The port forward soles glued and glassed in, the mast base glass in and the bulkhead glued and glassed back in and then during the week a layer of glass over the bulkhead joins each side and the bulkhead is back in and
My goal on the weekend was to glass the mast back and get the cutaway bulkhead back in. I could not get the bulkhead cutaway back in on the wet glass so I got that done today. I keyed the glass each side of the
Glassing the first layer of glass was fairly easy. It was layers 2, 3 and 4 that proved more difficult. Firstly I cut the pieces of glass to size, each one a 100mm shorter each way (length and width) than the one above.
The plans call for 4 layers of glass under the masts, and the masts are stepped, or at least their tube or post (in the end the designer opted for a male post for a female mast to rotate on) are stepped on the cabin
The bi rig plans have changed and now the masts are inboard. I have already moved the doors across to accommodate this. But now I have to cut away part of the bulkhead temporarily because I have to lay 3 layers of glass
The plans call for stiffening of hull from inside where ever there is not a web and sole (the web and sole performing the same task). In the bows I used 3 strips of 13mm duflex glued to each other and glued and glassed
Have you ever had a big job too do and it is so big you put off making a start? I started to feel that way late last month. There are just so many different tasks to complete on the internal fit out that I
I have been feeling a bit lost recently and that I was not getting anything done. I find that if I have goals and tasks pre planned am much more focussed. I have not been focussed this past month or so and as a result I
The work for a while now is going to be inside the boat. I have some plumbing and wiring work to continue under the soles before I can glass them down and some furniture is starting to be roughed in. I have many months