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Saloon and deck (liner)
There's been a whole lot of painting going on, so in many ways not a lot to show for the couple of weeks since last I blogged. The little bulkheads that support the settee base are now painted and you...
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Three jobs at once
In theory, the boat should be coming along in leaps and bounds: I have three jobs I'm working on at present (a) reinforcing the deck around the tabernacle (b) fitting the deck liner in the heads (c)...
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Wiring! I must be getting on
Does the boat look any different that it did last week? Not to me it doesn't, so it's always reassuring when people come in a exclaim how much I've done. However, my mantra of 'only another couple of...
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Lots of work, but not much to show
Well, the title says it all. I've been beavering away, as ever, but there isn't a lot to show for it. Spreading epoxy and paint takes time, but things don't look that different from day to day. And...
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Fiddly bits
Sometimes it seems that all I do is to fit something, take it out, fit it, take it out again ... I am so concerned about messing things up that I fall over backwards to make sure I haven't. Still,...
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One step forward, one step back.
Well, I guess if it were easy, everyone would be doing it. After some nice progress, I seem to have been chasing my tail for at least a week, and my poor brain is hurting from all the thinking I've...
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Agonising over details
I've been trying out ideas, scrapping them, trying others, going back to the original and generally giving myself a lot of grief about the galley. My friends have been tried to the limit by my...
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Taking time off
I haven't got as much done this week as I might have, because my friend Alan was celebrating his 60th birthday in the Bay of Islands and I wanted to join in. I took the time to visit another friend,...
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Mainly galley
Progress is, as usual, in fits and starts. Lots of pondering still, but some cutting, painting and fitting, too. Having finally decided the height of the galley counter, and the exact location of the...
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Mainly drawers
Still moving along in the galley; still scratching my head trying to decide what is going to go where. I decided to use offcuts of 12mm ply for the drawer bases. A bit over the top, perhaps, but there...
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Summer isn't far away.
In many countries, Spring is the cruellest season of the year, and New Zealand is no exception. It teases and tantalises: warm sunshine and calm weather is followed by days of icy southerlies, which...
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Shelves and more shelves
The galley fitout goes on and on, but I think I've got most things covered. Some things I've had to accept I can't have - difficult that one! - and some things have morphed into another shape between...
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The bulk of the galley completed.
I'm sorry that I haven't posted for so long. I went away to Nelson for a week and it took me two weeks to catch up on all the things I neglected to do in Nelson. (I'd gone with good intentions of...
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Like British Rail
We are getting there. I have been trying to work out where to put my herbs and spices. I'd thought to make a shelf along the stringer, but the stringer was too narrow and it all seemed excessively...
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Another year - more boatbuilding
Well, here we are comfortably into the New Year of 2019, and may it be a good one for everyone reading this. I should like to think that my little boat will swim this year, but to be perfectly honest,...
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Russell Boating Club's Tall Ships Regatta 2019
Last weekend I took a break away from boatbuilding to attend the Russel Boating Club's Tall Ships Regatta, along with the junks Zebedee, Tystie, Blondie, Arcadian and Freebie.I amalso going to take a...
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Finally I get to varnish!
I have been working really hard on the boat these last few weeks, well aware that Time is Going By and that everyone else is off sailing while I'm still in a boat shed. This has meant that my Sundays...
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Closing her in
We are having a wonderful summer, here in New Zealand. At least it is a wonderful summer for those lucky enough to be able to spend it outside. I would have been seriously wondering about my sanity...
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Mixture same as before
Well, if you thought that last lot of photos of sheets of plywood being laid down were less than exciting, here are more of the same. However, I'm pleased to report that all the 4mm ply has been glued...
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