After 2 days in Melbourne I was keen to get some work done on the boat today. In the afternoon I decided to tackle the second hull level. To do so I had to start the port hull again from scratch. I removed the wedges I had put in to raise the hull to the […]
I arrived at the shed at 10am today excited about the prospect of joining the hulls together for the first time. I started the day with the starboard hull level and after some quick checks yesterday before I knocked off I thought the port hull wasn’t far off either. Warren told me he spent 3 […]
I have 2 planes set (of 5) and I am working on the next 2 now. The 2 planes that are set are the correct distance apart using the spacers, and then by measuring from port stern centreline to starboard bow centreline and then matching the starboard stern CL to port bow CL you are […]
I have started to anchor the hulls in place (in relation to each other) in preparation for gluing in the bulkhead returns that finally permanently join the hulls together forever. Today I joined together some timber in order to make 2 6 meter spacers with which to set the hulls apart at the exact distance […]
I am itching to join the hulls. Today I decided to get started. In a modest way anyway. I have the hulls in the position for joining. So today I cleaned the bows and sterns up ready to be joined together at the correct distance apart. I removed the overhang of duflex and glass past […]
With the Easter holidays upon us, we have Jo’s son Jacob and one of his friends Bronson with us for the holidays. So as an ongoing holiday project we are building him a dingy but experimenting with 4mm ply to see if it still has the strength but is a lot lighter than the duflex. […]
With everything moved into the new shed, the first task is to put everything, including the hulls into the best place to work for the next 3 years. We literally finished clearing the old shed and handing back the keys yesterday. I managed to save a months rent on the old place (my lease was […]
With the move to the new shed complete and the old shed cleaned and handed over it is finally time to join the hulls into one vessel. I anticipate that I should have the bulkheads joined and the bridgedeck up this month.
Since the excitement of last weekends move not much has happened. I had to go to Melbourne on Wednesday until Friday and this weekend was spent moving stuff from one warehouse to the other. I hand the keys of the old warehouse back next Saturday as the agents have found a new tenant to take […]
Whilst I was a little nervous about moving the hulls I needn’t have been. It was as easy as I described in yesterdays log. With 9 guys and a 40ft trailer these hulls are really easy to move. Its easy to make it sound like nothing after the fact but it really was no trouble. […]
