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Marc Chivers built a 13ft traditional Pilot Cutter's tender, larch on oak, with no use of adhesives, with a grown crook for a stem, fastened with non-ferrous fastenings and bedded in the traditional manner. The lines were taken from a work of historical reference by Malcolm Darch.
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Steam bending |
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Seb Evans (Marc's partner in the early part of the build) putting in copper nails in preparation for hot nailing the timbers... |
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All hands on (and under) deck as the steamed timbers are bent and nailed into place. |
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| Marc and Kevin (Marc's partner in the latter part of the build) in the boat, Gail McGarva (former student, and Instructor, now building Lyme Regis Gig Club's second Pilot Gig) and Simon Shard, former student now running his own successful local carpentry company |
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