With the cabin now on the boat the last external task is the rear steps to complete the shape of the boat. (I still need to fit the starboard dagger case and then glue and glass both into the hulls and then glue and glass the hull to deck turn onto the boat) and once […]
The January heat has been unrelenting. It was the same last year, in fact it was so bad (and it was my first summer in this shed) that I got a bit disheartened and only managed 34 hours. I had hoped to double that this year and get to 68 hours but the heat beat […]
Jo and I walked in to Gosford foreshore for the Australia Day celebrations today which took up all morning so I started on the boat at 2pm. The day was cool so I knew I would be able to get a start on gluing the cabin sides onto the boat. I started by removing the […]
The Sydney heat wave continues, 4 straight days over 30 and yesterday it hit 41 degrees in Sydney meaning I lost a Saturday on the boat. I went into the shed a couple of times over the past few days and each day decided it was simply too hot to work. It makes no sense […]
Today I finally glued the port side cabin side kerfs. The mid week heat waves we have had nearly every week this year (well last week and this week) have kept me off the build most days, (funnily enough it has been cooler on the weekends) and yesterday after 35 degrees all day there was […]
Very exciting times. I am finally at a stage of the build that I can see the end and to me it is nearer than the start. Many builders tell you that the shell is the easy part and takes about a third of the time. I cant see it myself. It has taken me […]
I did not do any work on the boat this weekend due to the mini boat show at Darling Harbor over the weekend and my small participation. I was invited by Dave at Drive Marine to share some of his stand for the show to display the hatches I import for the first time. So […]
I had some visitors today so I didn’t quite get as much done as I would have liked but I always welcome visitors, they make the building much more fun. I love chatting about boats, my boat or anyone else’s. I did get the stiffening frame glued to the catwalk underside. Tomorrow I will round […]
Unfortunately I have not had a chance all week to work on the boat. I have been busy getting a new business up and running. As a result of starting this build I have needed to buy a lot of boat related products, and what I have discovered is that pricing for a lot of […]
Today, after helping an Easy builder move his first hull (there were 20 guys on hand so it was an easy half hour – pun intended!) I got onto taping the outside of the port inside bow panel shut and glassing the beam outside. The plans call for 2 layers of glass overlapping 150mm and […]
