"Sushi"

Sushi is a Whitehall design pulling boat. I made her to be a dingy for "Wasabi" and a small sailboat for my kids. She paddles well but because the spars are spruce and the bottom is V'ed, she does not stand on her own at dock with the rig up. This frightens my son but I have taken her for a little sail and she did fine.

I purchased historical plans from the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic Connecticut. I visited the museum several years back while on vacation visiting my brother when he lived in New York. I loved all the classic boats they had there and always wanted to make one for myself.

For this project, I scarf joined the strips before planing and putting on the cove and bead. Using full lenght strips without having to fit them together during the stripping process was a dream. From now on I will use this method when I build a boat with cedar strips. It takes a long time to make strips but you can do this while you are waiting to decide what the next project will be.

Being the third boat and the fact that there is no difference in the stripping method, I do not have many construction photos of Sushi.

The hull glassed and getting the final coats of epoxy.

Bottoms up

A look at the classic wine glass transom. I did not make the skeg as long as designed  because I wanted the boat to turn easier. The keel is laminated instead of being build by cutting wood and fitting them together.

Transom

Finished with the oars in place. Soon she will see the light of day!

Finished

Here is a shot of Sushi with her name painted on and me proud of my work. She is a pretty little thing.

Me an my girl

Now a nice shot of her by herself.

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