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New 2016 Beetle Cat "Wanderer" headed to Nantucket to join the Rainbow Fleet. New Beetle - Website Beetle Cat - JK Traditional white/green Beetle Cat packaged out with trailer and spar racks. "Schnellfahrt"(High Speed Travel)- headed to Martha's Vineyard, MA Clode - Website "Convent Bells" at rest - Georgica Pond, East Hampton, NY "Convent Bells" at rest - Georgica Pond, East Hampton, NY beetle-cat-002 gallery-beetle-cat-021 "Rainbow" Fleet Parade - Nantucket, MA "Huckleberry" - Nantucket Rainbow Fleet Rental Boat - off Great Neck, Wareham, MA Hawk & Reardon Families aboard "Sea Hawk", West Dennis, MA Filippo Tagliavia keeps an eye on "Sea Bee" - Onset Island, MA Beetle Cat - Backbone - Website The keel is steam bent on the jig with the skeg, transom, and centerboard box added to make up the backbone. Beetle Cat - Bending Ribs - New Website The backbone is setup on the Beetle Cat mold (which all Beetles have been built on since 1946!). The white oak ribs are then steamed and bent on. Installing the shear plank. The hull is lifted off the mold. Steam bent oak shear clamp nailed into place. Fairing up the hull. The hull is faired, caulked with cotton, plugged, and sanded. Sanding the hull. The waterline is scribed and the interior and exterior of the hull are primed with paint. The waterline is scribed and the interior and exterior of the hull are primed with paint. Forward parts(mast step, mast partner)are fastened in and deck structure and natural cedar cockpit are installed. Forward parts(mast step, mast partner)are fastened in and deck structure and natural cedar cockpit are installed. Cedar planking is nailed to the deck structure, faired, and filled. Cotton canvas is stapled overthe deck and primed with a thin coat of paint Oak coamings are steam bent on a jig and a day later installed, followed by oak rubrails. Oak coamings are steam bent on a jig and a day later installed, followed by oak rubrails. Off to final paint and varnish, hardware is added to the deck, mast and rigging is checked for fit, and the Beetle Cat is ready to go! "McNamara's Band" - picked up from a Camp in the Adirondacks, restored, and ready for another season.
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