How to build a boat on the beach: My list of questions begins...

KMLH Model: making progress, and mistakes. On the deck of survey vessel, Cape Canaveral.

Step one. Find a beach.

De Bisschop didnt leave much of a paper trail when it comes to details when he Built Kaimiloa on the beach in 1936. A few photos exist to get hints from. As I build a construction model I keep coming up with more and more questions, so I started a list. Later I'll move it to another page so It can be managed if answers come along.

What happened to Kaimiloa hull after voyage?

Hull
Copper Clad? yes
SOlid log? what wood?
Fastening. How are planks fastened to keel?
How are frames fastened to keel/planks?

Type of woods in hull
Keel? Planking? Frames?
Planks join Keel/Stem how?




Platform
crossmember attachment to hulls
extension outboard at bow/stern
wood type cross members?
Wood type Decking

Mast and Step
Main Mast wood?
Step configuration?


Rigging
Mizzen sheeted to Main Mast? yes
Lazy jacks
snotter
puller backer

Sails
Cotton?
2 bias visible in pictures
holes to tie sail to battens

Rudders
Attached to each other?
Round stock?
Gudgeon and pintles?

House
Plywood?
canvassed?


Radio. Installed in CapeTown?

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