The Morning Sun
Originally intended as a small workboat for remote villages in the developing world, the Workstar 17 plywood/epoxy boat building method was embraced from the start by amateur boatbuilders who had been put off building their own boats by the complexity – and the mystique – and the skills required to build their own boat. The Workstar 17 has also been built by organizations such as the Sea Cadets, the City of London School, Heritage Coast Sailing & Rowing; in replacement workboat aid projects in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Madagascar and Argentina, and used for teaching modern boat building in maritime colleges in the UK, France and Germany.”
For a description of the construction of the MORNING SUN click on the following link to an Epoxyworks Magazine article. Epoxyworks Magazine is all about epoxy projects and is published twice each year by Gougeon Brothers, Inc., makers of WEST SYSTEM Epoxy.
Workstar on station mentoring sailing school crew.
Morning Sun; Leo at helm
Workstar 17 Drawing
Line Drawings Copyright of Alec Jordan
“The Workstar 17 concept of plywood/epoxy boat building was the result of a co-operation between Working Boats UK Ltd (the predecessor of Pacific Workboats cc) and the Humphreys Yacht Design Prefix SystemTM, which enabled people with no experience in building boats to put together, from a comprehensive kit of profiled parts, epoxy and FRP tape, a Workstar 17, a rugged and very capable small garvey which could be built anywhere, with no dedicated workshop and no power tools and by those with no previous boat
building skills.
The Workstar 17 design is essentially that of a very tough and robust small workboat. The Prefix SystemTM of tabs, slots and wedges means the profiled parts pull the hull together as the kit is assembled: no building frame is
required. The parts are then bonded with epoxy fillets, with the chines, around the bow and stern transoms and along the keel internally and externally, reinforced with bi-axial FRP tape.
Originally intended as a small workboat for remote villages in the developing world, the Workstar 17 plywood/epoxy boat building method was embraced from the start by amateur boatbuilders who had been put off building their own boats by the complexity – and the mystique – and the skills required to
build their own boat. The Workstar 17 has also been built by organizations such as the Sea Cadets, the City of London School, Heritage Coast Sailing & Rowing; in replacement workboat aid projects in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Madagascar and Argentina, and used for teaching modern
boat building in maritime colleges in the UK, France and Germany.” (1)
Our Workstar-17, the MORNING SUN, was built as a safety boat for our new sailing school. The builders were young people participating in an Elks, HCS&R and Family Court program. Elk’s Lodge 2525 provided funding and adult mentors for the build. Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing provided supervision, shop space and equipment, and some funding. We at HCS&R are inspired by the long and laudable example of community service set by the Elks.
(1) www.pacificworkboats.com/workstar-17/
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Workstar 17 Drawing
Line Drawings Copyright of Alec Jordan
“The Workstar 17 concept of plywood/epoxy boat building was the result of a co-operation between Working Boats UK Ltd (the predecessor of Pacific Workboats cc) and the Humphreys Yacht Design Prefix SystemTM, which enabled people with no experience in building boats to put together, from a comprehensive kit of profiled parts, epoxy and FRP tape, a Workstar 17, a rugged and very capable small garvey which could be built anywhere, with no dedicated workshop and no power tools and by those with no previous boat
building skills.
The Workstar 17 design is essentially that of a very tough and robust small workboat. The Prefix SystemTM of tabs, slots and wedges means the profiled parts pull the hull together as the kit is assembled: no building frame is
required. The parts are then bonded with epoxy fillets, with the chines, around the bow and stern transoms and along the keel internally and externally, reinforced with bi-axial FRP tape.
Originally intended as a small workboat for remote villages in the developing world, the Workstar 17 plywood/epoxy boat building method was embraced from the start by amateur boatbuilders who had been put off building their own boats by the complexity – and the mystique – and the skills required to
build their own boat. The Workstar 17 has also been built by organizations such as the Sea Cadets, the City of London School, Heritage Coast Sailing & Rowing; in replacement workboat aid projects in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Madagascar and Argentina, and used for teaching modern
boat building in maritime colleges in the UK, France and Germany.” (1)
Our Workstar-17, the MORNING SUN, was built as a safety boat for our new sailing school. The builders were young people participating in an Elks, HCS&R and Family Court program. Elk’s Lodge 2525 provided funding and adult mentors for the build. Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing provided supervision, shop space and equipment, and some funding. We at HCS&R are inspired by the long and laudable example of community service set by the Elks.
(1) www.pacificworkboats.com/workstar-17/
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