Another big day today, I have glued the side deck on and glassed the bulkheads to it. I also took a bit of a risk but it paid off. I decided I had time to glue the hull side to side deck join and the bulkheads in one go, alone. I had the side deck […]
I have managed an hour each night this week, and in that time I have managed to finish glass the curved fascia end at the starboard stairwell which completes the shape of the saloon seating at that end leaving just the island chaise at the port end of the lounge to go. After that is […]
Another satisfying but exhausting days work today on another beautiful day, 30 degrees again and I am missing them. Oh well by the time the boat is done we ought to be getting 33 degree days in April. I got a little more done today than I had originally set out to do. I had […]
There are a couple of very good reasons why cats sell for upwards of half a million dollars. One is the materials of course, and another is that there are a lot of man hours in any boat, whether owner built or production built. The other glaring reason is there are jobs that need to […]
The Port side deck is glued on, all voids filled and ready to sand smooth in order to glass (tape). The long outside tapes need some time to do so will need to be done on the weekend if the weather is not too hot (because of the time it takes to get the entire […]
I have mentioned that I will start to get outside work done to help me finish the boat. The people I have approached are people I saw work on Dennis’s Nine Lives and was impressed by the quality of their work. One guy (Fergo) has worked on the Ellen Macarthur world record setting trimaran as […]
The saloon furniture is starting to take shape, or at least the lounge suite is. So the plan this month is to finish the lounge suite and start on the kitchen cabinets or maybe the electronics cupboard, it would make more sense to finish that next so that the starboard side of the saloon is […]
Time for another rant. Almost a month after the end of summer and yesterday was 35 degrees and today 38 degrees in Gosford. And that was outside, it must be another 10 degrees warmer on the boat. If anyone doubts that climate change is happening, start building a boat. You will soon agree. In just […]
As you can see from the dates on the 2 posts, I am not updating the site as frequently as usual. Unfortunately I have been having computer issues and as a result I am working from my old laptop which is a bit slow and clunky but more importantly besides uploading it I also keep […]
Unfortunately half the month is gone and I have only managed 10 hours work on the boat so far this month. I have been in Queensland over last weekend with Jo so could not work on the boat for 5 days. Unfortunately Jo has had to move up there for the school year to help […]
