by GHBoats Webmaster | Nov 28, 2012 | SCAMP
Moving right along…. The first glass Scamp hull is now in the mold. We did some experimenting with scantlings to try to get this hull close to the desired weight of about 200 pounds (hull only). The finished weight for a sailaway Scamp is just over 400 pounds so by...
by GHBoats Webmaster | Nov 10, 2012 | Point Defiance
If you follow the blog, you’ve probably noticed that the used boats we post on our Available Now page don’t normally last long. Sometimes they don’t even make it to the website before they’re gone! Here’s a story where the boat...
by GHBoats Webmaster | Nov 5, 2012 | SCAMP
Yeah, it has been over a month since the last update. But I have an excuse… I was sailing in the BVI … But never fear, Falk and the guys here were real busy in my absence and made great progress. The hull mold is FINISHED! This first group of photos below shows the...
by GHBoats Webmaster | Oct 2, 2012 | SCAMP
Hi Guys and Gals, Well, this is the period I mentioned a few weeks ago when lots of hours of labor results in little visible change to our Scamp plug. Fairing the exterior planks is one of those boring, time consuming tasks that seems to take forever yet is critical...
by GHBoats Webmaster | Sep 8, 2012 | SCAMP
We had an interesting week. Along with all our usual activities, we had a group of visiting Small Craft owners stop by the boatshop as part of their group cruise through Puget Sound. Their timing was perfect because the same day Scamp’s designer John Welsford,...
by GHBoats Webmaster | Sep 5, 2012 | SCAMP
Time for another SCAMP update – work is progressing pretty quickly now! This part of the construction is the installation of a temporary deck, and then turning the hull over to design the keelsons and begin the fairing process. The purpose of this temporary deck...