We're going to have to make all new stringers so the next step is to make the transom and take the bow planks off the boat to get a better fit for those stringers. Also go to make the side rails.
This blog is about the restoration of a 1963 Fletcher Cates Moth boat. The boat was made in Haddenfield NJ. By Blair Fletcher. Blair Owed Fletcher Marine and made many boats for the Moth fleets of Southern NJ. I sailed against these boats with a Cates design by Carl Patterson. I built my Cates at Pattersons' shop around the same time this boat was under construction. This picture was taken September 1965. It's me in my Patterson Cates.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
On the forms
Got all the forms cut out and installed in the proper location. I had to modify the top of two because they hit the mast step and the bow stem. Not going to remove those parts as they are part of the keel.
Rear view. The braces will support the side rails of the boat.
I put the boat on the forms and it fit like a glove. It's about 3/4 of an inch off but that is because the forms don't have any notches in them to take the stringers. I'm impressed. They built this boat mostly to the plans.
We're going to have to make all new stringers so the next step is to make the transom and take the bow planks off the boat to get a better fit for those stringers. Also go to make the side rails.
We're going to have to make all new stringers so the next step is to make the transom and take the bow planks off the boat to get a better fit for those stringers. Also go to make the side rails.
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