The 2 starboard tanks are made. They just need the lids glued and glassed on and the through fittings (skin fitting) put on. Each tank will have 2 skin fittings on the top, an inlet and a breather that will double as an emergency overflow through the side of the hull just under the tramps […]
After finally settling on the set up I want in the forward ensuite with regards to holding tanks. I have changed my mind a number of times, including not having tanks, having one tank and pumping both to the same tank, and finally deciding I would have 2 tanks than switching the position of them. […]
With the vanity front glass set it could be removed and will now hold its shape enough to glass the inside but it would still need to go back onto the shelves to fully set. The last pic was of it just glassed on the outside. Once it had set I removed the front, it […]
I have the vanity shelves and top temporarily fitted to the ensuite. I attached a rim of duflex to the underside of the top 30mm set back from the front edge, in order form a molding ring for the front before fitting the top (just sitting on blocks that set the height). The rim is […]
I am coming up to s part of the work that I really enjoy. Freeform construction. What I mean by this is furniture that I dont have a kit for and a lot of the time I dont even have a fully formed idea of what or how I will complete a task. I literally […]
The final task in this mast base work to do was replace the removed bulkhead section. The port side went fairly smoothly over a few midweek afternoons and the starboard was not different. Tuesday afternoon I glued the parts back in, coved and glassed them to the hull sides and sole wet on wet. And […]
Laying the 4 layers of mast base glass is a difficult or rather a tricky job. The problem lies with access. Being in the pointy end of one of the hull there is nowhere to stand in order to lay the wet glass without standing on wet glass. Last time (port hull) I laid the […]
With the shower base glued in, the next job was to glue in the starboard bedroom sole, or most of it. I have cut the rear third of it off and will glue that in separately. Again I glued in the pine stringers for the sole to bed onto and let it set. Then today […]
Today I glued the shower base sole into the starboard hull, closing off the under sole plumbing forever. As I did on the port side, I buttered glue onto the pine stringers and duflex web and carefully placed the sole into position, pulling the vanity sink drain pipe through and then equally careful not to […]
The first thing I do at the start of a new season is check on the pureseal. This check is 2 years 9 months. The theory is that in winter the water is colder and growth is slower, but I have not noticed much difference on the panel over the years between any particular period […]
