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25. Bow with stem.


26. Hawse and top rail fi tted. T e last remaining signifi cant structures of the 27. Bow with all rails fi tted.


caprail had to be made by bending a wider strip, then cutting out the shape that matched the curve and tilt of the stern while keeping the caprail fl at. Needless to say, several were made and discarded before acceptable ones were achieved. At the center two spiral volutes were added for decorative eff ect. (Figure 22)


T e open space needed some decoration, so I went with the two laurel wreaths that Boudriot showed. I made them from boxwood and used a number of mini carving bitts in a Dremel rotary tool, fi nishing with a pointed diamond burr for the fi nal smoothing. (Figure 23) T e remaining wood fuzz was removed with a sharp knife and the pair were mounted on the taff rail. (Figure 24)


28. Rail battens.


exterior hull are the headrails at the bow. First, the stem was cut and sanded to accept a backing piece for the lion fi gurehead to come. A temporary cathead was sized and a matching hole drilled and cut to fi t. T is set the location of the top rail. (Figure 25) From this cathead a paper pattern was drawn and the top rail cut to shape. It tapered gently in both dimensions from the cathead to the top of the stem. T e hawse rail was likewise cut and fi t. (Figure 26) T e space between them was divided equally and the second rail shaped and fi tted to balance the previously installed rails. A fi nal bottom rail was shaped to end at the foot of the lion. (Figure 27)


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