Today all I did was remove the peel ply from the stiffeners that I glassed yesterday. I had hoped to be a little further advanced, perhaps with the fairing already done. That step is next and the glassing in of the stiffeners only happened yesterday. I only managed an hour today because of a social […]
I have been pondering the various options of how to make the bridgedeck stiffeners. After I had bought the rectangle tubes at $38 each for 3 meter lengths for a total of $190 James suggested it would be cheaper to make the stiffeners out of 100mm foam rather than tube. I did get the cost […]
I cant believe I didn’t get an email to tell me I had my months mixed up. The start of the new season is next month! So a bit early to update on PureSeal, I did have a look at the plates but will report at the start of June (just for those like me […]
As has become customary for the start of each season, the PureSeal plate gets an inspection and a report. This morning I forgot to go and check them so I will report on them tomorrow. Back on the boat build, I have decided on 4 bridgedeck stiffening pipes and decided that pvc rectangle down pipe […]
With the hulls now joined, it is now time to raise the bridgedeck and finish the platform of the boat. I will lose a week (and a weekend) of boatbuilding at the end of the month for the Sanctuary Cove boat show so I am hoping to have the bridgedeck bottom faired, it raised and […]
Thursday was my birthday and Jo bought me a Dewalt impact driver, 2 batteries and charger and a set of driver heads. Dewalt are probably the best (and most expensive!) battery tools there are. James (the professional boat builder) uses them and Jo must have seen me coveting them! His is 9 years old. I […]
I have glued the slots in the final bulkhead sides and middle part (bulkhead 6 saloon to cockpit door) so that it is narrowed where the tapes will sit. The method of getting the glue into the 100mm deep power saw cut is to try to pry the opening up with one finger and to […]
I managed to glue in 2 more bulkheads today. I probably should have done all 3 but I am a bit slow. I also hit a minor snag that slowed me down a little but also showed just how forgiving this method of building is. I didn’t dry fit all 4 bulkheads before gluing them […]
After much consternation about getting the hulls as perfectly positioned as I could I have today finally joined them by gluing in BH7 the most rear spanning bulkhead and the back of the cockpit. In the end I decided that I was checking all of the levels as my procrastinating that I do before any […]
I have no idea what this post was supposed to be, it got lost in translation in the migration from the old website. I probably should have deleted it but thought what the heck, leave it in.
