KDY 15m Juniorbåd Hull No.515 a look at it's history, use and restoration
Where to start? First of all, I didn't know anything about this boat. And what I did or didn't know was going to affect a lot of important decisions going down the road. So with the weather still cold and wet, I spent a great deal of April and May looking for information about working on older, lapstrake, fixed-keel boats in general and the Juniorbäd 1 in particular. It turns out there was a lot…
It's days like this when I start thinking about getting a boat on the water. Mind you, it's early winter and spring still seemed pretty far away. I was intent on building a boat and knew I'd need a whole winter. I'd already bought plans; the sails were ordered and paid for. And I was in the middle of insulating the shop. And then came the random comment. "..Oh did you see this one?" "It's right in…
The opening shot. April fourth. A dreary day as any other. Loki pulls into the driveway for the first time. A hurried bustle of activity to get her covered before the rain starts. Quick glimpses. Fine lines. Gracefully perched on the trailer waiting to get back into the water.