Tuesday 26 June 2007

(24/6)Ferdig med bord! Planks finished! Buird ullamh!


Nå kan jeg vikelig si at bordlaging er ferdig, slutt, gjort. Finito. Itjno meir bord å gjørre! De er nå å begynne på band (trebiter som går på tvers i båten for forsterking )

I can now finally say: Yaaay! Last plank finished. Now the frames (commonly called ribs) have to be sawn. and chiseled and put in the boat.


'S urrainair a ràth a-nis gu bheil na bùird ullamh, deiseil, finito. A-nis tha na raingeanan ri thòiseachadh (Na pìosan tiugha foadh a tha dol tarsainn aig astaran cunnbhalach airson nearteachadh)

(19/06) The danger of assuming a "My boat is holeyer than thine" attitude



One shouldn't assume greater piousness than others, or even Pie-essness. Anyway, holey boats have a greater tendency to sink. The moral of this story is that finishing those planks that I promised would be finished already in a previous post, aren't - because of various setbacks: a rotten bit that I stuck my thumb through in one plank, and old iron nails ripping holes in another plank. Ah well, all's well that ends well.

(10/06) Not a patch on the old plank!?


No, not one patch, but two. They're screwed on over the old scarph joints to stop them pivoting and the new plank, running the lenght of 3 old ones, assuming the wrong shape.

Saturday 9 June 2007

Mmmmmmmm












Det er massevis av kjøtt i fryserene her som må spises. Her ser dokk et bilde av a) pølser (som rimer på tølse!) som er heimlage, b) storfryseren, som er stappfull. Legg merke til høvelen, som er plassert i bildet for å vise hvor mye kjøtt det virkelig er! Det er også ein fryser til som er halv så stor. Dem som kommer her for på besøk kan få store porsjoner kjøtt for litegran arbeid!

There is a large amoutn of meat here which must be eaten up. Above you can see a picture of a) homemade sausages, b) our big freezer, which is full to the brim. A wood plane has been placed in the picture in order to give a sense of scale. There is also a further freezer, half the size, also ful. Anyone who comes on a visit can get large portions of the stuff in exchange for a little work!

Tha uimhir mhòr de fheòl an seo a dh fhèumas ithe. Faic os cionn airson dealbh a) de isbeannan a rinn sinn fhìn, b) an frìsear mor againn, a tha loma làn. Chìthear locair anns an dealbh a sheallas dìreach de seòrsa mèudachd air a bhil sinn a' bruidhinn! Tha frìsear eile ann cuideachd, leth'n mhèudachd, cho làn ris a chiad. Dheagh duine sam bith a thigeas an seo a' cèilidh beagan feòl airson beagan ceòl (uill, beagan obair co-dhiu, ach chan eil an aon ring to it!)



Et omfar til!

Another strake!

Stràc eile!


Et omfar til var i dag klinkt fast. Det er 3 bord til (et omfar og en halv) igjen å gjøre. Regne med att oppbording blir ferdig kl.16.47 på Onsdag! Må i hvertfall være ferdig omtrent da for å ha nok tid for alle de andre ting som måå gjøres...


Another strake clenched in place today. 3 more boards to do (about a strake and a half). Planning to be finished with the boards 16.47 hundred hours Wedensday! Have to at least be finished around then to have aenough time to do the rest of the boat...


Stràc eile deiseal an diugh! 3 bòrd eile ri dheanamh (mu stràc gu leth). An dùil agam a bhi ullamh leis na bùird 16.47 Diciadain! Uill, fèumaidh mi bhi deiseal leotha mun uairsinn airson gus am bith tìd agam airson an còrr dhen bhàta thogail...

Tuesday 5 June 2007






Og hva har jeg gjort siden jeg måtte ”bynn å jobb orntli”, etter Tjerand og Paul dro? Det har vært litt stopp og start - jeg er desverre ike helt frisk som fersk sjømat, etter min langvarig skjukdom - buuu! kjedelig! Et lite bord måtte lages tre gang før det ble klinkt fast! Men det var framskritt det òg - i går stevndelen som tok c.a. ei uke i laging var sett trulig fast med tre store bolter! Se bildene.

Også lagg merke til pinnen som kalles for vannpinnen eller varternaglen. Hvis det kommer vann imellom de to delene av sjøten i stevnen, så vil vannpinnen trutne og tette seg it hulet, og forhindre sjøen som prover å snike seg inn i båten.

Går bra da, et bord stimt og putte inn i båten for å ta form - se siste bilde;

So what have i done since Tjerand and Paul left, and I have been obliged to get off my arse and get a shift on? Well, unfortunately its been a bit of a slow start due to the evil plague which has plaugued me evilly is still lingering a bit. A bit dull, and the reason, I think for having to make a small plank 3 times! Oh, well third time lucky as they say. There has been progress, though - yesterday I put the stem part that took a week finally in place, with glue and tar and sweat and blood and sikaflex and Big Bolts!

Note the water stick (?) Not sure about the validity in English of this term... which swells up with any incoming water and prevents it getting any further.

Progress is being made however - steamed and stuck a plank in the boat today, as can be seen from the last photo.

Uill, de tha mi air a dheanamh bho nuair a bha T agus P an seo airson mo thòiseachadh air an obair. Gu mi fhortanch chan eil a h-uile latha air a bhi cho soirbheachail sin – tha mi fhathast a sabaid earball an tinneas ràsanach agam, ach tha e a toirt a shàil leis mu dheireafdh thall! Is e sin as aobhar gun robh feum gam aon nbord beag a dhèanamh 3 tursan, tha mi cìnnteach. Ach tha adhartas mhath ann, claiginn toiseach air ath-ùrachadh, agus a chur an sàs an dè, le glaodh is teàrr is mastaic is tri ghàd mòr is cnothan air gach ceann. Gabh aire ris a mhaide-uisge, a tha ag àt le agus cur stad air uisge sam bith a’ tha a’ tighinn tron alpadh, agus cuideachadh le bhith cumail do chasan tiorm anns a bhàta!

Dealbh mu dheireadh a’ sealltainn cho fad’s a tha mi air tighinn an dràsd – òrd eile ’sa bhàta an deidh smùideadh.