When the nose cones were first shaped I ran out of foam. And I was desperately broke (still broke just not desperately any more), so could not buy more. I even made a ply box to go inside the foam nose to stretch the foam I had go just a little further. I ended up […]
I think I have just about used all of the plays on the word step for post title so no more step right up or step in the right direction. The boat is nearly completely closed. What that means is that the core will soon be completely enclosed by glass or filler everywhere on the […]
Steel sheds have a fatal flaw for boat building in our ever warming climate. They trap heat, no amount of whirly birds on the roof can dissipate the heat fast enough, and the elevated position of the boat is such that the higher up on the boat I am working the hotter it is. As […]
I am over the roof work and ready to move on. Dont get me wrong, I have really enjoyed doing the roof, it has been one of the most satisfying achievements of the build (big call, but I got some serious “you are in big trouble” vibes from so called professionals on this fix and […]
Another milestone moment for me. The roof is finally all one color, white. And the all white roof shows that the roof is adequately fair. (prior to that, the different colors would optically deceive and it was hard to see if the roof was fair), and I say adequate because it could be better, but […]
Not yet. Again I decided I was not ready to be happy with the roof so I filled spots, cove filled and re-sanded large areas. It is getting to be very close, but I wont know for sure until I get a coat of highbuild on, especially while it is still wet and take a […]
Although the weather had cooled overnight, it was temporary. The day got to 27 today, not as hot but when you are sanding, it feels just as hot. The bog had hardened sufficiently overnight to fair it today. I started with the Bohler, a 3 disk rotary sander that I used to start the fairing […]
Very slow progress this week. In fact at one stage I actually went backwards! The foam shapes sides are glued to duflex sides and to glass it all I rounded the square underside inside edge so the glass would wrap around so it is glass on balsa rounded edge. There is nothing wrong with this […]
Some jobs have a very high satisfaction level. For me there are many of them, especially those that are what I would call milestone moment, things that everyone building must do to get a finished boat (well all jobs fit into that category but some are highly visual). Like fitting a major piece like the […]
I could only throw an hour at it today. I managed to get the first sheave box glued into the first dagger and to sand and grind the rough dags off the second dagger where the tapes ended around the axle screws and glassed patches over the areas so now when it is set I […]
