Dick's 38 Special (8 photos)

Seat Bracket

Seat bracket machined from a block of Delrin.

Slider seat with built in yoke-notice the mortise & tennon joints and rawhide lacing.

Bow Deck with epoxy finish. Trim wood is Mahogany-hull is basswood.

Inside and outside of the hull glassed and ready for trim.

Finished hull-Sanded and ready for fiberglass cloth and epoxy.

Stripping progress showing the herring bone joints used when closing the football.

Accent strip of Lacewood

Finished 38 Special (Merlin x 3.8%) Basswood and Mahogany-42 pounds.