Restoring Vela - A Classic Fiberglass Sailboat - Episode 4

Progress aboard Vela, the Graves Constellation undergoing a full restoration in our TotalBoat Workshop, is moving along nicely. The deck beams and carlins from episode 3 have been attached and glued in and this week we see the aft bulkhead shaped to prepare the boat for new decks.
Once again, boatbuilder Dan Shea uses cedar strips to make precise patterns for 2 layers of marine plywood decking. Dan gives us pointers on making the patterns and shows us how the first and second layer of plywood are bonded to each other and to the deck beams and deck flange.
It's a full on boat show for the cameras and we hope you enjoy episode 4 in the Vela Restoration series.
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[@ymk8355]

awesome episode. something i have looking for a wee while on youtube and now found and efficiently and well put together, Thanks

[@TotalBoat]

Awesome, thank you for watching.

[@weburnitatbothends]

Nice work Team, I can only imagine being able to afford Thixoflex and Total Boat, be great to see you do something similar old school some day

[@TotalBoat]

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[@d.c.stewart5336]

Amazing what you can accomplish when you take time to think...Great series..Thanks for uploading

[@scottjones9670]

Awesome job, can't wait to see the result.

[@johnschmidt5330]

It takes skill and patience to restore to this level of craftsmanship and beauty. I love watching the progress.

[@Tracks777]

Great content. Keep it up!

[@peacekeepermoe]

2 words that will hopefully change your lives and efficiency... 'CNC Router'. But I am sure you know all about that. Good to see how things were done in the past as that is a dying art. In a post apocalyptic world those skills would come in very handy ;)

[@christophernoto]

PeaceKeeperMoe Boatbuilders are mostly using CNC in new construction, where there is a computer model of the boat, and, usually, the intention to produce more than one of that design.

[@IsaacPontevedra]

MASTER.

[@jpricepa]

Why did you thicken the epoxy for the laminated beams? Wouldn't straight epoxy work as well?

[@caseydixon8714]

What was the reason for 5200 on the carlin's and deck beams for fastening the deck ply down versus epoxy?