ABW Sept 2020

Paulo cutting his nesting dinghy in half with a hand saw
usually built as one boat initially, both halves are separated
by bulkheads that are initially separated by cardboard
spacers. The boat is cut in half by the builder at a specific
stage of the build, a cut is made between bulkhead, cutting
through the cardboard spacers. He is currently working on
the finishing details of his boat, hoping to finish before
Amihan arrives in October.
In the UK, a retired land surveyor saw himself working 13 hours
daily for three months to finish his cedar-planked Stornoway
that he started in 2017. His launch and build got media
attention during the
pandemic because he
To get the boat out,
Steve had to remove
the door as well as
its surrounding door
frame.
had to do some minor
home demolition to
get the boat out of
his house.
Steve Goodchild
from Devon ran a
joinery shop in an
earlier life and has a
good woodworking
background, When he originally planned the build of his
Stornoway he knew he could get it out of the patio door,
but boatbuilders being what they are couldn’t leave well
enough alone and made some modifications to the design
by adding a foredeck, this made the finished boat a few
inches wider. To get the boat out, Steve had to remove the
door as well as its surrounding door frame. Considering he
built the entire boat inside a spare room in his house, the
house remodeling job wasn’t that big of a deal.
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