Another season came and went. Summer is officially over although I suspect we still have a few weeks of hot weather yet. As I usually do, I checked on the Pureseal plate to see how it was fairing after another 3 months, the hot water months when growth is usually at its highest and now […]
Unfortunately I did not get as much of the the rear steps done as I wanted in February and in fact I may not be able to complete them until I have a definite idea of the outboards I will fit. I am leaning to the Evinrude Etec 30 hp. They are only 65kgs for […]
The rear steps are proving difficult for me to design. I just cant get my head around how they will work yet. So rather than let them slow me down, I have decided to try to work from what I know I want and work backwards. I will start with the duckboard. I have already […]
The only thing left to do to finish the cabin sides is to glue on the cabin side extension. This extension does 2 things. It finishes the side profile of the cabin and that extension panel also provides some shelter from spray to the cockpit and helm position is you have a beam wind whilst […]
Sanding upside down is probably the worst job on the build. I had to sand the joins on the cabin side to decks this week when I prepared them for taping. Below is a picture of the join before I taped it. I was really happy with how neat these joins ended up being. Now […]
It has been a weird couple of weeks. I must apologise for the delay in posting, all the more confusing when combined to the weird things the website has been doing. For those that missed it or still don’t know what was happening, I use a real budget ISP, I only pay US$1 per month […]
6am start today to beat some of the heat. The task for today was to sand the gluing I had done yesterday, cove the joins where needed and glass the joins before the heat of the day (noon) made work in the shed unbearable. This is going to sound familiar because it pretty much mirrors […]
Everyday the news is talking about the hottest heatwave in 40 years. The entire South East of Australia is suffering. In Adelaide they have had over 2 weeks of consecutive days of over 35C and Melbourne had 4 days of over 40C. Here in Sydney we have had some days of relief but it is […]
The title of the post pretty much says it all. I did go in and removed the peelply to check the glassing. Nearly all fine. Remember yesterday I mentioned the effect of being tired and cutting corners. I have often finished a glassing session and pretty much washed up and gone home leaving the tapes […]
This relentless summer heat continues. I started at 8am (I was up at 7am but dawdled around much to my later regret). I have the top completely glued to the sides and it is ready to sand. It only takes a day to set in summer. Once it is sanded smooth and rounded the glass […]
