Inside IYRS: The backbone begins to take shape

Written by: Tom
10/12/2009 9:30 PM

The first year students are busy building backbone parts these days.

We'll start things out with a little correction. In the last entry, I said that the hull construction for the Gar Wood was Batten and Seam while the construction of the Chris Craft was double planking. Well, that's both correct and incorrect. The hull above the chine on the Gar Wood is Batten and Seam, while below the chine it's double planked. And on the Chris Craft: it's the same thing Thanks to 2nd year student Jens for clearing that up!

When students are accepted at IYRS, they get an extensive list of tools that they'll need. The first years are getting lots of opportunities to use these tools now as they are deep into the production of boat parts. Let's take a look.

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