I built a gaff-rigged sailboat from plans a number of years ago. These pictures show the process.

1. The time I built a sailboat in high school twitter: tsdrown email: tyler@drown.org web: http://tyler.drown.org

2. Building a sailboat When I was 17, I decided I was going to build a sailboat From the end of February through June of that year, I built a 20-foot gaff-rigged sloop

3. Building a sailboat I built and launched the boat within 137 days The plans are for a Stevenson Weekender, purchased online

4. February 24th keel lofted

5. March 4th

6. March 6th March 11th March 12th

7. March 20th bulkheads, hull, transom ready

8. March 24th hull bottom attached to keel

9. April 1st deck attached

10. May 3rd lazaret attached, benches cut

11. May 7th hull sides & cabin trunk attached

12. May 7th

13. May 13th cabin rafters & stringers added

14. May 13th cockpit bench frame attached

15. May 16th & 17th cabin windows & deck hatch cut

16. May 17th deck hatches + cabin bookshelves

17. May 26th bench seats attached

18. May 26th bench backs & hatches cut

19. May 30th boat flipped for fiberglassing

20. June 1st hull fiberglassed

21. June 8th & 10th June 10th: hull gel-coated

22. June 11th boat flipped & toe rail added

23. late June deck & cockpit fiberglassed

24. late June bowspirit & mast stump added

25. July 1st grab rail & companionway hatch

26. July 1st almost ready

27. July 2nd prepared for travel

28. July 4st Christening & launch Chebacco Lake Essex, Massachusetts

29. July 6th Pleasant Bay Orleans, Massachusetts

30. July 8th Pleasant Bay Orleans, Massachusetts

31. Thanks to everyone who helped me twitter: tsdrown email: tyler@drown.org web: http://tyler.drown.org