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its been cold, miserable, and Chinese new year means no one works! dragged myself to boat today, cleaned up a few things, and coulnt resist cutting things up i should´ve kept quiet as i knew damn right i was going to weaken the structure. but being the stubborn guy i am, i didnt care and off i cut t...

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to my view, the majority of people on the planet are just dumb. not that they dont want the same things: peace, a roof, health, kids doing alright,etc. this doesnt mean they arent dumb. ive checked your link. i think you should bump the price for 10k, in order to get those 7500. the boat seems to be...

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things are expensive in the US1 the whole lumber thing is a denomination by the sawmills, 1 inch is in fact 3/4 nominal , to have a 1 inch nominal you would have to ask for a 1 1/4 inch thick and so on, if memory serves. i dont really remember why is that but i would venture it is related to waste u...

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thats pretty much a 2 inch decrease on your headroom, isnt it? for insulation i would've get some interlocking puzzle floor mat for kids, which is 3/4 thick, glue that up with some contact cement to keep some flexibility, pre routed the small wiring channels and covered everything with a decent tong...

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was raining today i couldnt work on the boat i was able however to remove the peelply i had applied onto the fairing. its a neat step, applying peelply i could "iron" the surface with my bare hands, displace and shift some of the fairing underneath to get it to fill spot and conform to a b...

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and i got a start on the deck paint removal.....
now this is back breaking work!
thats about an hours worth of work with the roller sander
its a first pass to remove all gelcoating. the final pass will also remove the original non-skid print

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dodger build peelply removed peelply removed.jpeg demoulded demoulded.jpeg all the underlying "structure". yes.....what a mess. you can see how i was using those bags as stuffing agents underlying structure.jpeg refitted after structure removal refitted.jpeg refitted 2.jpeg fairing applica...

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dodger build i got the shape close enough to laminate a couple of layers as you can see i basically used that 1 mm G10, ripped in 100 mm wide strips, then had the idea of getting some fabric bags to cover it, in an attempt to feather the discrepancies and also to use them as a kind of stuffing agent...

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the peeling was needed not only for painting it anew but also because i need to build the hard dodger bought some cheap pvc pipe to bend and have a feel for the volume and shape mocking up dodger 2.jpeg mocking up dodger.jpeg mocking up dodger 3.jpeg then added a 1 mm thick G10 sheet i bought months...

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still no epoxy so not much i can do to laminate and glass in cabinetry or structural things but i have to keep going, i only have 3 more months of working weather, then 6 months of hell so i broke out the peeler again, what a fantastic tool, very expensive (i sold it already, half price from new, to...

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got around to close the step with some more G10 you will notice some gaps between the new pieces. that is intentional. that exposed corner of the step will be rounded off and i will try to use the expanding foam i am pouring inside the closed spaces to help me give a final shape. those gaps will ser...

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cracking on the cockpit floor glueing the new drain channels to the sides they will be further glassed with a couple layers biax , either from the outside and underneath glueing up new channels.jpeg with the new channels firmly in place i could lay the cockpit floor to get templates for the lockers ...

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decided it was time to start dealing with the rudder situation the metal rudder post is being replaced by a composite one. just before removing the very top of the post rudder post before.jpeg after rudder post after.jpeg there was also some very old plywood and old resin and reinforcing lams that i...

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it wouldnt be a boat refit day without cutting some holes....... somewhere! marking the new access hatches onto the floor marking the new access hatches.jpeg after cutting the hatches after curring the hatches.jpeg in order to cut the hatches i had to cut the reinforcing elements,~that run atwartshi...

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new cockpit drain trays after a coupe of days of curing i removed the peel ply and its looks great peel ply removed.jpeg profile of the new drain profile for new drain.jpeg there is a nice drop in height and a generous cup which will bridge the new gap between the floor and the cockpit sides dry fit...

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kept thinking about the new cockpit drains and concluded that, what i really need is a oval section, as that incorporates a drop in height and a "hook" section to connect to the original floor. now, there isnt an oval PVC pipe section so i went for the next best thing got to sections of 2 ...

