I did not get much work done on the boat during the week (nor did I last weekend or the days during the week before so it has been 2 weeks with not much done). I did manage to sand the inside of the roof to smooth off any sharp edges of glass. I will […]
The usual early start today, I got in and finished the roof inside glassing. I moved the frames to reveal the unglassed sections below them. I also found quite a large (about 200mm round) patch of glass that had not stuck to the roof below, it had lifted. I would have to grind this out […]
Today was open day at the shed, I had in total 8 visitors at various times during the day. I met a prospective Schionning builder and his wife and father, as well as Jo’s mum and friends as well as a couple of my other building friends so I reckon I stopped to chat for […]
Now that the roof is out and turned over I need to glass the inside. Before that is done the roof is still flexible so it needs the glass to fix its shape and stiffen it. I carefully sanded the glue that had squeezed out through the joins and also tried to level the planks […]
The boys moved 9 Lives today. They hired 4 piano trolleys, jacked the boat up and placed the 4 trolleys in place and pushed the boat over. Easy. When the time comes (soon) to move the boat out they will employ the same method. Just move the boat a little further over, turn the trolleys […]
The roof has been released from the mold but I am yet to turn it over. It took me over an hour to release the roof. Many of the screws just refused to come out, a combination of resin in the heads (or under glass) or trying to reuse screws with damaged heads meant that […]
I called into the shed this morning for an hour to add that section of glass I mentioned yesterday. The idea to add it only occurred to me last night when looking at the photos. I realised I would have a hollow about 500mm wide to fill across the top front of the roof and […]
Yesterday I sanded down the starboard side glued strip planks smooth ready for glassing. I had a similar bump where the hard turn problem with the wider planks meets the thin strip planks, as I had on the port side. I attempted to smooth the bump out by adding glue as a filler to gently […]
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 […]
