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Figments and Phragmites

Building the CLC Expedition Wherry

How wood you do this?

18/11/2017

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As the Wherry comes with full sized plans, building is easy. Lay out your 3mm sheet of Okoume Plywood on the building table, lay the plans over it, and start poking. Literally, you take an ice pick, or in my case, a "Scratch awl" and poke through the paper along the edges of the drawing you want to cut out of the wood. Once you do that, you remove the paper, connect the dots with a pencil, and cut it out.
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It really is that easy, it just takes a steady hand with the pencil and saw. The entire boat is done like that, no lofting required. If I had bought the kit, all of these parts would have been cut out on a giant CNC router that Chesapeake Light Craft owns, it's a truly fearsome machine.
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    Preface

    While I grew up along the shallow salty waters of Southern New Jersey's back bays, It was not until High School that I learned to row. While illness kept me from joining the Crew Team, it gave me the knowledge and need to get back on the water again in a slender boat designed for all out speed.

    The Expedition Wherry is a not a slender and tippy racing shell, it is not even a recreational shell, it is a beast onto itself that has most of the speed of a shell, but is seaworthy like a kayak. Able to carry over 400 pounds in cockpit and both sealed compartments, this is the perfect boat for a day on the water or a weekend of "camp cruising" on some deserted island beach.
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