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by Mal McKenzie - Minden, Queensland - Australia

Part One - Part Two - Part Three

Part 3 shows the steps taken to complete wood work and fiberglass reinforcing of the hull. In building a boat each part is just a series of small tasks and steps that result in a useful object called a boat.

Jon Boat looks more complete but with lots more work to do.
Lachie trying out the Jon Boat yesterday. Bet he can’t wait till it is completed.
Preparing to glass the seams of the rear seat bulkhead.
Glassing in progress.
Glassing completed and now waiting for the epoxy to harden.
Adding the reinforcing pieces to the bow section.
Preparing the pine seat bracing pieces.
The pieces ready for fitting.
Fitting the seat bracing.
Bottom bracing glued and screwed in place.
Gluing in the plywood bow transom cover piece.
Gluing in the middle seat with the bracing pieces fitted.
Gluing in the stern transom plywood cover piece.
The transom cover strip in place.
Marking out the circles for the hatches using a simple compass with a paddlepop stick and a marker pen.
Gluing on the rounded Tassie Oak seat edge strips.
Gluing on the front seat reinforcing plywood.
Holding down the rear seat reinforcing piece. The polyurethane glue is leaking out as it foams.
Gluing on more seat reinforcing.
Seat hatch hole rough cut out using a hole saw.
Here we are trying out some extra Jon Boat accessories. The oars were made for our Summer Breeze dinghy.
Gluing in a couple seat supports.
Cutting the bow to fit the curved bow extension.
Also adding more front seat reinforcing.
Adding some plywood reinforcing to the rear seat top.
Recess in the bow transom.
The Douglas Fir bow extension is now glued and screwed in place.
Adding more lamination to the bow extension.
The bow extension laminations before sanding to shape.
The seat covers are now sealed with epoxy prior to fitting.
The seat tops are glued and screwed in ready to be glassed around the edges.
The seats are now glassed with tape and epoxy.
Gluing in the front seat edge reinforcing.
Drilling the bow extension hand hold. The bow extension has also been sanded and trimmed to shape to match the hull.
The hand hold drilled and waiting for the edges to be cut further.
The hand hold needs more work to finish.
The curved Tassie Oak seat edge strip has been glued and screwed in place. The strip ends will be faired in place with epoxy putty.
The hull wood work is now complete. After some sanding and gap filling the interior and the gunwales will be ready for the epoxy sealer prior to painting.
Jon Boat front view.
In mid July we started with some sheets of plywood.
And some basic plans to use some tools to cut, glue and screw some pieces together.
Work in progress using tools and plywood.
To have this. Amazing how the flat plywood bends to shape.

This now concludes the main assembly of the Jon Boat hull. Part 4 will continue with the fitting of the rod holders, sealing of the hull interior with epoxy and painting. We will see the Jon Boat completion and if all goes well being launched in a local lake.

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