I left the port dagger case not quite fit correctly last night. I should have persevered as all that was needed was a little more trimming of the hole in a couple of places and it would be right. It took me just 15 minutes to get the trimming done today and now the case […]
As predicted the glue on the forebeam was still rubbery today so I decided to push on and glass it so that the bond becomes chemical between the glue, cove and glass. It saves sanding and is a stronger bond. So first task was to cove the joins. Easy enough, except under the beam forward […]
Today is a milestone day. I have glued the forebeam into the boat. But before I did that I finished the first dagger case (yesterday) and started today on the second case. To finish the first case yesterday all I had to do was run a bead of resin along the internal joins of the […]
I had a light day today only 4 hours. There are some things that trump boatbuilding, going out on a cat is one of them, though the weather is crap here at the moment so I didn’t do that. No today my football team was on TV, Carlton was playing the old enemy Collingwood with […]
I needed some help lifting the side deck off the port hull before I could do any further work on the beam so while I waited I got on with another little task you may have noticed that I was stalling on. Trimming the dagger cases and gluing them. Not a particularly taxing task but […]
I lifted (well me and 2 helpers) the beam onto the hulls today. I have one side slid into place and the other side (port side) is sitting above the hull to deck turn panel. It will need to be removed before the beam can be slid over the port bulkhead as the beam is […]
All of the hatch floors (well all but 1 that I now have other plans for) are glued into the hull and glassed. The forward ones provide a platform to stand on while fitting the forebeam to the boat. I have also checked the level of the hulls. I have a mark on each hull […]
I did another 4 hours on the boat today. I could have done more, given it was a public holiday but I spent the morning with Jo. Jo wanted to see Sex and the City movie so I went with her, she had organised to go on Friday evening with some friends but she wasn’t […]
I only worked for about 5 hours today. I started at 10am and left at 3pm. Not much to report. Today I did glue all of the false floor bases into the boat so all I have to do is glue the floors themselves in. I want the floors glued in so that I can […]
I should pass another milestone this month and fit the dagger cases and the forebeam into the boat and close up the inside bows and foredeck. I wont be gluing the hull to deck turns on yet as I still need to fit mast tubes in and this will be some time yet as I […]
