3
A Brief History ....................................................................2
Before You Begin ..................................................................4
Working With The Plans & Parts .........................................4
What You’ll Need To Start.. ..................................................5
Painting & Staining...........................................................5-6
Stage 1: Building the Construction Jig
1. General.............................................................................6
2. Preparing the Keel, Stem & Sternpost...............................7
3. Preparing the Molds .........................................................7
4. Cutting the Rabbet...........................................................8
5. Assembling the Building Jig...........................................8-9
Stage 2: Bending on the Frames
.................................10-11
Stage 3: Planking the Hull
..........................................11-13
Stage 4: Fitting Out
1. Fitting the ’Tween Frames and Cant Frames ...................14
2. Installing the Sheer Clamps ............................................14
3. Installing the Thwart Risers ............................................15
4. Mast Steps ......................................................................15
5. Floorboards ....................................................................15
6. Staining & Painting ........................................................16
7. Mounting Cradle............................................................16
8. Gunwales........................................................................16
9. Backrest and Quarter Knees ......................................16-17
10. Bow Grate, Thwarts & Mast Partners ...........................17
11. Rudder, Pintles & Gudgeons
Stage 5: Masts, Spars, Sails & Boat Gear
1. Shaping and Tapering Masts & Spars..............................18
2. Sail Making ....................................................................18
3. Blocks.............................................................................19
4. Lines...............................................................................19
5. Boat Gear .......................................................................19
Stage 6: Displaying Your Model
.......................................20
Bibliography
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crowded into this small craft navigating through tall seas under
sail. The model construction method is in the traditional
fashion for carvel planked hulls of this size, upside down with a
form or mold at each station. The frames are bent around the
molds and the planking individually spiled in place. The
rigging, casks, toolbox, grapnel, and other boat gear are as Bligh
described in his log. The lines and scantlings of the launch are
from the original builder’s plan of the launch from the Nautical
Maritime Museum, Greenwich, with additional information
from the publication above cited. For more history on the
voyage of the launch, refer to the bibliography.
Copy of the Draught from which the Bounty’s Launch was built from the Nautical Maritime Museum
