The frames are built from 4/4 white oak. I am using 6mm Joubert plywood to make gussets that will increase strength along the chine. The floor gusset is made from 18mm plywood. Here, the final gussets are being epoxied and clamped.

The stem is cut from two layers of Joubert mahogany 18mm plywood. Here, I have the two pieces clamped while I try them with the building form. The pieces will be epoxied with West System epoxy and fasten with silicon bronze screws.

The hull begins with a pair of sturdy white oak timbers that will become the main load-bearing frame and motor stringers. I used green timber grown and milled locally in Ohio. Green timber is preferred due to its increased strength over that of kiln dried lumber. I have slightly oversized these components in order to increase strength and lower the center of gravity. The building form has been leveled on a garage floor that is not exactly level.

I am starting construction on my second boat. After spending the last year building an Iain Oughtred Acorn 10 (danesboats.blogspot.com), I wanted to try my hand with an inboard powered workboat. The criteria for choosing this design were simple - it needed to fit in one stall in my garage, it had to be capable of being powered by an inboard diesel, and finally it needed to have tons of character. After considering some very cool designs by Atkins (www.atkinboatplans.com) and Paul Gartside (www.gartsideboats.com) I chose the Glen-L Sherwood Queen due to its classic workboat look. Instead of the monocoque lapstrake construction used for the Acorn, this hull will be cold molded with an internal frame structure. Cold molding is simply layering high quality marine grade wood with a material like fiberglass or kevlar. The photo above shows the profile of the Sherwood Queen. She has a length of 15' 6" with a 7' 4" beam. The powerplant will most likely be a two cylinder Yanmar 2YM15, rated at 14 horsepower. I expect to spend 18 to 24 months building her.