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Boat Build: Spencer Hull No.100 – Centurion
Spencer Yacht's Newest Boat Build is Underway
By
Marlin Staff
Updated: January 25, 2016
The jig base is set out of the floor
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The Spencer crew uses a laser level to ensure the base is plumb and true
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Work continues on the base
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The jig begins to take shape
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
It kind of looks like a jigsaw puzzle
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The chine is set and will stay in place
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The yellow tape makes the pieces easier to remove
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Eventually this will look like a boat
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The jig from the inside
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Bowstem
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The crew gets started on the chine
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The engine room bulkhead and aft bulkhead
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The main bulkheads are created in the lamination shop and inserted into the jig
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Stringers are glued and clamped
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The stringers are built into the bottom
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
A clean shot of the whole side of the Centurion
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The bottom stringers come forward to the chine
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The forward stringers stay are eventually glassed and stay in the hull
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Stringers, chine, stem and shear are the bones
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
And more clamps!
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More clamps on the shear
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The shear is built and gets stacked, glued and clamped along the length of the 74
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The chines runs from stem to stern
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The bow stem, chine and stringers come together
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Here you can see the tunnels and the crew working on molding the core cell
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The bottom is complete!
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The sides meet the bottom at the chine and the seams are glued
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
Spacers are used on the screws to prevent the heads from damaging the core cell
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The sheets placed in the tunnels must be scored and glue than screwed down
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The bottom pieces break at the chine
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The stern gets skinned last
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Generally the crew will work from the keel across the bottom and back to the other side
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
The crew begins to skin the jig with Divinycell sheets
Courtesy Spencer Yachts
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