Northeaster Dory · new build
First boat, basement built
Difficult step. Trimming the cloth and removing it at the joint of the 1st and 2nd panel was no fun. It took hours of scraping and careful filing with a riffler file to get the seam smooth and all of the tape off. A lot of my troubles stem from never having done this before though.
Photos from Sunday 8 November 2026.
Inside tape and fiberglass. Find Jesus before trimming the cloth and trying to get the tape off afterward.
Photos from Tuesday 10 November 2026.
Coming along nicely!
Inside filleted and fiberglassed, I fitted the breasthook and pulled the last of the stitches. I used a bastard file at the transom to file down the bits of protruding stainless wire as these would destroy any sanding disc I might use later. Hoisted and flipped in preparation for hull work. We decided on Jeannecke for the name. My mom's nickname when she was little in Belgium. I know it will be pronounced by some as "Jean-Necky" but it's actually "Jhon-eh-Ka"
The same boat, in somebody else's shop.
