people work for hours
love what your doing, absolutely boatiful (see what i did there)
Bob, that looks like more of a workout than your Crossfit. Beautiful job.
It sure feels like it. Thanks for watching!
As a non-American viewer of your videos i appreciate it very much you're using metric measurements descriptions in addition to imperial ones.
Just one remark as a former wood worker: with increasing precision we tend to use millimeter (mm) rather than centimeter (cm).
So 1.9 cm would be 19 mm and 12.7 cm would be 127 mm (talking about 1 cm is okay though).
Nevertheless thank you for your great work !
To me it looked like for the fairing compound you used fairy dust! beautiful curves taking shape.
Bob, you are a master! I love watching you work.. I live in Washington State now, but was raised and grew up just down the road from Eureka. I graduated from Washington CommunityHigh in 1957. As a kid, I spent a great amount of time at or on Eureka Lake. Were you there, Eureka, that far back?
Hi Joe, Thank you!
I grew up in East Peoria, graduated in 1972. We spent a occasional picnic/family reunion at the lake. I moved to Eureka as a young adult for Eureka College where I taught for 13 years. Launched my first boat in Eureka Lake.
Thanks for watching.
Cheers,
Bob
So much love and care is going into Victoria, really looking forward to watching the next episode. Are you on target to have it ready the the launch of Arabella ?
I certainly hope so! As I map out the tasks I pretty confident that Victoria will get wet along side of Arabella.
Cheers,
Bob
Love to build a small sail boat like this. Have to finish my cedar strip kayak first lol
Do as I say not as I do. "One boat at a time is best!" When you're ready for the next boat you may be interested in my boat building clinic.
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It's hard to resist reaching out and feeling for fairness of the hull
I love that you are making a “Tally Ho” style dingy for Arabella.
Hi Richard,
The dinghy is based on a William Atkin design. Arabella is an Atkin design boat. It is Steve desire that the designs work together. So I hope you'll love the "Arabella" style dinghy for Arabella.
Thanks for watching!
Bob
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding , I meant no disrespect. My Tally Ho reference was a remark about the ultra high quality of workmanship.
Fair and tender....
Great Stuff!!! And I hear a bird or birds in the background that we dont have in our neighbourhood! Viewing from westcoast Canada! CHEERS from HERE!!!
I do love the bird sounds. Great sign that spring is near.
Those were Northern Cardinals-The State Bird of Illinois
I'm wondering if you flushed out all the screw holes with solvent to allow the compound to adhere properly? Beautiful work as usual!
Bob, a guy like you, probably 6'2 or better should make some taller saw horses and reduce that steep bend to get over your work! Your craftsmanship is certainly evident in every step!
I wish barely 5'-10" and shrinking!
Hi,it is becoming a beautiful little boat,I love the softness of the curves.wil you be fitting half round bead irons to the keel as protection when possibly running onto a beach?Roly🇬🇧
One of the reasons I used Black Locust is because of its hardness. It will be coated it fiberglass and resin so it will be very durable. I will add a couple of half rounds at the bulge for protection. Whether they or brass or wood is yet to be determined.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely no NEED to go to the gym when fairing a hull, big or small I would imagine...Great video cheers...rr
While I have thoroughly enjoyed your work with the Art of Boat Building I am looking for references for your sculpture work prior. I have a high school friend form the 60's who is an artist in bent wood. Rick Maxwell now lives in Dallas but we knew each other around Chicago. Please lead me toward your previous efforts. Thank You. Craig sends
here’s my art website
www.bobemser.com
Thanks for you interest
Really enjoy your channel. Just wondering if there will be an episode 15 for season 3? Cheers!
Indeed there will. S3-E15 will be posted this weekend.
Excellent! Thank you so much.
Great job so far. Roughly how many hours would you have into this project so far ? Thanks for the videos.
No clue! hard to calculate all of the planning and design time. Which if you ask my wife I'm doing all the time.
Thanks for watching!
I watched the older video, about making the tool, but by mistake I watched the wrong one where you were using the fairing compound. Why did you keep it out of the gaps between the planks on that boat, but on this boat you made it a point to fill them? Thanks.
In the older video the Haven hull was carvel planked. This traditional method relies on the hull swelling up to seal the seams. In the dinghies strip planking the planks are intended to be glued together, hence filling the steams. The dinghy will be fiberglassed inside and out where the Haven only gets paint.
Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding Thank you!
Beautiful work, Bob. What is the cutout for on the back of the keel?
It’s for the skeg.
Great episode.
Q: Is there a rule how far aft one may place the joint between stem and keel?
Only the rule of logic.
Thanks for watching!
It's beautiful work I like it
But I find one spot. Which is need put putty on left side of it near stem
Ha Ha! You missed April Fools day but good one anyway.
Having made a strip-built kayak myself I appreciate how much time, effort, and skill went into the construction of this hull. From a practical perspective, though, I wonder if using strips of extruded foam (e.g. divinycell) rather than cedar would not only have been a much easier way to achieve the same look (once painted) but might be "better" in that it could be lighter, stronger, and more buoyant (possibly "unsinkable"). It's a question not an assertion though - if the molds are still set up it might be a relatively simple experiment for Bob to conduct (assuming he'd want to build another set of the "bright" finished panels for the transom, bulkhead, etc. of course)
Hi Steve,
A foam core is absolutely possible. Part of this project, as with Arabella, is the idea and philosophy to reuse and locally source materials. Steve and I are on the same page about the majority of the boat materials being from the original Victoria. Also why he wants it named Victoria.
You're correct the process would have gone faster. The process would have even gone faster if I had used new bead and cove cedar strips.
Not planning on a second build. I can make to molds available for another builder if they so desire.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Bob
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding that certainly makes sense, and craftsmanship is never a "waste of time" even if the results are hidden under paint or behind a wall. I appreciate what you do - thanks for the response.
Bob, Acetone effects your nervous system. Use a carbon filter mask. Make sure your gloves are as resistant to acetone degradation as possible and not permeable to it. Not all gloves are the same. The MSDS should tell you what sort to wear.
💙
Beautiful job on the fairing. But one thing I really love is the plank grooves like those on a caulked hull. Is there a way to recreate those on a hull like this?
Most likely there is a way. What you are thinking of is so that the hull would have looked like if was carvel planked. I like the way carvel planking looks, which is what I did on my Haven 12 1/2. It's my personal philosophy that it would be inauthentic to add groves to a strip planked hull to mimic carvel planks. Best to just carvel plank the hull. Not in the card for this boat as the reused cedar would not have cooperated.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Bob
@@TheArtofBoatBuilding yeah I hear what you are saying. I was inspired to this as I've seen lots of fiberglass hulls with faux plank lines. I knew it was glass yet the lines added that classic Carvel plank look.
Yes, plank a dinghy would definitely be a huge challenge.