DAKOTA MOTORCYCLE CO
SPRINGFIELD, SD
 
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Progress
2002
January thru February
March thru April
May thru June
July thru August
September thru October
November thru December

2003
January thru February
March thru April
May thru June
July thru August
August 30 and 31
September thru November
       Nov. 2, 2003 Plating the Hull

2004
October 2004
October 2004 Part 2

The Ship That Sails

 

Progress
October 2004

Greg found a couple of weeks in October to really get busy on the boat. After a busy summer in the body shop and on the river, Greg tacked up all the metal around the hull of the sailboat. Prior to tack welding the big sheets, he finished laying the longitudinals around the hull frame, Prior to the radii, he designed and installed the bow thruster, which consists of a metal tube extending to both sides at the front of the boat (in the sail locker) where a propeller will guide the front of the boat for docking and other situations.

Bow Thruster Patter Oct. 2004

Construction of Bow Thruster October 2004

Where the propeller will sit for bow thruster 2004

Thruster tube 2004

Greg welds pieces to longitudinals 2004

Greg lifts one of the smaller pieces to the hull.

More longitudinals to the frames 2004

Time for the big sheets 2004

Putting the sheets in position 2004

A view of the longitudinal rows.2004

Boat is getting ready to float 2004
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October - Nov 2007
Boat positioned and ready for deck work.


October 2007
There she goes toward right side up on
Oct. 20, 2007.


May 2007
 The 18,000 pound vertical lifting keel went outside the shop.


March 2007
This winter Greg worked inside on the vertical lifting keel.


 Inside
the keel takes shape
The retractable keel gains weight