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 […]
Just when you thought you might be through cutting holes in the boat. And just when you thought there was nothing else to add to the structure…well not really, I have known about having to make sheeting points and a radar mount for some time. And having faired the roof to the second highbuild stage […]
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 […]
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 […]
Its amazing how long things take when you either stop to admire your work so far or you measure everything a 100 times. I am guilty of both and probably wasted an hour doing both today. Never mind. I did get the roof glassed onto the bulkhead, which included the usual coving as well. It […]
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 […]
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 […]
