The MacGregor is a sailing, double-paddle canoe suitable for one or two passengers (depending on the size of the cockpit you build). I needed something to occupy me during the winter months when it was too cold to work out in the garage on the sailboat. So, naturally, I knocked out a wall in the basement (not a load bearing one, mind you) and started building. According to my geometric calculations I ought to be able to get something up to 16 feet long out of my basement without having to move the soil stack or something equally as drastic, so you can see I have plenty (4") of length to spare. (Update: extraction was anticlimactic -- had to slosh a lot of stuff back and forth in the basement, but it fit out the doors with no problem.) Here are some photos with a minimum of commentary for now.

align molds

align molds

stem laminations

shaping a plank

gluing a plank

checking sheer

gluing on gunwale

w/o sheer clamp

w/o sheer clamp

laminating a floor

seatback etc.

mast box

mast box interior

foreward bulkhead

rudder blade

mast partner

interior

fitting mast

mast box

deck glue-up

foreward view

aft view

form coaming

yoke, rudder box & rudder

detail

coaming glue-up extravaganza

coaming complete

coaming complete

testing alignment

rudder installed

rudder pedals & cleats

some paint and brass

varnishing spars

extraction: forward then reverse...

...all the way back...

...up the stairs...

...through the door...

...and out!

on the cradle

from astern

driveway sailing

driveway sailing

driveway sailing

launch day: paddle

reefed

heeling way over :)

more sailing

under full sail

A log of progress showing gory details is here.