What a great way to end what has been a great month for me on the build, to be able to finish the strip planking of the hull turn of the Port hull. Well almost, I just have to trim the planks, that is pull or push high
I only put in a half day today because of the football grand final, a game no footy lover misses no matter if your own side finished second last! But I did get a start on the hull to deck strip planking. I have been
Today I made the final preparations for strip planking this weekend. I clamped together 3 of the now full length x 300mm planks and ran a power circular saw with a fence on to 40mm and ran off planks ready for planking.
I have been experimenting over the last couple of days with the height of the rear bulkhead. I am having a cross between a walkthrough and non walkthrough and neither fully suits so I am experimenting until I get the
I attached 3 of the 5 temp bulkheads today, I couldn’t attach the last 2 because the height of them will in some way be dictated by the height of the rear bulkhead which is currently the wrong height. It is set
I found that finishing the forebeam was harder than I thought. After much discussion with various people including Mike in Perth who is also building a 1230 bi rig cat single handed, I have decided to plough on and use
Today I sanded the outside of the bottom half of the forebeam. I just have to glue the timber blocks and U-bolts in before I can glue the 2 halves together. Hopefully I will get that done this week and next weekend I
I pottered around today doing bits and pieces. I sanded the top of the forebeam and made preparations for the anchor bridle blocks. I have a very solid cedar block that I can glue into the beam to hold the U bolts in. I
Jo and I spent about 2 hours cleaning up yesterday, so the boat and the surrounds are now clean again, all of the sawdust I put down to mop up spilt hardener is picked up, all of the offcuts put away or thrown away and
The last uni rope, the big one on BH6 the saloon door bulkhead is done. I just have to remove the caps and the screws holding it down to be finished. I also glued the off cuts from BH5 back on. They are now ready for
