A couple of years back Jo and I went to a Schionning Muster and got to go on a brand new 40ft Alaskan (Power Cat). It changed some of our layout plans as we very much wanted to set our galley and bathroom out the same way. One feature was the kitchen cabinets and stair […]
As I mentioned in my last post some of the work I have outlined in the previous post actually took place in August. Here is the rest of what was done in August. One such piece of work done in the first week of August was the gluing in and glassing of the last pieces […]
I also left off in June with the bathroom main cabinet finished and a start made on the toilet cabinet. Since then I have also almost finished the toilet cabinet, made the shaving cabinet, finished the plumbing final fit in and also created the laundry cabinet. I cant quite finish the toilet cabinet yet, I […]
Continued on from www.mahnamahna.com.au Welcome to the new blog. I have been holding this site back for a while because Yikes is the name that our boat will launch as but we were not going to spring that new name until launch. It was going to be mahnamahna for a long time and stayed so […]
The journey of Mahna Mahna started the moment we decided we wanted to build our own Catamaran and then sail the world on her, but the actual building started in Septemeber 2005 and should be completed in August 2010. We hope to launch into Brisbane Waters Gosford, our home port but as most people around […]
Whilst all this was going on, Dean started some rough work (I dont mean rough as in quality, I mean rough as in initial) work on the shaping of the bows. In the next week the rudders and the glass toilet that Mike in Perth (also building a bi-rig cat and doing a great job, […]
Once the kickboard was glassed in, and having dry fit the fronts, glassing the vanity side front on was an easy task. I wont be glassing the toilet side until the toilet arrives, as it will need to be cut into the front before it gets glassed in, and probably some form of base made […]
With the shape of the cupboards decided on I made an mdf mold from the cardboard template. 4 mdf panels cut to shape make up the mold and because both sides are identical but mirror image, the one mold will make both sides. Thats the beauty of non glassed polycore. Cold molding and glassing. And […]
With the bathroom floor finally glassed down and the sump lid on I finally have the last sole glassed into the boat. I have been stepping gingerly over the dry fit bathroom floor and it squeaked and groaned as it moved around because it was not glassed down. Visitors who have stepped on it and […]
In the meantime, with the shower pretty much finished except for glassing that last panel in, then the fairing and painting of it, and of course the fitting of the shower rose and mixer tap, I moved onto the laundry floor. I was originally going to leave this section without a floor but the narrowing […]
