UPDATE: 42' Bobby Sullivan

[shoefish]

CB&T I want to echo the thank you's that everyone else has had so far. Thank you for taking the time to take, and post all of these pictures. It gives me a whole new respect for the Carolina boats and their builders to see the time, effort, and craftmanship that gos into each of these beautiful rigs. Thanks again for thinking of us.

[Capt.Troy Crane]

She's really starting to shape now Keith, this is one of my favorite stages of the build.
Good luck, need to stop by and check her out but I have been going the other direction everyday. Finally shot the top coat in the engine room of the fin Seeker today, getting close.

good luck,
Troy

[CB&T]

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Planking has begun!

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Closeup of planking. All planking is installed by screws and west systems.

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All forward bulkheads installed.

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Engine room bulkheads installed.

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Inside shot of engine room bulkhead walls fiberglassed.

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Another pic of planking.

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Upper view bathroom and locker bulkheads.

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All lookouts installed, along with all blocking.

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Pic of anchor locker. This boat will have a bow pulpit to hold the anchor secure.

More pics of planking in the near future. Also, the shaft tube had it’s bearing installed and will be installed on the boat next week.

[Fortunate One]

CB&T,

I see they are using carvel planked juniper on the hull sides.

Do they just install glass and epoxy over that or do they strip it with diagonal strips of plywood and then glass?

[clt_capt]

What a great thread. If anyone doesn't believe that a Carolina juniper planked boat isn't a work of art, this will certainly change that. Keep up the updates.

This is gonna be one pretty lady...

[CB&T]

Hey Fortunate One, The boat will have layers of fiberglass with the resin. No diagonal strips of plywood.

[Ace1st]

Hey CB&T, going through withdrawals waiting on your update of your boat. Hows it coming? Did you keep them boys workin over the Holidays!

[melville84]

Awesome work.....Keep the pictures coming.

[squirtis]

Just incredible....

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It really is a fantastic thread and I being a carolina boat building idiot love the information shared here.

Thanks Again

Curtis

[CB&T]

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Planking on starboard side.



Another look at planking

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Planking on the bow.

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More bow planking. Filling all holes with west systems.

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Planking to stern.

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More planking from bow to stern.

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Sides are planked and this is a look from the inside.

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Port side planked and faired.

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Fairing the starboard side.

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Bow planked not faired.

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Starboard bow flare.

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Front view of bow.

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Bow picture not faired.

Went to the shop today 1/16/08, both sides are faired. They’re putting in the engine stringers and the stringers in the stern. I’ll be posting pics of the stringers installed next week. They will also begin planking the bottom of the boat and plywood on the bow deck.

My engine and generator have arrived and are just waiting for their home…about three weeks.