I managed to get both side decks glued and glassed on last month with the exception of just 4 internal tapes, which I completed this month. With just the 4 tapes to go I spent 2 hours last week just preparing the surface for taping. Remember the upside down grinding. It used up the last […]
Every now and then an opportunity presents itself. I am grateful that I have had many of them. Many of you will already know that although I am an amateur boat builder, my build has led me to start a business in the marine industry importing boat hatches, www.boatebiz.com.au and whilst I have resisted the […]
With the saloon furniture is taking shape, all that is left is to clean the insides up, coat it in white epoxy and glass the top on, I will turn my attention to the galley and electronics/nav station cabinet and the fridge. And with the side decks glassed on I can fit the 2 last […]
I waited and waited for a visitor for 5-10 minutes work. On the port side deck I had Jake helping, and on the starboard side to hull join the panels were almost fair to each other and I only screwed them to ensure they did not move from the good alignment they pretty much already […]
The saloon seating has hatches in the top to get to the storage space below, and the lids are just ply panels cut to the shape of the opening and they sit in place on a frame glued and glassed to the seat top underside. Fairly simple technology, nothing fancy, they will be concealed under […]
The saloon seat top is finished but not yet glassed onto the lounge. There is still some work to do inside each space that is better done before the lid goes on. Such things as pvc pipes need to be glassed into places to house wiring that will cross the boat from the battery chamber […]
Another big day today, I have glued the side deck on and glassed the bulkheads to it. I also took a bit of a risk but it paid off. I decided I had time to glue the hull side to side deck join and the bulkheads in one go, alone. I had the side deck […]
I have managed an hour each night this week, and in that time I have managed to finish glass the curved fascia end at the starboard stairwell which completes the shape of the saloon seating at that end leaving just the island chaise at the port end of the lounge to go. After that is […]
Another satisfying but exhausting days work today on another beautiful day, 30 degrees again and I am missing them. Oh well by the time the boat is done we ought to be getting 33 degree days in April. I got a little more done today than I had originally set out to do. I had […]
There are a couple of very good reasons why cats sell for upwards of half a million dollars. One is the materials of course, and another is that there are a lot of man hours in any boat, whether owner built or production built. The other glaring reason is there are jobs that need to […]
