They say a week is a long time in politics (or football). I have learnt that a month is a very short time in boatbuilding. At least is seems that way. The month is gone and from a combination of interstate business and the Sanctuary Cove boat show week (which with the drive consumed 2 […]
Sanctuary Cove boat show is huge! I actually spent Friday and Saturday at the show and still did not see as much as I would have liked. Next year I will go on all 4 days. Seriously. I had intended to go on all manner of boats to get ideas for fit out, but only […]
As part of our visit to the Gold Coast we have arranged to visit Sean’s 1230. Sean started his boat about 3 months ahead of us but is now nearly a year ahead of us. He has both his hulls finished and joined and the bridgedeck raised and glassed into place. The great thing about […]
Now that the hull is glassed it is time to make it look smooth ready for final coats of various materials such as more resin then high build, a cross between paint and bog that is applied and sanded a number of times until the hull is super smooth and fair and ready for final […]
Finally back home and getting ready to finish the port hull. The hull needs to have the screw holes filled and sanded and any pinholes caused by air bubbles in the join filler. Then the fibreglass will be applied and then final fairing, before the hull is ready for turning.
February will be a shortened month as I have to go on a business trip for most of it. I am hoping to have the port hull ready for glassing with all hull joins and screw holes filled and sanded.
Over the last couple of days I have managed a couple of hours here and there. I have glassed the inside of the last panel that I didn’t get to do last week because of the rush to get the panels on yada, yada, but I now have them done. I have glued all of […]
Happy New Year. Due to family Christmas and then the extreme heat here on the Central Coast of NSW I have been unable to get any work done on the boat for the past 3 weeks. I knew I wouldn’t get any work done after about the 15 Dec as I had to travel interstate […]
Because of work commitments I only had time to stand 1 more bulkhead today. I had to rush to catch a plane, I will be in Melbourne for a few days but I hope to be able to get more done this weekend. I didn’t have time to take any photos today but will add […]
Today I marked all but 2 of the bulkheads I didnt finish on Saturday, I just have bulkhead 5 for each hull to go. I filed down the tabs as I went and found that if you hold the file down with just one hand with leather gardening gloves on you can take off the […]
