This is how boats like the Turid were built

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Our old Turid was one sharp built by Kåre Hansen Sund at Hemnesberget in Nordland, Norway, 1935.

In the same yard, the son Kåre Helge Sund built a boat in the winter of 1981 – 1982 with a hull with dimensions like Turid's but with a slightly more modern superstructure. The boat was to be called Torgrim and the construction was documented in pictures by Per Arne Grønnevik. Per Arne has given me permission to publish the pictures.

Turid from Kåre Hansens Båtbyggeri

The pictures show in great detail how the old boat building craft was done. From the frame curves drawn on the floor to the interior and superstructure of the finished boat. At the end, there are Kåre Helge's notes on materials and dimensions, drawn up during a coffee break. A good help for me when I planned the construction of my model of Turid.

Kåre Helge passed away in the summer of 2023. I really wanted to meet him and see the work in reality.

Torgrim T-1215-T length 10.63m (35ft), width 3.74m
All of the boat's frames are drawn on the frame loft. The joint template is shaped according to the curve.
The frame is rubbed off so that the table setting does not slip.
The keel is stretched and the first frame is in place
The "Malgangsplanken" is in place. It is the most important plank that determines the lines of the boat.
Towards the bow
Master boat builder Kåre Helge Sund.
The hull is finished and the superstructure is being built

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