And some glassing

I also managed to fibreglass tape one side of bulkhead A into place as well as the small quarter bulkhead right in the bow that helps support the spinnaker pole. All in all a good productive day.

Thanks for visiting. 

Cheers Jay 

And some more bulkheads

Managed to get all the bulkheads positioned today. They need some minor finessing and then I will be able to glue them in. 

First bulkhead

Big step today, main bulkhead is fitted. Some small adjustments to get it perfect but it's in and on the lines. The beauty of this building method is that parts don't need to fit to a joinery standard. As long as they are within a 5-10mm tolerance it's good to go.

The other thing that worked out perfectly today by sheer luck was that the boat was dead level left to right despite only being plonked onto the cradle and wedged into position. Gotta love flukes in life, they all count 😁😁.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to glue this one in place and fit a second, maybe a third.

Cheers Jay 

Long time no see!!!!

 Yes it has been a while, we have been extremely busy with other things. Our sailing club turned 75 and we helped celebrate that. For those who race, one of our past members Stanley "Sinbad" Milledge, was the inventor of the PY (Portsmouth Yardstick) Handicapping system that is used worldwide by sailing clubs to ensure fair racing between different classes of sail boat. The original yardstick as used by Sinbad is on display in our clubhouse. A fantastic part of history for our little club.

Anyway back to boat building. Today Sam and I did two things, 1) we signed our names in the hull 2) we fibreglassed  the first half of the inside hull bottom which will ensure that those signatures will never disappear. Once I start painting the inside of the boat I will create two little varnish "windows" so those will always be visible. You will have to crawl all the way back to the stern inside but they will be there.

First pic is Sam doing bubble busting duty with the roller, Second is view looking forward and third is view looking aft.

We did have a pretty big scare while we were working today. The boat is standing on a framework that supports a cradle that the boat is resting on. Well the screws in one of the legs broke while we were inside the hull and the port side dropped onto the leg with all the combined weight of Sam, me , all the kit we were using to work with and the hull itself. A combined weight of around 140kg onto a 75x75mm square post. To say that Sam and I got a fright is an understatement. I jumped straight out and checked what had given way while Sam stabilized everything inside. I reckon that the point loading on that part of the hull was around 30psi. I was expecting some repair work coming our way but there was nothing!!!!!! Not a mark not a crack absolutely nothing. HUGE relief all round. We lifted the cradle and put some screws into the frame and I then went round and reinforced ALL the legs.  The only loss was my drink that was balanced on the table, no great shakes although had it been a beer it would have been the equivalent of a child letting a balloon go.

All round a fair days work and I am pleased with the results. Next weekend we are going to do the other side and then I can start on the bulkheads.

Thanks for reading and see you soon for some more updates.

Cheers

Jay