Roberts PCF 40 Gallery – complete hull building details

This series of photographs, which we hope will grow along with the vessel, has been provided by Mac, the builder of this boat

Page 1:  Building and standing the frames and later plating the hull.

 

 

Mac is an experienced trawler man and very computer literate These photo's are taken off a CD Mac sent us with hundreds of pictures. Mac got into the habit of taking photos every week end. Here we can only show some of them. It's always good to work with a man of Mac's experience

 

 

Transferring the full size patterns onto a solid surface.

 

A simple home made  frame bender

 

The first frames standing

 

More frames in place.

 

 

Mac, ex trawler man and Boat builder, with an invaluable aid to building in his hand. 

 

Plating the hull

 

One side of the keel plated with prop tube and engine beds
already in place

 

Lowering the first of the hull plates into position and ........

 

..... tacked in place

 

Bottom plates tacked into position.

 

Top side plates in position. The plating of the bow is shown separately on page 4

 

The look from the inside.

 

Fully welded. Rubbing strake in position.