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 glue and glass wet on wet. There is a small 1mm ridge between […]
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 bedroom will work with the walls in place makes all the difference. The uni rope […]
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 (it hadn’t but was rigid enough to move) so was going to leave […]
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 the hull about 600mm up. I decided it made more sense to do […]
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 surface for taping. Remember the upside down grinding. It used up the last […]
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 marine industry importing boat hatches, www.boatebiz.com.au and whilst I have resisted 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 fridge. And with the side decks glassed on I can fit the 2 last […]
I waited and waited for a visitor for 5-10 minutes work. On the port side deck I had Jake helping, and on the starboard side to hull join the panels were almost fair to each other and I only screwed them to ensure they did not move from the good alignment they pretty much already […]
The saloon seating has hatches in the top to get to the storage space below, and the lids are just ply panels cut to the shape of the opening and they sit in place on a frame glued and glassed to the seat top underside. Fairly simple technology, nothing fancy, they will be concealed under […]
The saloon seat top is finished but not yet glassed onto the lounge. There is still some work to do inside each space that is better done before the lid goes on. Such things as pvc pipes need to be glassed into places to house wiring that will cross the boat from the battery chamber […]
