Building the 23' V-Bottom Skiff - Episode 11: Bottom planking

[@n4837z]

" I don't work frustrated". Now that's wisdom and very good advice. " Work it out ahead of time".

[@SaintCoemgen]

11:59 - "I don't work frustrated" Well said. It took me years to learn that, as the real only best way to work. 😎

[@tomweir8558]

Very impressive you took the Time to use the Rabbit plan to clean up the little cut you had to make for the planking Real Workmanship

[@1911wood]

Thanks Lou you save my Sunday.

[@AquaMarine1000]

Monday in my part of the World.

[@jimc4731]

It is apparent that this segment of construction is a two man job! Keep up the good work. JIM

[@g.pblack507]

Lou needs to write a book!

[@pakde8002]

Glad i found this video today just one day after it came out but really confused why I didn't get any earlier notifications on this project. The last time I saw Lou he was on another channel working on a big schooner or something. I sorta lost track because I'm all about smaller working boats but it's a really welcome surprise and hopefully I'll get my notification problem cleared up while I'm catching up on the episodes I missed. PS, yes I already have all notifications dialed in under the bell.

[@kevin-vt7dw]

I wish I were 20 again and be able to work along side of you the things I would learn

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Nothing nicer than a boat with a nice curve on the bottom. Planking looks fantastic Lou and Caleb. Thank you for sharing. Take care, stay well and have a great week ahead.

[@ioannisaliazis]

Lou should narrate fairy tales / children’s stories, I love his voice

[@Luckysweden13]

My hat is off for you Sir! I spent 3 years in school for wooden boatbuilding. I just realised, that to become a boatbuilder nowadays, you just KZbin and a subscription to your channel! Absolutely amazing! Thank you for keeping and educating about our ancient trade! 💈🌟💈👍🙂

[@answeris4217]

I get excited when I see a new video on here. Looks like the boat is coming along well

[@greentland]

I built the work skiff two years ago when my daughter was born. I've really been thinking about putting a vee bottom on it. Maybe this summer, I'll do exactly that. I love these videos! So helpful!!

[@jimilipi5493]

a very good shape appears at the end. Can't wait to see more! 😁

[@fernandofert9960]

Someday these Lou videos will be studied like Vitruvius treatise are today

[@enginerd1985]

I love learning from you. I especially appreciate how you use what you have available if a tool doesn't exist to do what you need done.

[@johnryan2193]

A true gent, thanks for all your guidance Louis .

[@noeldavis618]

Well that was sure satisfying to watch! Seeing that curve develop out of so many straight pieces feels a bit magical.

[@scotthutson736]

Love watching Lou build this boat and seeing it come together.

[@suckerfree23]

Looks amazing Lou!! Can't wait to see it in the water, but it's such a pleasure to see the care you put into the process of constructing this skiff

[@gavin5363]

I love how the shape of hull is coming together. Looks so good 😎

[@paulbriggs3072]

Been waiting a long time for this part. I also am a fan of ring shank nails. People don't realize how strong they are. That epoxy is superfluous. Besides, can you imagine him having to screw all those inner planks in all those same spots as nails were used? D.N. Goodchild sells a reprint of an old Anchorfast Ring Shank nail booklet that gives equivalent nail sizes to replace screws, plus their many advantages. That you used rough sawn was not lost on me. Don't be too long before the next episode!

[@BillyDEly]

Can’t wait to see the plans for this boat.

[@thomasarussellsr]

That curve in the bottom, where the bow transitions to the side of the V, is really quite graceful and beautiful. Really well done, Lou amd mate. I so wish I had a spot to build this along side the video series (and the money to do so too). She is going to be a beautiful boat for sure, and cut throught the waves as well as any glass or metal boat out there, I'm sure. As much as I enjoy the building, I can hardly wait to see her in action on the water.😎

[@billywhizz6483]

Brilliant, I love your explanations and your enthusiasm for the build shines through in your narration. Many thanks for sharing the build with us!

