Today I managed to glue the bridgedeck up to the 2 middle bulkheads, bulkheads 5 & 6, 5 is the back of the bedrooms/front of the saloon where the mast is stepped on a regular rig and 6 is the back of the saloon/front of the cockpit onto which the steering is placed. But first […]
I have coved and taped the deck webs onto the forward spanning bulkhead, square and plumb. I then set about cutting the kerfs into the front of the deck. I am cutting them 50mm apart for 1.15 meters. I cut 24 kerfs, probably one too many but I wanted to be sure that I didn’t […]
After deciding that I would not attempt the fly screen non slip on the underside of the deck it was just a matter of turning it over ready to lift into place. Yesterday three of us lifted one end and we pushed the pallet trolley under, then we lifted the other end and pushed the […]
Yesterday I finished sanding the underside of the bridgedeck. Here and there required additional filling, which I have also done and sanded and then after a final check I decided there were a few more areas I needed to add a little more filler to so I filled them before finishing for the day. Today […]
Last month I prematurely raised the Pure Seal sample a month early. I hinted that the test plate looked pretty good. It does in fact look great. I think this formula is working. To temper my enthusiasm I have to add that it is still only 6 months in the water (from 1st December 06). […]
Time often gets away from you on a build like this. What looks do-able slips out and life sometimes gets in the way. I am sure I will get the bridgedeck raised this month. I was originally aiming over optimistically for the last week of April and here it is June and it still isn’t […]
I have started to sand the underwing, like most fairing it is not a pleasant job but it isn’t as back breaking as it would be upside down, so I am happy to do it before I raise the deck. I am about 1/3 done. I leave for the boat show tomorrow so I wont […]
The bog was not fully set enough today to sand it so I will start on that tomorrow. Today I made the stern stiffener ends, tapering out. I had originally planed to make these out of foam that I made with the pvc as a mold. I made one plug from the foam very easily, […]
I sanded the bridgedeck on Wednesday. I feathered the tapes out which means I sanded the edge off the step that the tape makes in order to make the transition from no tape to the full height of the tape (less than 1mm) seamless so that you cant feel or see it. Once that is […]
I have to taper out the stiffeners front and rear. The front ones will follow the curve of the bridgedeck so I will make those once the bridgedeck is up and I can shape them to the curve. But the rear ones I will make and glass in and fair out before the deck is […]
