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I recently sent someone to this page to see pictures of the last prototype nested. After a search, I found out that I never posted them! oops... I will post them here but I do admit they are not the best pictures by far. (that might be why I neglected to post them...) New ones with the new boat will be posted soon. Also, thanks to Carl Cramer for including the PT Eleven on his blog..www.woodenboat.com/boat and for Howard's and others' comments on the wooden boat forum. Cheers, PTW
My apologies for not posting for a week. A lot has been happening and posting got put on the back burner. I wanted to show the breast hook installation which happens after the foredeck is glued in.
gunwhale tips flattened to the surface of the breast hook; 
glassing breast hook; 
A few photos to show some of the steps involved in the installation of the foredeck;
THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOREDECK FINISHED WITH THE HATCH COAMING INSTALLED:
GLASSING THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE FOREDECK:
DRY FIT
PREPARING THE UNDERSIDE of the FOREDECK FOR BONDING:
FOREDECK INSTALLED AND GLOSS COATED:
Back tracking a little, the skeg got glued on after glassing but before gloss coating the hull.
Installing the skeg is made easy with tongues and slots.
This month saw the launch of our proa, Jzerro. She had been pulled up onto a bank in a friend’s yard on the Hood Canal for more than a year. With a ‘come-along’, logs for rollers and skids, Russell got her onto the beach just in time for the tide to float her. A couple days later, we picked her up with friends, Bly and Abel, in the PT Skiff and passed under the bridge and onward for a great sail to her new mooring. The day began in thick fog but ended in beautiful sunshine and gusty winds.
Bly captained the skiff and had some adventures of his own, exploring both sides of Puget Sound and discovering what the skiff can do in 20knots of wind. By the end of the day, we were happy to hear we had a new fan of the boat.
Thought it would be nice to share this. Dieter Loibner authored a 4 page article about the PT Skiff and PT Watercraft in "Soundings" magazine in the August 2011 issue. Click this link to view the PDF. Reprinted with permission from Soundings Publications LLC
The hull halves are stood on end so that gravity can do it’s thing when injecting the sockets around the hardware.
Russell designed the connective hardware for our nesting dinghies after many experiments with nesting boats over the years. The current design is the result of that experience and several sessions of refinement greatly assisted by the lofting skills, material expertise and beautiful machining of Paul Zeusche here in Port Townsend.
This hardware has turned out to be a work of art as well as extremely functional and they are essential to our nesting dinghy kit.
These parts have a captive pin and do not leak when assembling the boat in the water.