[@tomtruesdale6901]

She is really starting to take shape, there at the end you can really see the curve of the bottom and I must say it is a very sweet fair curve. Your techniques and tips for marking and levering the planks in place is great.

[@nickgironda4002]

I really enjoy your videos, Sir! Thank you so much 👍 I HEAR you about getting glue all over myself! I use PL Premium all over my stairs. They used to call me “sticky Nicky” because I stood up and got a big blob on the side of my head! It took a solid week to finally get it out of my hair!

[@johngoodell2775]

Dang that thing is a tank! Impressive build and impressive selection of materials...looking forward to the flip. Could you address strength and added weight in this design vs the more common ply on frame or stitch and glue approach? What about protecting the bilge with bilge paint?

[@COPPER71]

this planking is how my chesapeake bay deadrise is planked. beautiful job

[@SaintCoemgen]

18:00 - This video was certainly a step down to look at her. And from the work so far, everyone can see, she is going to be a beauty.

[@ronwatson4902]

Absolutely beautiful shape to that boat.Lou is the best.

[@jimurrata6785]

I see how you've epoxy sealed that long bevel on the sole. Good solution for what would otherwise be a tremendously absorbent spot right at the chine.

[@fernandofert9960]

I wish every teacher i have was like Lou.

[@Siskiyous6]

Your integration of techniques is very enlightening

[@lloydholt6511]

Beautiful craftsmanship.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

The hull planking conforms well to the curves of the hull and should be both light and very strong. Very impressive.

[@danacrook4203]

Nice job! Really enjoy a different method. I'm starting my next build this spring and I decided to try this. Thanks Lou!

[@mungbean84]

You're right, I was not convinced before that this was going to have the graceful curves of a "deep V" hull, but just with that first full layer of bottom planking the shape and curves jump right out. Can't wait to see it continue.

[@willierants5880]

Fantastic episode. Well worth the wait. It's really coming together now.

[@johnryan2193]

Looks like the landing hull for the spruce goose its so well engineered !

[@matt_aviz]

A heavy-duty boat, emphasis on the heavy, yet looks elegant. Will still be in use one or even two hundred years from now, with good care and maintenance.

[@billbubnis3128]

sooooo satisfying to watch! Thanks for the joy after a crappy day at work Louis!

[@chriswills9530]

For a one-man operation, this method of planking is so much more workable. Coming from atraditional long plank background, I am finding this fascinating. I tell you what, though - there is an awful lot of over-engineering in this. She be a strong'un.

[@artemiasalina1860]

Beautiful. It looks like a sculpture but it's so much more.

[@19Cub]

Always a pleasure to watch you build, Lou!

[@EricMeyerMaker]

Looking good! This channel has been a great inspiration.

[@billmeldrum2509]

This is starting to look wicked cool. Thanks for sharing this with the world. 🇨🇦

[@kittonsmitton]

Great progress Lou keep up the good work!

[@gems34]

Superb Lou such a pleasure to watch

[@elitearbor]

Man, oh man... that's going to be a real beaut!

[@dylanbrink]

Looking great as usual Lou! Take care and thank you.

[@pelleandersson3634]

Thank you i love it. You are the best😀

[@Dwjzdljn]

Great to learn from u in Holland

[@LeeShoresLazyJacksandLunches]

Looking stunning...

[@jjbode1]

That does look sharp. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@cynicbeliever40]

Looks great Lou. I just wish you would have walked down that port side with the camera at the end of the video.

[@michaelhawkins1173]

As always Louis just fantastic work. Your right it is beautiful. Thank you.

[@chrissudlow863]

Stellar as always. Thank you Lou & Halsey!

[@Bluenoser613]

Looks fantastic!

