Fitting toilets in boats is heaps of fun. Said no-one ever! Bloody waterlines and gravity and other pesky immutable laws of nature. I have put off finishing the main bathroom for nearly 2 years having built and fitted the cabinets in 2011. I had decided a long time ago that I wanted a Lavac vacuum […]
Most boat builders would probably fair a boat before cutting portlights into a curved hull as the holes tend to create a grab point for the long board. Unless the port fitting is likely to cause so much damage to the faired surface that it needs to be re-done anyway. For 2 reasons I have […]
Every job on the boat needs to be done sooner or later if the boat is to be finished. But as we ran out of money some time ago, many jobs and installations (purchases) will have to wait for better days. In the meantime I will install the wherewithal that will allow me to retrofit, […]
When I left off in December last year I mentioned we were struggling a bit. Well it got worse before it started to get better and is still no better than it was in December but things are finally improving. Its fair to say that I gave up hope for a while there, but thankfully […]
For regular readers you may have noticed that there has not been an update in a while and whilst in the past, work continued but the updates did not, this time not much progress has been made this past month unfortunately. And the race I have been running against time and our bank balance has […]
Many of you will know that for many years Jo and I have been running our own importing businesses and that Paul has been importing for his own company since 1997. The importing part is easy. Its finding the product or manufacturers that is difficult. Find the right product at the right price and the […]
For quite a while I have been tripping over the side cabin extensions. I clamp them in place, kick them as I climb up onto the side decks and they fall over. I clip them up again only to kick them again and have them fall. I have put off gluing and glassing these very […]
Another month or so of work done and it feels like I didnt get much done, the work is quite fiddly and I get little to show for the work that goes in. The overall design for the catwalk was decided upon almost before I started building. As soon as we decided on the bi-rig […]
One of the most important systems on our boat will be our electricity supply. Because we intend to live aboard and we intend to try to maintain some of the lifestyle we like now except on a more mobile platform. We spend a lot of time watching tv and on the internet. We earn our […]
Many months ago, when I glassed the strip planked hull to deck turn panel and even further back than that when I glassed on the D section top, I knew back then that I would eventually have to cut hatches into the various places for 2 important reasons. Firstly it is the only way to […]
