Sixareen Building Project - Gallery 8

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Pictures from 24th of April

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Sawing larch for the haddibaands.
Sawing larch for the haddibaands.
Robbie planes a haddibaand to its finished size of 75mm x 60mm.
Robbie planes a haddibaand to its finished size of 75mm x 60mm.
Jack marking offcuts from the boards to be used to make the tilfers.
Jack marking offcuts from the boards to be used to make the tilfers.

Pictures from 25th of April

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Holding the larch boards for the first tilfer.
Holding the larch boards for the first tilfer.
Punching down the countersunk copper nails.
Punching down the countersunk copper nails.
Bevelling the underside to match the angle of the sixareen's boards.
Bevelling the underside to match the angle of the sixareen's boards.
Nailing the end of the second haddibaand.
Nailing the end of the second haddibaand.
Checking the fit of the tilfer.
Checking the fit of the tilfer.
A haddibaand joint.
A haddibaand joint.

Pictures from 28th of April

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Nailing port side wearin to a baand.
Nailing port side wearin to a baand.
Checking the height of the forward end below the gunwale before nailing.
Checking the height of the forward end below the gunwale before nailing.
Second section of tilfer tried in place.
Second section of tilfer tried in place.
Preparing the second wearin and planing the tilfer edge.
Preparing the second wearin and planing the tilfer edge.
Jack measures for the third tilfer section while Robbie prepares to nail the second wearin.
Jack measures for the third tilfer section while Robbie prepares to nail the second wearin.
Wearins, on which the tafts will rest, fitted both sides.
Wearins, on which the tafts will rest, fitted both sides.

Pictures from 29th of April

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Robbie fits a cross baand to which the lower ends of the fiskabrods will be attached.
Robbie fits a cross baand to which the lower ends of the fiskabrods will be attached.
Trial fit for the ballast room tilfer.
Trial fit for the ballast room tilfer.
Robbie planing wood for the fiskabrods while Jack starts on the midroom's tilfer.
Robbie planing wood for the fiskabrods while Jack starts on the midroom's tilfer.

Pictures from 30th of April

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Bulkhead fitted in the stern, across the futtock baands.
Bulkhead fitted in the stern, across the futtock baands.
Nailing reinforcing bar for the bulkhead.
Nailing reinforcing bar for the bulkhead.
A narrow taft is fitted above the bulkhead.
A narrow taft is fitted above the bulkhead.

Pictures from 1st of May

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Jack making the awkwardly shaped tilfer for the forehead room.
Jack making the awkwardly shaped tilfer for the forehead room.
The underside of this tilfer is grooved for the board edges and notched to clear the copper roves.
The underside of this tilfer is grooved for the board edges and notched to clear the copper roves.
The completed tilfer in position.
The completed tilfer in position.
Robbie fitting fiskabrods under the haddibaands (or fastibaands).
Robbie fitting fiskabrods under the haddibaands (or fastibaands).
The fiskabrods prevent the catch from sliding along the inside of the sixareen.
The fiskabrods prevent the catch from sliding along the inside of the sixareen.
Jack starts to assemble the boards for the shot room tilfer (aft).
Jack starts to assemble the boards for the shot room tilfer (aft).

Pictures from 2nd of May

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The last tilfer, ready to go in the owse room.
The last tilfer, ready to go in the owse room.
Robbie fits extra supports for the kannie (or hurrik) bulkhead.
Robbie fits extra supports for the kannie (or hurrik) bulkhead.
The aft compartment, called the kannie (or hurrik), from where the skipper helmed the sixareen.
The aft compartment, called the kannie (or hurrik), from where the skipper helmed the sixareen.
The shot room (left) and the owse room (right).
The shot room (left) and the owse room (right).
The rudder of the 117 year old sixareen 'Industry' is held up for comparison.
The rudder of the 117 year old sixareen 'Industry' is held up for comparison.
Looking to the bow from the after stem, only tafts and kabes still to be fitted.
Looking to the bow from the after stem, only tafts and kabes still to be fitted.

Pictures from 23rd of May

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Rimwales and rouths fitted, horns trimmed to final height and several coats of tar and oil applied.
Rimwales and rouths fitted, horns trimmed to final height and several coats of tar and oil applied.
From the port bow.
From the port bow.
Jack eyes up the blank from which the rudder will be made.
Jack eyes up the blank from which the rudder will be made.
Boat historian Leslie Moncrieff, a man with an amazing knowledge of Shetland boats, views the sixareen.
Boat historian Leslie Moncrieff, a man with an amazing knowledge of Shetland boats, views the sixareen.
Two of the treated tilfers set up to dry.
Two of the treated tilfers set up to dry.
Viewed from the stern.
Viewed from the stern.
The stem, just cut off to its final height.
The stem, just cut off to its final height.
Jack applying the finishing touches.
Jack applying the finishing touches.
The finished stem head (or Horn).
The finished stem head (or Horn).

Pictures from 30th of May

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The hull glistens with a liberal coat of the tar and oil mix.
The hull glistens with a liberal coat of the tar and oil mix.
Looking to the bow.
Looking to the bow.
Looking aft.
Looking aft.

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