[@jimurrata6785]

You're our modern day Dynamite Payson! 😅

[@j.d.anderson6710]

Hey Lou, love you videos & really appreciate you and the knowledge you share. I never miss a video, I've seen them all. I had a question about the bottom planking in this video. First I want to make clear that I'm not questioning whether your correct or anything like that, it's nothing like that at all. It's a question that stems from my lack of understanding. I just want to make sure it doesn't sound like I'm questioning you, your skill or knowledge in any way. I understand the transition on the bottom double planking, that is from hanging a double layer over on the aft section to a double layer that doesn't hang over and to where you won't be able to see the end grain. What I'm wondering is why? Like I said, I'm not questioning whether it the right or wrong thing to do, I trust your skill and experience. But I'm very interested in boat building and have been planning to build a boat for almost two years. I've been studying everything you do and say. I've been researching wood boat building and slowly collecting supplies for the last two years. I have a lot of tools as I'm experienced wood worker, and use old hand tools a lot. I'm a carpenter by trade and build homes ( mostly framing) for a living. But there a few tools I've had to get, and some I still need. Thank you for time, for making these videos and sharing your skills and knowledge. I'm a big fan, and would love to visit your shop someday... Lol if this pandemic ever settles down enough to allow it.

[@richmodelmaker]

Another enjoyable video....thank you.

[@jamesalanstephensmith7930]

1. Why change from over the edge to abutting the planks. 2. The metal in the ring nails, please? 3. Looks great!

[@Chris_Moncada]

Just a guess but the nails looked like copper to me. Non ferrous metal, won’t corrode.

[@johngoodell2775]

silicon-bronze

[@SkilsawDoctor]

True master craftsman!

[@denniswilliams8747]

Interesting build. I don't like the cavity that will be impossible to maintain, paint and preserve from rot and other problems. Thanks

[@bosse641]

Good job.

[@cliveclapham6451]

Great work 😎

[@BrianSimpson-tk3xj]

Why wouldn’t you paint/treat the bilge below the sole before you planked the hull? Seems like a perfect place for rot and mold to thrive.

[@sollasollew3208]

Beautiful

[@michaelweitzner9874]

Should you paint the bottom before you plank it over?

[@ps3shakes123]

Love these videos. Thanks

[@harrykourm2462]

You have a stronger Boston accent than me haha, nice video!

[@Florida_Pipe_Smoker]

Look amazing!

[@oikkuoek]

Very interesting approach! The outline shape looks amazingly good, but what I'm worried about in this design is the space between the ship bottom and the floor. If there isn't enough ventilation and saturation of preservative mediums, it's going to swell and rot from the inside out.

[@johngoodell2775]

yeah I love this channel but the this design seems a bit too heavy for a skiff powered by an outboard...I would imagine the bare hull will be at least 2800lbs. in my opinion the added weight just means more HP and more $ . I would seal that entire bilge with epoxy paint. Even if he is planning ventilation, and bilge pumps which I am sure he is, why plank it up without protecting it? i get that it is quality rot resistant wood - but letting it swell inside should wreck the fiberglass on the the outside? What the hell do I know though:)

[@oikkuoek]

@@johngoodell2775 Any kind of movement in the wood cell structure rips it off from the fiberglass resin. Haven't seen any resin solution to be different. And it doesn't matter which type wood is used, they all act the same, some only a bit faster than others, depending on the cell size and oil type and quantity. Also ventilation is the only way to prevent fungus to grow, not even the best saturation solutions can overcome that hurdle on their own. This is very nice boat, but not that long life span, I'm afraid.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

Want the fiberglass hold moisture against the wood and rot it?

[@johngoodell2775]

@@saltwaterinmyveins not if properly applied...a good glass job should last a long long time. Its just the soaking from the inside without bilge paint or epoxy that I would be worried about.

[@saltwaterinmyveins]

@@johngoodell2775 There was a older man that built awesome boats here. When his grandson took over and started fiberglassing over, they didn't last a year! Lou definitely knows more than me.

[@ericgruel274]

Thanks Lou, your teaching me a lot.

[@poepflater]

no varnish or oil in the enclosed area? Just leave the wood exposed?

