Day7!

So it has been a little bit of a wait on updates on the project but that is because day 4,5 and 6 were filled with just adzing the bottom of The Eurybia to be broad and flat but now after many hours of hard adzing and up to 150kg of chippings removed she was flat bottomed enough and ready to be rolled!

The broad and flat bottom of The Eurybia. This will make her nice and stable in the water.

The chippings removed from the boat have all been weighed and will now be used as fuel for burning out the inside of the log.

A small example of the chippings that have been weighed and are waiting to be burnt.

After completing the bottom of the boat The Eurybia was then rolled onto the new flat bottom and I considered the next phase of the build......after taking a selfie of a very happy boat building team!

Pondering the next phase of the boat build, the hollowing out of the log.

A very happy boat build team after having just 'flipped the log'.

The next stage of the project will see the inside of the log being hollowed out and The Eurybia starting to take shape. The boat will be divided into sections and different techniques and tools used in each section with data being collected the whole time. This will include using hot flints to burn the log, using antler picks, and using wedges to remove the inside mass. All these methods and our findings will be posted here as they happen!