Est. 1978

Jura

The building of a boat, 1978

Job fileJura

Design	Doug Peterson
Builder	Bent Jespersen
Launched	1978
Hailing port	Victoria, B.C.

Plates 01–04

Framing

Three men at the upturned molds and frames of the hull in the boatshop — Plate 01

The full hull skeleton, upside down, stringers running the length of the molds — Plate 02

Close view of the stringers and the first planks going on at the bow — Plate 03

The stem and the first skin of the hull, tools and shavings on the shop floor — Plate 04

Plates 05–06

Planking and fairing

The planked hull from the bow, still upside down — Plate 05

A man fairing the planked hull by hand — Plate 06

Plates 07–10

Right way up

The hull turned upright, the bow lit under the shop lamps — Plate 07

The bare topsides, a man standing on deck — Plate 08

Interior joinery under way, paint cans on the bench — Plate 09

The deck, cockpit and coachroof taking shape — Plate 10

Plates 11–18

Launch day

The finished hull in crane slings at the yard — Plate 11

Jura afloat for the first time, seen from the bow at the dock — Plate 12

Champagne breaking over the bow — Plate 13

A man smiling at the celebration — Plate 14

The crowd on the dock, the transom lettered JURA — Plate 15

The transom: JURA, VICTORIA — Plate 16

Jura alongside the boathouse dock — Plate 17

Jura at the boathouse, cabin and cockpit finished — Plate 18

Plate 19

Under sail

Jura under full sail on a blue day, flying the Canadian flag — Plate 19

End of file.

Jura · 1978