Having just the hull of the first steam launch.
I looked at what to do with it.
The lines of her are long and narrow leading me to look at narrow boats and barges.
Finding a few contenders for the project all of them would suit my plan.
Changes to the bow and stern may need to happen.
My biggest concern is the boat is not flat bottom. Builders license may be where I over look the bottom.
On the water it will not show up as much.
Need to choose one of the options then on to rework and new build.
Rick

The barge narrow boat or something in-between starts. Cleaned off the top and pieces inside the hull. Cut the bow and stern took the keel down. Used filler to bow and stern. Filler needs to dry before able to work the profile.
Rick

The building up of the bow shape is slow but I see progress .The stern is almost where needed.Will take pictures next trip done to the work shop.
Rick

The build up of the bow has been a few days as the filler needs to cure in between coats. The product is LePage's plastic wood. Has been a good product for me building my boats.
Rick

Started the upper structure to be able to fit in the hull. Need to work out how far to have the accommodations sit into the hull. Getting the structure in and out when running the boat. The frames are done for the windows. Every thing needs final clean up and fitting.
Rick

Back ground when I first started in boat building seeing other members of my boat club use styrene my thought was how hard can that be. I purchased .060 and .024 styrene. Turns out styrene for me has not been kind. Wood became the medium for my building so much easier and less hassle gluing it together. With this project an experimental build the upper structure built in wood decided to also build it in styrene. Will continue to build both and see which one I like the best .

When I decided to do the narrow boat I had the hull from my first steam build as I had taken the steam plant out of it and built a new hull for the plant. A narrow boat had intrigued me. Having started the project by stripping out the hull and giving it a reshape I built the upper structure in two products one in wood one in styrene. I'm waiting on wood product to be shipped so I can keep going. Two problems I'm having First golf season is here and getting down to the work shop has taken a back seat. The second is the boat looks to bulky and big. With the project on hold will rethink the whole project . Will find and order a narrow boat plan .
Rick