The roof is glued onto the boat. But I did have a strange occurrence and a minor hiccup or 2. I lifted the roof off the bulkhead and slid blocks in to hold it off the bulkhead in order to smear glue along the top of the bulkhead which is the uni rope. I had […]

I now have a full roof, well minus the 2 voids that will be filled by the nidacore over the cockpit sides which will be fitted just before I glass the roof. These cores have a scrim (a sheet of porous material welded to the core for the glass to adhere to) that must be […]

Things take a lot longer on the build than they do in my head beforehand. Today it took me all day to strip plank the curve on the port side and I am yet to start on the starboard side. I really thought I would be able to get the whole roof done today. I […]

Today was a 35 degree day. By mid afternoon I guess it to be 40 in the shed at floor level and 45 at deck level. Fortunately I am working at floor level. I am hoping for a cool change soon as there is no way I can wet the roof glass out in such […]

I forgot to mention last week, on the 24th I passed a milestone, I passed the 3 year anniversary of the start of actual boat building. I made the strong back in early October 2005 and on 24/10/05 I glued the first of the panels together on the strong back. I originally set myself the […]

An early morning start (7am) was needed today and I am glad I did because by noon the shed was hot again but fortunately working under the bridgedeck is actually a few degrees cooler so I soldiered on until 3pm making 8 hours for the day. I also had a few visitors through the day […]