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 […]
….You may as well do the job properly. Dont you hate that voice in your head sometimes? I have messed around on this build nearly 9 years now, why would you cut corners for the sake of a few more days work? Makes some sense I suppose, but there are going to be days and […]
Some builders tell me that fairing is often only finished when you can convince yourself it is. As difficult and tiring as fairing is, believe it or not, its addictive and good enough is never good enough. Buoyed by my success (yeah I’m claiming it) in repairing the roof so far, I have decided good […]
Many years ago I made a mistake when fitting the roof that I have documented before. But before I go into that again, lets go back a bit further. The boat I am building is a kit, that is, most panels came pre-cut out of flat panels. The parts that did not were the highly […]
When Jo and I first got the notion to go cruising it occurred to us more than once, that we dont know the first thing about sailing. Jo had a little experience as a small girl sailing on a 14ft mono sail boat with her dad, but sailing on a very small trailer sailer on […]
Not a lot to report unfortunately. At least not in this post. The going got extremely slow on the outboard tracks for a couple of reasons. Firstly, for the last week and a half I have had the flu which left me lethargic and tired, because unlike in the past, I still have to work to […]
The boat is back down. After a nerve racking little while jacked up in the air at a somewhat precarious angle, all the work on the rudders and under the hulls is done and the next little bit of work requires level and square again (level = fore to aft, square = level left to […]
The rudders are hung, so now I am working on the outboard doors, the last thing I want to complete before I lower the boat back down. Only because I will be bolting these parts in through the hull so having them a little higher makes access just a touch easier. Next job after this […]
