PDR Madness

 The PDR I'm building is based on the third such boat ever build, named Bucket Ears. Overall plan is known as a a "Simple 18". I got the sides cut out in a day and now I'm working on getting the sides and bulkheads framed and chined. Getting the curve at the bottom is no doubt one of the hardest things about these small boats. But I've done it before.
 The PDR is different in many ways from the simple small boats I've built. The biggest and most obvious difference is the use of inside chine logs. All the boats I've built  and helped build have had outside chine logs. There is some debate in the boat building community about how much putting the logs on the outside really hinder or help performance. My thoughts are if you want performance in an an eight foot boat make it about four feet longer. I'm a bit put off by the mounting of the bulkheads but I have no doubt I'll figure it out.
 The chines are cut out of a 10' 2x6 and are 1x2 or thereabouts. I wet them before bending and with the help of a poor mans spanish windlass got the curve into them. On the second one I ended up using a ratchet strap to get the wood to move right. Nothing like a bit of redneck engineering. I have no idea how class legal this boat is. And right now I don't care. This boat was built to be thrown in the back of a pick up truck for instant and spontaneous adventure. No trailer. No fuss with registration. Just a fun knockabout boat for journeys on inland seas. And I think it will do just that. Even with a crack in the chine and some missing glue.