THE GREYFALCON BOATBUILD
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35. It's over!
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On Tuesday we did it. Yep, we turned the boat over. It has taken two years and five months from the start date and I cou[...]
34. It's blue!
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After waiting the requisite 7 days for the primer to properly harden, my painterly friend, Michael, and I flatted the pr[...]
33. Is there anybody out there?
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It would seem that there is radio silence from all my myriad of readers. Not a word, where are you all? Well, who car[...]
32. It's official. I'm an epoxy nerd!
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It has taken me a while to really understand this stuff but now ... Having completed the fibreglassing of the bottom [...]
31. Epoxy, more epoxy, and even more epoxy with a bit of fibre-glass.
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Well, that was an eventful weekend! Saturday is on number 30, but Sunday? Started at 09.00 flattening the epoxy we put [...]
30. What a difference a day makes!
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So here it is looking very shiny after three coats of epoxy. Mark decided it would be better to completely cover the boa[...]
29. Take a good look!
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... as this is the last time you will see it like this. Yes, this is it, folks. The hull gets fibreglassed this weekend[...]
28. Hull covered
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Well, the good news of the week is that the hull is finally covered with sapele. The last bit took 24 clamps and a lot o[...]
27. It's been a while
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Time has been taken up with 'extracurricular' events but I have now been back in the studio for a few days and I am near[...]
26. Just some updates.
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I have been trying to get the boat to the point where it can be fibreglassed and turned over. I would have liked to have[...]
25. IT WORKS, just listen !!!!!!!
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Stress levels return to "MANAGEABLE". Yesterday saw the engine run with gearbox, exhausts water and fuel (of course) at[...]
24. Return to New Zealand, but first ...
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It seems an age since I have written on the blog, but that is not because there is nothing to report. No no no. On th[...]
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