The plans call for 4 layers of glass under the masts, and the masts are stepped, or at least their tube or post (in the end the designer opted for a male post for a female mast to rotate on) are stepped on the cabin sole. So the first task is to glue the soles […]
The bi rig plans have changed and now the masts are inboard. I have already moved the doors across to accommodate this. But now I have to cut away part of the bulkhead temporarily because I have to lay 3 layers of glass onto the sole and up the inside hull sides in one piece […]
The plans call for stiffening of hull from inside where ever there is not a web and sole (the web and sole performing the same task). In the bows I used 3 strips of 13mm duflex glued to each other and glued and glassed down along their balsa edge but in this case I have […]
Have you ever had a big job too do and it is so big you put off making a start? I started to feel that way late last month. There are just so many different tasks to complete on the internal fit out that I couldn’t get my mind around a plan of action and […]
I have been feeling a bit lost recently and that I was not getting anything done. I find that if I have goals and tasks pre planned am much more focussed. I have not been focussed this past month or so and as a result I have not achieved as much as I would have […]
The work for a while now is going to be inside the boat. I have some plumbing and wiring work to continue under the soles before I can glass them down and some furniture is starting to be roughed in. I have many months of this and I am hopping from 1 job to another […]
I have had a frustrating 2 weeks and little got done on the boat despite me working on it for both weekends. I couldn’t seem to get any actual work done. I did a lot of mocking up and a lot of staring at it but not much actual construction. We also had a bit […]
In order to figure out where the plumbing needed to go for the aft bunk sink I needed a rough idea where it would go, which is against the wall (non structural bulkhead) I have yet to fit that will also have the doorway into the stateroom. I know where that wall will go so […]
I got no work at all done this week. To be honest I have just been a bit lazy because it has been so cold in the evenings. So today I got stuck into running the first of the plumbing into the starboard hull. I have decided to try to keep the plumbing as simple […]
After nearly a week the glue that I used as filler to fill the tiny bubbles in the glass and splinters inside the case I had had still not gone off due to the extremely cold weather. It just refused to kick off. I did them both at night but thought the shed would warm […]
