Re: Building the Nymph
I used a nice piece of pine for the thwart on my old nymph. I then
stained it with a mahogany stain and coated it with 3 coats of
polyurethane varnish. It held my 200 lb fanny just fine. The only
problem I had with the boat is getting into it. The thwart is in
exactly the wrong location for gentle boarding from a dock. This
boat can tip you out before you sit down. Once in, it's fine.
I should add, that the boat tows very well as we made our way all
over Nantucket sound with the boat in tow behind our 22' clorox
bottle shaped sailbote.
david jost
stained it with a mahogany stain and coated it with 3 coats of
polyurethane varnish. It held my 200 lb fanny just fine. The only
problem I had with the boat is getting into it. The thwart is in
exactly the wrong location for gentle boarding from a dock. This
boat can tip you out before you sit down. Once in, it's fine.
I should add, that the boat tows very well as we made our way all
over Nantucket sound with the boat in tow behind our 22' clorox
bottle shaped sailbote.
david jost
--- In bolger@y..., "gbb132000" <gbb132000@y...> wrote:
>wood have some of you
> chosen for this part? Interestingly, this ties in with the
question
> about substituting plywood for lumber. A thwart of 3/4" plywood
> would be simple, but I doubt it would be rigid enough to support my
> 200 lb. fanny. Thoughts?
>
> Thanks for the kind comments and advice-
>
> gbb
Quick update;
Spent another 1.5 hours or so, and got both upper sides and the
bottom cut out. I clamped two sheets of ply to each other and cut
the side panels simultaneously with a saber saw. Also laid out frame
number two and the stern transom.
The cut outs at the chine locations are not defined in the 'book'
version of the plans. Nor is the exact lay-out of the interior cut
out on the frames. I went to work with a compass and straightedge,
though, and I think I did OK.
Did I mention that I'm doing this without proper plans? Payson says
in the book that you could do it from the shrunken plans provided, so
I decided to be cheap and brave. ;o) It worked out OK on the
posterboard version, so I think I'll survive.
I have three sheets of plywood dedicated to the project, so I'm
relaxing about the layout. All frames will be one piece, with
primary grain running side - to - side. I've anticipated that the
lack of butt straps will reduce thickness, and I expect to need
temporary reinforcing strips during assembly.
Perhaps the strips will end up being permanent; I'll need some sort
of cleat to attach the longitudinal thwart to when the time comes.
Any advice about the thwart? What sort of wood have some of you
chosen for this part? Interestingly, this ties in with the question
about substituting plywood for lumber. A thwart of 3/4" plywood
would be simple, but I doubt it would be rigid enough to support my
200 lb. fanny. Thoughts?
Thanks for the kind comments and advice-
gbb
Spent another 1.5 hours or so, and got both upper sides and the
bottom cut out. I clamped two sheets of ply to each other and cut
the side panels simultaneously with a saber saw. Also laid out frame
number two and the stern transom.
The cut outs at the chine locations are not defined in the 'book'
version of the plans. Nor is the exact lay-out of the interior cut
out on the frames. I went to work with a compass and straightedge,
though, and I think I did OK.
Did I mention that I'm doing this without proper plans? Payson says
in the book that you could do it from the shrunken plans provided, so
I decided to be cheap and brave. ;o) It worked out OK on the
posterboard version, so I think I'll survive.
I have three sheets of plywood dedicated to the project, so I'm
relaxing about the layout. All frames will be one piece, with
primary grain running side - to - side. I've anticipated that the
lack of butt straps will reduce thickness, and I expect to need
temporary reinforcing strips during assembly.
Perhaps the strips will end up being permanent; I'll need some sort
of cleat to attach the longitudinal thwart to when the time comes.
Any advice about the thwart? What sort of wood have some of you
chosen for this part? Interestingly, this ties in with the question
about substituting plywood for lumber. A thwart of 3/4" plywood
would be simple, but I doubt it would be rigid enough to support my
200 lb. fanny. Thoughts?
Thanks for the kind comments and advice-
gbb