Today I set out the full size plot sheets so as to mark the CL (centre line), DWL (design waterline) and 1200 WL (waterline + 1200 mm) onto the bulkheads in preparation for standing the bulkheads on the strongback. Before marking the lines on each bulkhead I had to first remove all the tab overhangs […]
I ducked in for a quick 2 hours to glue the last few panels and tidy up a bit so that when I next come in I just have to stand the huge bridgedeck panels against the wall before the next stage in the process. Next job is to start standing the bulkheads ready for […]
First up today I cut out the last of the bulkheads and then I glued the last of the 19mm panels (the bridgedeck) well all except 4 which I will do tomorrow, leaving only the 13mm outside furniture panels still to be glued. We will glue those when we need to start fitting the furniture. […]
I have now glued the last of the 25mm bulkhead panels, so today I will cut the bulkheads out and start on the 19mm bulkhead (the last pallet). You can see in the picture the bulkheads with the doorways still in place. I had to use clamps on the end of a few joins just […]
Today rather than gluing panels again I spent the day cutting hull panels out of the 3 layers of sheets attached to the strongback so as to free up some space in the warehouse. We have a small space to both build and run a small importing/wholesaling business from and the 3 double pallets of […]
The Schionning Muster was fantastic!! We took a leap of faith when deciding to build a cat before ever having sailed on one. We had made our decision based solely on what it felt like to move around on one at a marina, in other words, in the same way someone would choose a house […]
After about 2 weekends of work doing about 5 hours each day, I have nearly completed all of the 16mm panels which comprises all the full length hull panels (and some furniture panels). I have cut out some of them (in the last picture from October you can see some of the full length hull […]
For those unfamiliar with how a modern kit catamaran is built, ours is made from pre-fabricated panels called Duflex from a company called ATL composites which is balsa wood core fibreglassed both sides at manufacture in 2400x1200x16mm panels (the thickness varies with the requirement, bulkheads are 25mm) which then have computerised router cuts in them that […]
The Strongback is made from second hand 150mm x 50mm hardwood, 40 metres at $8 per lineal metre so a total cost of $320 plus $80 to deliver the 80km so not a bad deal. It is recommended to use second hand timber for 2 reasons, first it is cheaper but more importantly as seasoned […]
After weeks of “other” engagements we finally got the time to order the timber for the strongback, after a false start on the weekend. A local timber recycler thought he had what we needed but it turned out he didn’t but fortunately we found another used timber recycler about an hour away in Cessnock. So […]