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more holes! this is getting a bit embarassing by now .....oh well im just trying to improve the boat to the max. (this is what i keep telling myself aniway!) So, last time i was working on the boat i removed the old teak grating from the cockpit floor because things kept getting stuck and lost betwe...

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awesome stuff!!

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if ive understood correctly, in your boat, the way the canvas attaches to the coamings created an obstacle for getting in or out of the cockpit. In my case i kinda antecipated that issue but depending on how i will design the hard bimini i can foresee some conflicts arising higher up, meaning that o...

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hi nice looking boat!! about the cleats i would place them as aft as possible, to avoid having to go to the very nose of the boat to undo the lines. having them aft (depending on deck layout and eventual obstacles) may enable them for a dual function. i would be interested in seeing more photos of y...

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i still have west systems epoxy which is what i use to glue and fillet things so i could glue the missing bits on both big lids leaving it ti cure.jpeg some details of the epoxy bedded stop trim tabs i showed before stop trims epoxied 2.jpeg stop trims epoxied.jpeg it feels strong but i will still g...

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cockpit mess!

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ran out of laminating epoxy so had to change gears and focus on other things to be honest its a welcome break from spending full days applying epoxy decided to give the cockpit lockers a start, then got excited with the result,speed and power of an angle grinder armed with 60 grit flap disk and made...

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i am using 3 mm thick G10 for most of the cabinetry and tanks. given the size of my boat no panel will not be long enough to worry about flex with 6 mm i dont think you need to worry about flex. At all. 6 mm its really really strong and heavy also, thats why ive only used it for the bow locker, some...

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im also trying to make progress on the cockpit lockers. on starboard i still needed to glue a piece of G10 to close the semi partition that separates the new stb cockpit locker from the aft locker it has been a while since ive been on the aft locker...and well...back to sanding and feeling itchy! be...

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decided to remove the instruments and close their respective holes before removing intruments before.jpeg after i actually made the holes slightly bigger with a 4 inch hole saw, because it was the only one i had in hand to then cut the G10 round pieces. despite using 2 x 6mm pieces for every hole im...

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V berth works was able to tab the portside upper storage unit tabbing the portside upper storage unit.jpeg and also tabbed a shelf on starboard side didnt had a suitable G10 piece big enough but i glued it anyway and in a few days i will complete the shelf by inserting the missing bit stbside shelf ...

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port side works tabbed the fore/aft wall to the hull tabbing fore aft port wall.jpeg it was then possible to mock up the upper storage unit storage port side wall.jpeg in turn this allowed me to see the correct position for the shelf/separation between the lower and upper storage spaces and, most im...

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stb side works some reinforcements laminations over at stb side furniture reinforcemen lams.jpeg corner reinforcement stb reinforcement lams.jpeg stb forward most locker. decided to have a hinged lid for which the cut out will serve perfectly, just a matter of installing some stop battens underneath...

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v berth works after i got the lines scribbled on the hull i proceeded to patterning the fore aft wall patterning for fore aft wall.jpeg at this time its seemed that the fwd most partition needed to be cut back excess to cut.jpeg i halved the pattern because it was too big for the entrance rough fit ...

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since i might still take her out of the water this season, if i get the hardware done in time, i had a look inside the aft lazarette locker about the rudder post. overview rudder post.jpeg this is original. i like the simplicity of it and how it avoids more seals and water ingress opportunities. but...

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diesel tank works the fwad bulkhead could do with some fairing to even out the imperfections so i faired and sanded it will need a second pass with the fairing compound, but it was enough for me to epoxy the fwd diesel tank wall. fairing.jpeg diesel tank fwd wall.jpeg the tank lid will not be placed...

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i know...even i am surprised it fits this perfect!!! such a good fit.jpeg i think i will end up glueing the oversized trim stopper to the actual hatch, as opposed to glueing it to the bulkhead, reason being that if i do that i will be shrinking the entrance size by 35 mm in all sides, ie, 70mm, whic...

