The Barn Getting Started Adding The Frames Bilge Boards Turning Billy Cabin Cockpit Cabin Top Finishing The Launch

Cockpit

The Cockpit

by Ken Lewis

The Cockpit On the starboard side of the boat, I changed the design for the cut out of the bunk area footwell, in frame “D”. I also wanted a “post-box” shelf in the cockpit for the odds and end that are needed when sailing (Pic 42). I boxed in the area from the end of the bilge box to frame “E”. (Pic 43). This still made the bunk length over six feet. The cut out of frame “D” was tricky, it had to be marked out accurately and cut slowly, so as to not make a hash of it. I will cut out the port side later. The area between frames “F” to “E” will eventually be a storage compartment (Pic 42) with an access lid from the seat. After making all three watertight, more priming and painting is required. .The area between frames “F” to “E” will eventually be a storage compartment with a lid access. See the photographs for details of how I made the lids waterproof. The same was done on the other side of the cockpit as per the Salway Fisher design. After all the inside of the lockers etc are painted, the cockpit decks (29) were cut to shape and will be glued and screwed with the lids made and fitted THE COCKPIT FLOORThe cockpit floor (25) was straight forward and as per the drawings except for the extra dividers and floor supports (Pics 44 & 45). The floor (26) was cut to size.THE OUTBOARD AND CUT OUT.Having little knowledge of how much outboard power the Lynx would need, I asked the SFD_builders_sailors@yahoogroups.com group. I had a variety of answers and I plumped for a 3.3hp Mariner 2 stroke. The 4 stroke is a heavier engine with larger cowling, which looked like it would be too big for the engine bay. The 2 stroke fitted nicely into the well and time will tell whether the engine is powerful enough for my needs.I made an annoying but not serious mistake by cutting the hole for the outboard on the wrong side of the boat (Pic 46). Looking towards the stern, the clutch on the outboard is in the left and I cut the hole and the mount on the left. This means that the clutch is not conveniently positioned in approximately in the middle of the boat. The steering arm is in the middle of the boat but is of no use at all because the engine is locked and all the steering is done with the tiller. Also I have less space to pull the starter cord being right handed – an annoying error. The outboard hard wood support (27) was attached.

Pic 43

Pic 42

Pic 45

Pic 44

Pic 46

The numbers in (00) represent the numbers on the plans

Building a Lynx 16

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