[@flightplan1000]

Won't water get between the bottom and the sole and cause problems?

[@JS-ct5jn]

You know you're into a woodworking video with you try to blow off the sawdust he's making 😂

[@burntorangeak]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@johnmcsorley1763]

Awesome ................just amazing skill.......

[@JPGuay]

It's beautiful !

[@deckerbob]

Louis, do you have a link to where you purchased the Quarter Sawn Atlantic White Cedar? I’m rebuilding a 1947 Lightning sailboat and I need to replace the hull planking... 🙏

[@n1352-m1i]

how did you protect the inside of the holes to let the bilge water pass through ?

[@pakde8002]

I could be wrong but I believe Lou said he beveled the holes to keep trash from sticking on the edges of the holes and because it was white oak he wasn't worried about it getting wet, which makes sense but personally I'd be more concerned about the yellow pine. Theoretically there's not going to be a lot of water under the floor but it seems like a weak link unless he's using really select heartwood from an old pine tree, but I'm not going to second guess a legend like Lou on wood selection. If it's in Lou's build it has definitely been thought through.

[@lawrencefranck9417]

What keeps the pine from rotting?

[@brandonmurphy4657]

I bet you could build a sweet plywood fiberglass deadrise ... About 40 ft ....

[@psblad2667]

What kind of impregnation do you use for the bottom? It looks like raw wood in the video!

[@alexhamon9261]

What's the reasoning for fiberglassing between the layers of planking? Why not go with tried and trued method of cold molding, thin layers of wood bonded with epoxy and fiberglass on the outside where most of the stress will be carried.

[@daveengstrom9250]

Can you tell me when it is best to use 5 to 1 epoxy or when to use 2 to 1? Or does it matter?

[@joe-hp4nk]

Wouldn't it be easier with plywood?

[@user-ok9lb1vt8c]

Nothing in that bilge area will be coated or treated?

[@hughoneill9861]

It was mentioned that the inboard faces of the planks were "painted" with epoxy.

[@kobusdewet5004]

Hi Louis, looking at you planking the bottom of the V-bottom Skiff a thought crossed my mind. Would you think it viable to fill up the area between the planking and the frame of the boat with a lightweight filler to make it impossible for the skiff to sink? Unsure myself. Regards, Kobus de Wet Arkansas

[@raytheron]

What sweet lines! A question, Lou: is the space between the sole and the bottom planking going to be sealed off permanently, or will there be an access hatch in the sole?

[@ps3shakes123]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@boooshes]

Probably an open bilge in the stern. Allows for bilge pump and bilge cleaning. The floor or sole is not designed to be water tight as in a self-bailing boat ( at least that's my understanding ).

[@pakde8002]

Since Lou rarely answers questions I guess we'll have to wait and see but I like the other comment about it not being sealed.

[@pakde8002]

@@boooshes sounds right 👍

[@davidbewick6885]

I’m interested in this, too. I can’t imagine it can be a sealed space but it looks like there is going to be a lot of unpainted wood down there.

[@fernandofert9960]

Can i make a fiberglass mold before it's finished? Asking for a friend o'mine.

[@TheVideoSteve]

Wonderful work. What type of glue are you using ?

[@calebgross8891]

2:1. We thin some with alcohol, and use it to prime the bottom planks. We use the same stuff, thickened (not thinned!) to apply to the chine area, longitudinal stringer, and keelson/keel.

[@Chuck_Benz]

“I don’t work frustrated” *whips out extremely dull chisel*

[@ronhatcher7734]

very cool

[@ladraode9dedos409]

I was in your shop planking with you....

[@gyrojomo]

Remarkable.

[@jacobmacleod4054]

"Being pretty fussy... but that's what it takes to do a good job." 👍

[@CrimeVid]

Wow, that chine is going to need protection I should think. Bronze angles and a bronze keel runner ? What’s the matter with being covered in glue ? there is nothing nicer...... unless it’s red lead putty !!