RattleandHum
Building A Searunner 37


Have you ever wondered what it would be like to build your own boat? To read drawings, cut wood, assemble parts. To work when it is just too cold, or too hot, or too wet.Too difficult for you? Read on to see how one stubborn guy, with not much talent, no time and less money, managed to build himself a pretty nice Searunner 37.

It took me two years to get up enough nerve to start this project. I lived in Edmonton, Alberta. A fair distance from the ocean.I wanted a large trimaran to sail around the world with my family. I did not have enough money to buy one, so...lets build one. Not in Edmonton.

Although, I mapped out a route to the Artic ocean from Edmonton and I could get the boat there if I did not mind a portage of 22 miles about half way to the ocean. They told me that they take 50 foot barges over the portage all the time. Thanks, but no thanks. Guess we will just have to move to Vancouver. My wife, two boys, our dog, and I loaded everything up in a U haul and our station wagon and headed to Vancouver.

There starts the adventure. Did I enjoy this effort? You bet I did. Would I do it again? I sure would. It is the greatest feeling of achievment to be able to point to my boat, and say "Yes, I built it".

Table of Contents
1 RattleandHum homepage
2 Memorial
3 Strongback
4 Float Frames
5 Barnstone Island
6 Triangle Road
7 Triangle Road Shed
8 John And Roger
9 Geoff's Mold
10 Back To The Shed
11 Float Skin
12 Main Strength Bulkheads
13 Gunter
14 Main Hull Frame
15 Main Hull Frames Bow
16 Main Hull Frame Stern
17 Stringers Bow
18 Stringers Stern
19 Bed
20 Desk
21 Kitchen
22 Bath
23 Interior Looking Forward
24 Cockpit Looking Forward
25 Head Area
26 Head Area Looking Aft
27 Sterncastle seating
28 Galley stbd
29 Galley port
30 Port cabinsides fwd
31 Port underwing fwd
32 Port underwing stern
33 Rudder skeg
34 Stbd deck stringers
35 Stbd deck skin
36 Cockpit Seats
37 Snow
38 Sterncastle top
39 Sterncastle rear window
40 Notice to vacate
41 Efforts to stay
42 Chaos in the yard
43 I stay
44 The end of Triangle Road
45 New home
46 Shelter Island Marina projects
47 Live-a-board
48 Impressions
49 Fairing Cockpit
50 Fairing cloths
51 Fair transom
52 Fairing crew
53 Fair
54 Painted
55 Port deck masking
56 Port deck non skid
57 Windows
58 Traveler
59 Show me the water
60 Here We Go
61 Light
62 Ready for the mast
63 Mast
64 Instruments
65 Interior
66 End


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