The kickboards on the bridgedeck are 140mm high (50mm may be hidden under a false floor), and on a boat with limited space that is a lot of shelf space to lose. And the black box processor of the 8000i screen is quite

Back on the boat after the Sanctuary Cove boat show. Numbers were well down at this years show, and it didn’t help that I had a pagoda stand outside so when it rained I had no-one passing my stand, and it rained

A short day today, Jo is down for a week, but I leave for the Sanctuary Cove boat show on Tuesday so because of us living in separate states for a while we went out for the afternoon. I did manage to get a start on the

Having de-cored the balsa around the mast (the mast is 200mm across and the ply base is 400mm across) I cut the ply pads to size and glued them into the spaces. I decided on gluing them then sanding back rather than

Sometimes small things make a huge difference. Just cutting the door out of the starboard aft wall and dry fitting it again made a huge difference. Being able to step through that door and get a feel about how the

The join in the bedroom wall had set so I could continue working on it. Yesterday evening I almost bunked off early before glassing the other side of the panel. I was concerned that the first side tape had not fully set

With the template made to shape fitted in place to set the size it was just a matter of deciding whether to run the panel vertically and add a join vertically or run the panel horizontally and have a horizontal join in

I managed to get both side decks glued and glassed on last month with the exception of just 4 internal tapes, which I completed this month. With just the 4 tapes to go I spent 2 hours last week just preparing the

Every now and then an opportunity presents itself. I am grateful that I have had many of them. Many of you will already know that although I am an amateur boat builder, my build has led me to start a business in the

With the saloon furniture is taking shape, all that is left is to clean the insides up, coat it in white epoxy and glass the top on, I will turn my attention to the galley and electronics/nav station cabinet and the