I am almost ready to glass the first strip planked section. Because I have modified the height of the outboard well the turn of the planks is a bit harsher than it would otherwise be and I am not able to get them to bend exactly the way I would like. This is not unusual, […]
The rough look that the planks have before they are glued or even after glue is applied disappears with a light sand. The contrast is amazing. As mentioned when I was sanding the forebeam, the curve is made up of a series of flats but when you sand them after they are glued you are […]
The hot weather has arrived. I faired up most of the planks during the week, Wednesday was very hot so I didn’t get much done and yesterday I went for my motorcycle license. I passed. Today was also very hot, its only the first week of October and we are already getting 30+ days. And […]
With the Port hull strip planked it is on to the rest of the strip planking, the Starboard hull, the inside bow of each hull and the forward deck turn. The strip planking is the point at which the boat is being build from the top. The strip planking after this is the cabin top […]
What a great way to end what has been a great month for me on the build, to be able to finish the strip planking of the hull turn of the Port hull. Well almost, I just have to trim the planks, that is pull or push high or low planks up or down depending […]
I only put in a half day today because of the football grand final, a game no footy lover misses no matter if your own side finished second last! But I did get a start on the hull to deck strip planking. I have been looking forward to doing this part of the build for […]
Today I made the final preparations for strip planking this weekend. I clamped together 3 of the now full length x 300mm planks and ran a power circular saw with a fence on to 40mm and ran off planks ready for planking. All of the temp bulkheads are in place, the planks are ripped and […]
I have been experimenting over the last couple of days with the height of the rear bulkhead. I am having a cross between a walkthrough and non walkthrough and neither fully suits so I am experimenting until I get the height I need to accommodate the outboard, still have a raised duckboard and still have […]
I attached 3 of the 5 temp bulkheads today, I couldn’t attach the last 2 because the height of them will in some way be dictated by the height of the rear bulkhead which is currently the wrong height. It is set for a walk through transom but I am not having the walk through […]
I found that finishing the forebeam was harder than I thought. After much discussion with various people including Mike in Perth who is also building a 1230 bi rig cat single handed, I have decided to plough on and use my simple U bolt anchor bridle points. Mikes concern is that the outer seal of […]
