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additional storage to STB i have yet to decide whether the composting toilet will slide out on heavy duty sliders from it topsides (like a regular drawer) or some floor sliding...thing. this decision imposes a design change on the front facade for the toilet. if i make the toilet coming out of a cub...

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i was feeling like templating a bit more and decided to have a crack at the V berth cabinetry felt like it was a good idea to template the port and center lockers in one piece since i had kinda guessed the actual piece would, not only fit in one half sheet of G10, but also fit thru the main bulklhea...

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water tank lids

cut the G10 pieces following the templates previously done
after a few additional cuts i was able to fit everything together

i will glass a strip on G10 on the aft lid to act as a stopper/lip onto which the fwd lid will rest.

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starting the cockpit lids i had the cockpit floor piece cut for a long time now i kept the cutouts and that was a smart move because i ended up using them as the lids you will notice on the aft lid the cutout was placed inverted, somehow it fit better that way cockpit flor glass lids.jpeg i then app...

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the refit continues im trying to gain some of the time lost during the dry season. start working on the boat at 5am, by 0930 am was already tired and hot as f"#$ inside. Will try to keep that going. its almost 5 hours of work, but not really sure how feasible its going to be, going forward. ani...

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final laminations and cockpit floor i dont need to tell you guys how hard and difficult it was to laminate this piece over head...... lots of cursing on this one portside upperlam.jpg and still go time to clean the edges on the openings on the cockpit floor piece, prepping it up for the next step> b...

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more lamination work portside semi bulkhead before filleting and lamination before glassing.jpg after after lam.jpg main bulkhead stb side lam (portside was also done) mainbullkhead glassing.jpg stb side semi bulkhead lam lamination parrtiton.jpg im rounding up the profile of the plywood to accept a...

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the weather this weekend was surprinsingly cold and not so humid and with the help of the dehumidfier i consider the chance of doing some "outside" work, namely laminations that need done so i can crack on the reflooring of the cockpit. the summer/raining tent has been already up for a few...

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the new enlisted refit crew not sure how this is going to work in the peak of summer, but aniway the dehumidifier is something i would have always need to get for the future. the fan sure does keep the air moving inside. i have a portable battery operated one that i keep closer to myself at times de...

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more laminations i took the time to laminate both side bunks walls to the hull (only stb is depicted) another vire stb bunk lamination.jpeg another view. note the insertion of a a small "shield" piece which ensures the watertightness of the bunk whislt creating space to undo the transdcer ...

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water tank works continued the works by reinforcing corners that werent glassed before aft wall laminating aft wall water tank.jpeg inside wall lams laminating inside wall water tank.jpeg dry fit of pvc pipe and opening the hole at the bottom of the tank this pipe will be used to route the battery c...

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remember the cockpit floor? i also got around to that, and started the new lids project by cutting some trips of 3mm G10, epoxying and laminating them in taping the bits together gaf tape G10 pieces in situ.jpeg filleting and laminating starting the new lids of the cockpit floor.jpeg the idea is to ...

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since i was done laminating the centre part of the bulkhead it was a good time to remove the deck vents on the outside before removing the vent before removing the vent.jpeg after removing the vent removing the vent after.jpeg after a quick pass with a a flap disk on a grinder affter a quick pass wi...

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mast step reinforcing metal work received the stainless steel pieces and proceed to install them. they are pretty heavy, on my next trip i want to take a scale to do a weigh in on both, then weigh in the original goal post and compare numbers. my gut tells me i will be heavier with this arrangement,...

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hello to all finally got the epoxy and other stuff, just in time for the raining season and "summer" to start! which means i wont get much done, unless i start working at 5/6 am and calling it a day at 12/13 pm. im actually considering that seeing how i just lost an entire dry season waiti...

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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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