Hit a Slow Spot on "Sweet Caroline", So we went to Bolger-building: TWO Nymphs!

I have been troweling fairing putty on the 20 foot "Sweet Caroline" hull (a totally mindless and unsatisfying task), and the second wedding is imminent, so my friend Tryon and I turned our attention to the "Nymph" templates I have been accumulating as I worked on SC.
 
In two half-days, we have put together TWO Nymphs, all but the bilge panels (and have photos, too).  One for Tryon's Hunter sailboat, one for my grandson's birthday present.  Very cute, LOTS of rocker, but are they flimsy-looking before the glassing starts!  The bulkheads were butt-blocked with PL Premium polyurethane glue, very satisfactory.  We found that placing 3/4 wax-papered "firring strips" on the bulkheads with drive screws, then fastening the panels on with drive screws, was MUCH easier than trying to nail the panels directly to the 1/4 luan bulkheads. I think the boat would not suffer much if one used 3/8 or even 1/2 for the bulkheads, but the elegance of getting the entire hull out of two sheets would be lost.  The sail rig calls for some 1/2 or 3/4 pieces, so a sheet of 1/2 would not add much to the cost.
 
I'll have some pictures on the web in a few days...
 
I have templates for all the bulkheads and transoms from 1/8 doorskin.  My offer is still open to loan the templates to anyone in the U.S. or Canada who has the Payson book or Bolger's plans.  The long panels are as well done "one-off", only two panels to plot (bottom and side), as the bilge panels are measured from the work.
 
Don Hodges
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