With the under sole frame for the oversize inspection port that I am making measured out and the aperture cut out of the duflex sole I glued and glassed the ply frame that will house the male screw thread drum top to the underside of the sole. I found the best method of attaching it […]
I have been experimenting with an idea that Dennis gave me for a lid for my sumps. Neither sump is directly inside the shower. But sumps have pumps in them and must be accessible so that if they break down they can be easily replaced, and will also need to be cleaned on a regular […]
In order to install furniture the soles below them must be glassed down, but in order for them to be glassed down any under-sole work needs to be completed, as it was in the ensuite (I had some plumbing to install first) and in the robe and port bedroom as there was nothing needed under […]
So finally back on my own build I finished the port forward bedroom hull-side (outboard) cabinet is finished. I coated the shelves with white epoxy and then glassed the top on. I had some work to do on the top, I had to finish shaping the front edge which I had filled during the week […]
Not much work was done to my boat last weekend because of the combination of very hot weather and last minute work that I helped out doing on Nine Lives. I also spent time during the week finishing a variety of small jobs on Nine Lives, such as glassing in a rudder brace bulkhead and […]
It is amazing how fast time slips by whilst building this boat. Already I have been working over 4 years and it is now 2 years since I put the second Pureseal test plate in the water. And It is still performing as well as I would expect it to. I had a visitor who […]
That heading is not going to change for months as I slowly move one room at a time around the boat fitting the internal furniture. I am not able to just finish a room and move on as I originally thought for 2 reasons, boredom (I get itchy feet to do something different after a […]
The port bedroom furniture continues to take shape an hour at a time. It has been hot again all week so by the time I am able to get to the shed it is sauna like. An hour at a time is about as much as I can stand of it. I have all the […]
The Port bedroom hull side cupboard kickboard was glassed in last night and tonight I glassed the 3 dividing walls and front rail into the hull. I also glued a post against the bulkhead on the aft end of the cupboard. I clamped blocks of timber, duflex whatever I could lay my hands on, to […]
The next rooms back are the forward berths in each hull and across the bridgedeck. Each bedroom will have a slightly different set up in that the port berth will run across the boat (athwartships) and the starboard berth will run fore and aft. This will mean the step set up will be different and […]
