Tumble Home Nina

Nina gets some TLC with side decks dry fit, quarter decks glued in, rear bench seat in progress (center section will be removable) motorwell hatch in progress, some bronze hardware and Bomar Hatches selected for the quarter deck storage spaces.

View Down Thru Motor Well Hatch

This shows the motor well, splash well, and transom (True transom? false transom?  I dont know but it is where the motor will hang)  This version of the motor well is influenced by the Ninegret and Handy Billy.  Wide enough at the top for the power unit and more narrow at the bottom but still wide enough for the drive leg.  The transom has been cut down to 15 inches and the top of the hatch will sit 4 inches proud of the quarter decks and 3 inches higher than the motor cowling. 

Quarter Decks To Get Bomar Hatches

Bomar hatch from Defender ($78) 14 x 22 with an 11 x 19 (roughly) clear opening.  Should make entire storage space accessable. 

Bronze Hardware Throughout

Snap apart bronze hinges for the motor well hatch (Defender $49) and bronze cleat, part of a salvage effort from an old sailboat.  Fortunately there are enough cleats for the whole boat at very minimal cost.  The trick now will be to find the few odds and ends needed to stay all bronze.  The cleats will lose their coats of paint when the weather warms up and I can work outside.

Tumblehome Nina Gets a Motorwell Hatch

Motor well hatch glued up without the top (next step)

Picture shows quarter decks glued on, rear bench seat in progress

William Hand's Shark

Here are a couple of excerpts from an issue of Motor Boating magazine from an early 20th century edition.  William Hand's designs were for semi displacement hulls with low power requirements and good sea keeping abilities.  I believe his designs were the inspiration for boats like the Ninegret, Harry Bryan's Handy Billy and of course Jacques Merton's Nina.  Click on the pictures for an enlarged version and be sure to read the text in the box.

Transom Mounted Scupper

Here are some pics of the through hull scupper for Nina.  Unfortunately the plug is a bit small and I will have to find another alternative.  The beauty of this scupper is that there will be no penetrations in the form of screws into the hull, the scupper is screwed to the fitting and is easily replaceable.  The catalog is Hamilton Marine and shows both the fitting I used and the replacement scupper.