Monthly archives:July 2018

  • 38. Enjoying some woodwork.

  • The last few days have been a break from the engineering. At the end of last week, whilst waiting to pick up the steering gear and the GRP prop shaft tube etc, I found some time to enjoy a bit of woodwork. I positioned the structural timbers on the bow deck and rough cut the fillers. I then cut and [...]
  • 37. So you think I have been idle?

  • Think again, I have been hard at work. Painted the entire interior of the boat in epoxy bilge/primer paint. Planed and sanded the chine/deck and installed mahogany timber on edge. Took forever to get it accurate and steam the timbers.  Installed deck clamp/chine timbers. This is where the[...]