{"id":507,"date":"2012-05-18T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2013-02-24T23:40:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T23:40:05","slug":"oars-and-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kudzupatch.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/18\/oars-and-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Oars and skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have started on my oars. After a false start and a lot of looking around I finally settled on laminating some basswood boards into a blank. \u00a0I looked at a lot of plans on the web and I am more or less following Jim\u00a0Michalak’s plans. His plans are for 8 foot and I am making 9′. So they will vary a little bit.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

With that glued up I moved over to the boat and started skinning.<\/p>\n

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On this boat I just staple the skin on the inside of the coaming.<\/p>\n

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I am trying a new stitch down the bow. I have seen this done before but never knew how it was done and finally just decided to try it. It’s slower but I love the way it looks and I also found that I can pull the skin tight and not get those pesky pull holes either.<\/p>\n

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The bow is sewn and ready for a little shrinking to pull out some wrinkles. It’s going to be a couple of days before I can get back on it but it will not take long to be ready for paint or whatever finish I decide on.<\/p>\n

Any color suggestions? I am stumped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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