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trying to see the future layout on the V berth by scribbling some lines trying to get some lines.jpeg you might need to zoom in to see the lines. the upper ones refer to the fore/aft wall running from the bulkhead to the anchor locker the bottom lines, triangle shaped, refer to the cabin floor still...

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finally installed the fwd pvc pipe conduit for that to happen i wanted to glass in the storage partitions first in an effort to have them contouring the pipe to the sheerclamp. i also finished gluing and reinforcing at the main bulkhead partitions laminations WhatsApp Image 2022-11-19 at 18.29.25.jp...

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V berth furniture layout did a rough fit of the cut pieces that will lay the foundation for the storage organization layout. there will be more elements (not vertical though) to laminate and close the spaces created to stb the idea is to have a small wet locker just by the main bulkhead, followed by...

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solving the mistery box case.... well this is what ive done with that second laminated box mistery box.jpeg got it trimmed to size, tabbed and laminated to the hull final place.jpeg it was a very big diamond hole saw! hole done.jpeg inspection port inspection port.jpeg i couldnt just let the chance ...

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she is a beauty!!
nice work

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the following photos are just glass reinforcements done to the chainplates backplates 4 layers of biax were used for each spot port aft and main backplate after lam port chainplate reinforcement.jpeg port fwd and main backplate reforcing port fwd and main chainplates.jpeg stb fwd reinforcing rigging...

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port locker i had the G10 sheet cut so i did a rough fit overall view port cabinet.jpeg clearly i need to extend that to its final length rough fit port cabinet.jpeg im actually going to extend at the fwd end in both lenght and height to maintain everything levelled. this was cut using the same temp...

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Stb cabinet floor lamination stb cabinet floor lam.jpeg its been great to have a temporary shelve to put things again while working. its the small things!! finally tabbed the bit i had to cut out of the bulkhead completing the bulkhead.jpeg and then proceed to laminate the top section and the small ...

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cracking on the interior furniture pieces for stb side needed to do some patterning first... floor template patterning the floor.jpeg then the walls for the cubby boxes patterning the partitions.jpeg onto the G10 sheets cabinet floor.jpeg rough initital fit rought fit.jpeg rought fit 2.jpeg had to r...

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glassing the port locker/aft locker semi bulkhead
before

after

this semi bullkhead will become part the aft wall of the integrated diesel tank to be done in the near future

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got around to laminate the anchor locker floor. im thinking of filling it up with 2 pound polyurethance expanding foam, since i cant do anything with that enclosed space. ii will then make an opening and pour the mix thru that and glass it in the end anchor locker floor lam.jpeg lamination of port b...

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port locker lid tabbed in port locker lid tabbed in.jpeg STB locker lid laminated stb locker lid laminated.jpeg it will be a real pain to laminate on the inside but it what it is, no shortcuts. i want the furniture to play a role in reinforcing the hull kinda like that matrix thru which modern grp b...

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quizz

a new box, a inspection port and its correspondent hole saw...
can anyone guess what, and where?!

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winch and mast step removal decided to remove the remaining winch before wnch removl before.jpeg after winch removal after.jpeg and the same on the mast step before ast step before.jpeg after mast step after.jpeg im sketching up a new mast step, with a different shape and having dead eyes welded ont...

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STB sheerclamp the last section of the sheerclamp still to be replaced by G10 dry fit stb sheerclamp dry fit.jpeg epoxied in epoxied in.jpeg excess resin need to be removed and sanded to receive the 30mm G10 section to be placed on top of it. thru which the big external chainplate will be bolted

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port bunk/locker works the semi partitions were laminated to the hull port berth storage lams.jpeg after that the lid was dry fitted and the access hatches were cut port locker storage.jpeg port locker storage cutout.jpeg the fwd access hatch is smaller than the middle and aft one, since the deadris...

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anchor locker works having previously cut the anchor locker bulkhead (and accounted for my mistake.....hehe) it was time to determine the acess hatch shape, size and location within the bullhead itself hatch cutout.jpeg weird shape isnt it? but i fit it and it grants me acess to the very nose of the...

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