When I left off in December last year I mentioned we were struggling a bit. Well it got worse before it started to get better and is still no better than it was in December but things are finally improving. Its fair to say that I gave up hope for a while there, but thankfully […]
For regular readers you may have noticed that there has not been an update in a while and whilst in the past, work continued but the updates did not, this time not much progress has been made this past month unfortunately. And the race I have been running against time and our bank balance has […]
Many of you will know that for many years Jo and I have been running our own importing businesses and that Paul has been importing for his own company since 1997. The importing part is easy. Its finding the product or manufacturers that is difficult. Find the right product at the right price and the […]
For quite a while I have been tripping over the side cabin extensions. I clamp them in place, kick them as I climb up onto the side decks and they fall over. I clip them up again only to kick them again and have them fall. I have put off gluing and glassing these very […]
Another month or so of work done and it feels like I didnt get much done, the work is quite fiddly and I get little to show for the work that goes in. The overall design for the catwalk was decided upon almost before I started building. As soon as we decided on the bi-rig […]
One of the most important systems on our boat will be our electricity supply. Because we intend to live aboard and we intend to try to maintain some of the lifestyle we like now except on a more mobile platform. We spend a lot of time watching tv and on the internet. We earn our […]
Many months ago, when I glassed the strip planked hull to deck turn panel and even further back than that when I glassed on the D section top, I knew back then that I would eventually have to cut hatches into the various places for 2 important reasons. Firstly it is the only way to […]
Firstly my apologies again for the state of the blog, this time its not my fault well not entirely. My service provider justhost.com decided to move my site from one server to another supposedly to improve my service. I had no issue with it, nor had I requested the move. Anyway, during the move they […]
With the core pared back 50mm around each of the windows next task is glassing in the solid glass frames. I put down 8 layers of glass , one layer at a time, wet on wet and the frame is just under 5mm thick. Very solid. First step is to round cove the square edge […]
Now that the windows have been cut out of the turret, the boat has taken on a whole new look and feel. Inside is filled with light, especially the bedrooms. But marking out the windows and cutting them was the easy part. Now the edges need to have the outside skin removed for 50mm and […]
