Not much to report this weekend. I had a couple of interruptions to work time, we got a new couch delivered on Saturday and in the good tradition of delivery people I had to wait all day for them to turn up, which could
I have just 2 sets of unis to go now, the 4 layers in front of BH4 and the back of BH7 over the duckboard. I only managed one side of bulkhead 7 today, 7 layers of 1000g uni and a layer of 457g double bias with the same
I did not manage to get much meaningful work done during this week but it all helps. I sanded the bottoms of the hulls (keel panels) and then cleaned up inside the hulls ready for the next stage of laying down the floor
Because the next uni sets are 6 or 7 layers, and because I want to complete the wet out start to finish, I don’t get enough time on weeknights to finish so I cant start them. I will do them on the weekend. In the
I had a late start today and was also distracted by having a TV on in the shed (on the bridgedeck!) to watch my team get smashed again in the football. I was contemplating going as my team is only ever in Sydney once a
I was at the shed for 7 hours today, but I spent nearly 2 hours of that time chatting to visitors. One of the great things about building a cat like this (and publicly on the website) is that there are many interested
I am glad I have some 1000g uni. I had to cut 35 strips of 50mm (I cut them to 60mm because here and there you lose the outside strand). The plans show uni strips on both sides of bulkheads 4, 5, 6 and 7 but I
This week came and went and before I knew it the week was gone and no work was done on the boat. I started feeling a little unwell on Monday, and spent Tuesday in bed getting progressively worse with the flu. On
The cross boat bulkheads (4,5,6,7) are strengthened with uni tape along the top edge of the bulkhead (after removing the balsa core to a depth of 25mm) and also on either side of the bulkheads on the bridgedeck laid one
With the underside of the boat now complete except for fitting such things as daggerboards, rudders, outboard holes and the nose cones the rest of the work on the boat is for the inside or topsides. Even though a lot of
