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Member Boats Under Construction...
Scooter, F-25A PROJECT
by Mike Wright and Pat Pilages
This is the construction of a
Farrier, F-25A. In mid-November 2000 Mike sent the following comments about
the project:
"We started
the project over 7 years ago, as I have a small child there is a limited about of time I
can work on it a week. Someday we will finish. The project started at my house in north
Seattle, we have since moved to Mercer Island. The move cost us about months of building.
This last summer it was at Wayne's while I fixed the old garage (removed the temporary
extension) and sold the house. Towards the end of the summer I spent 14 weeks fairing the
main hull below the gunwale. This took about 20 hours a week. A lot more work than I had
envisioned though I am happy with the results. The boat will be moved into my new garage
this weekend. We hope to launch next summer. The main hull is about complete as you can
tell. The floats are done. The beams are done as well as the rig. It is mainly about
finishing and then fit out. The interior probably will not be done till the following
summer. At this point I just want to sail the boat. I can't believe it has been over 7
years. I think we will have spent 3000 hrs building the boat when finished. It is the
third F-25A built by a club member. Jack Kinney and David Lund have finished theirs."
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the photo for a larger view. Use your browser "back" button to return
here.
Ann
Erickson writes:
"With the main hull ready to move back to
Mikes house after painting it, they loaded it on the trailer. Somehow it happened to
be the night of our September club meeting and it was show and tell, so they stopped by
and showed it off. Here are club members milling around inspecting their work and
generally enjoying the late summer evening. That's Randy "torture testing" the
stern section."
Launch Report |
Pat and Mike beside the main hull at the NWMA club meeting in
September. 
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Hull sanding and fairing complete. |
Aft Starboard of main hull |
Bow shot |
Tight fit in the garage |
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Interior section |
Bow of an F-27 on left with Scooter's bow sticking out of garage. |
Low angle stern shot of main hull |
Port bow shot of main hull |
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Bow shot |
Fwd beam section |
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| Pictures in this row submitted Dec. 2001 just after the
hull was painted! |
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| Pictures in these rows submitted Sep.
2002! |
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