BROOKS
BOATS DESIGNS
Somes
Sound 12-1/2
Getting
started workshop: The details
Saturday
and Sunday, May 7 & 8
Here at our shop in West Brooklin, Maine
There
is room for one more person in the May workshop.
(It’s
too late to order keels, plywood, and rigging, alas; and
the solid wood order is coming up soon.)
For
registration and materials ordering information,
please go to this
page.
The
workshop
The
cost for the workshop is $225, which includes coffee break
and lunch each day. The workshop will run all day Saturday
and Sunday. For part of one afternoon (whichever has the
better weather), we’ll discuss and load materials.
We
plan on covering the following: Managing a big
glued-lapstrake project; setting up the jig, molds, and the
backbone for the Somes Sound; tackling the tougher parts of
building the boat; and answering your questions about the
plans and building the boat. If there are additional things
you would like us to go over, please let us know.
Materials
We
can help with materials for your boat, saving you the
considerable shipping costs and passing along savings
received by ordering for the group.
Lead
keel: Plan
on the keel weighing about 600 lbs. Total cost, including
loading: $1,950.00.
Plywood:
Sapele
is, unfortunately, very difficult and unpredictable to get
these days, so we are offering meranti plywood that is
marine grade
and very well made. The price for nine sheets of 3/8" and
two sheets of 1/2" is $775.00.
Solid
wood: If
four or more participants would like to order solid wood,
we have priced out Douglas fir and sipo (an African
mahogany) for the following parts: • Inner and outer stem •
Keelson and keel • Transom, cheeks and transom knee •
Deadwood and stern post • Sheer clamps, floors and floor
fillers • Trunk posts, logs and cleats • Keel filler and
web frame cleats. This will complete the hull, ready to
pull off the jig, and adds up to 75 board feet of Douglas
fir and 62 board feet of sipo. It is a good portion of the
wood in the boat. All lumber will be planed to clean up the
faces. Total cost: $1,250.00 to $1,500.00 (estimated.)
Standing
rigging, for either marconi or gaff rig:
If three or more participants would like the standing
rigging, our rigging supplier can offer a discount. The
regular price for a set of rigging is $325.00, we can offer
the set at $310.00.
How
to sign up
Please
send us an email
letting
us know that you’d like to come to the May workshop (or
which dates you would prefer for a fall workshop.) At
the same time, please let us know which, if any,
materials you will also be wanting. We’ll put you on our
participant email list and send along official materials
for the workshop as well as information on places to
stay and about visiting the area. There's plenty to do
in Brooklin and the Blue Hill peninsula, and we are also
about an hour from Acadia National Park. May is spring
in Maine. It's a little bit before most visitors arrive,
so it's a fine time to enjoy things before the crowds.
We're
looking forward to it!
Best,
John and Ruth
