Deck beam exercise.

The final compulsory part of joinery. Incorporating the use of homelets and half dovetails, this is an incredibly useful exercise. Soon after hitting the shop floor I was to use what I’d learned. The vessel pictured here is ‘Katie’, a carvel built folkboat which is having a full deck and cabin refit. A colleague and I fitted the beam shelves and began fitting deck beams, these were made more interesting, but ultimately simpler because we had to consider tumblehome as opposed to flare. The pictures are of my first beam, I eventually fitted three of twelve before my tutors dragged me off protesting, I would have cheerfully done the lot.