The Sydney heat wave continued this week. I know I mention this a lot but unfortunately I mention it to explain why no work is getting done. But mercifully a cool southerly change swept through on Friday evening so the weekend was a more mild mid 20’s. I needed it. I had the starboard wrap […]
Only a builder (possibly only a cat builder) would know what this sentence means. As grating as it becomes you even find yourself saying it. But its true. At various stages what you are doing doesn’t resemble what you are going to end up with. Hulls upside down, hulls not joined, joined hulls but no […]
I finally got some work done on the boat today. I started preparations for fitting the wrap around panels to the boat. This would seem a relatively easy task and it normally would be, but I have not yet glued and glassed the side decks to the boat. I still have some work to do […]
The mini heat wave continues. 4 days of 30 plus heat, today reached close to 40 degrees. I have not been to the shed for a couple of days, I went in today and did not get much done on the boat, it is just too hot at any elevation above the floor, so I […]
I slept in today and missed the chance to work in the relative coolness of the morning. I got to the shed at 11am and it was already stinking hot so by 3.00pm I had gone home for a swim. I did manage to get the kerfs cut on the wrap around panels and potter […]
Last January I did not get much work done (in fact I only did 34 hours for the month) because of the heat. Well, it hit 36 degrees today, but I am determined to get more done so I managed 3 hours of light duties. I repositioned the top on the boat in exactly the […]
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 […]
