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Hatches!!
I've been a bit busy and distracted by life outside boatbuilding, recently, which is why I haven't had chance to blog. Frustratingly I've also been slowed down by having done something to my (other)...
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Teak decks
Well, the first thing I should say is that you shouldn't really try laying a teak deck when you have bursitis of the knee. The second thing is, resign yourself to it taking a long time, especially if...
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A pocket super yacht
You may be wondering why I haven't posted for so long. (There again, you may not!) Well, the reason is that, in all honesty, laying a teak deck is a long and very unphotogenic business. There was...
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A bit more teak - and then back inside
I was, I think understandably, quite keen to get my teak decks laid; I still had interior trim, lights and hatch trim to fit, but I thought I'd do it 'when I had some spare time'. Whatever induced me...
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Just a few little jobs
I wonder if it's just me, or does everybody find that "I'll just do this ..." jobs are the ones that take forever. Its seems to be the silliest little jobs that take the longest.While I was laying the...
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Well, I've just about finished the interior, apart from ... and ... and ... However: enough! Time to move on. Trimming around the forehatch was not something I was looking forward to. I wasn't at...
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I thought the cockpit was going to be a mission...
... and I was right.   It is more complicated than it would normally be due to the fact that there are two rudders and thus, at least in theory, two tillers, in addition to a (physically) large...
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It all takes time
Having more or less worked out what I'm doing in the cockpit and cut out all the material, I've largely spent my time coating plywood. Four coats of paint on each side (for some pieces) and with the...
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Putting things together
And then taking them apart! The cockpit is even more a put-together-and-take-out again than most of the things I've been making. But it is slowly coming together. The grating glued up nicely and was...
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The Cockpit takes shape
It was a bit of an act of faith to go ahead with installing the foot well. Once in place, it was going to be difficult to do anything else major in the lazarette. I will have to run wires from the...
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How can it all take so long?
Well, I dunno, but it does. I have but a paltry collection of photos to show you: little indeed for the hours that I've been putting in during the three weeks since last I posted. All I can say is...
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It's starting to be worth all the effort!
One thing about laying teak: it may be somewhat tedious and is very messy, but when you stand back and look at it, it's all worth while. I would have to say, that on odds, fitting out the cockpit...
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Back to Bling
I'm working on finishing the decks before moving on to bilgeboards and so on. Laying teak in the cockpit was the final job before I could sign if off as finished. At the moment, I climb on and off the...
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I was about to write a nice, cheerful blog and wish everyone a Happy New Year, but I have had to switch on the lights, 4 hours before sunset. The sky is a dirty orange; all the white boats in the yard...
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The cockpit and around the companionway
I do realise that it is ages and ages since I posted. Blame it on Christmas, New Year, Tall Ships (and the depression caused by seeing the world going up in flames and Our Masters reckoning The...
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The bilgeboards
In spite of being described by no lesser authority than Wikipedia, my choice of bilgeboards seems to have caused immense confusion among both visitors and correspondents. So let me clarify what they...
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Blogging in the time of Coronavirus
Well, it looks like Gaia has finally lost patience with us and forced us to accept the fact that, actually, we are not in charge of this planet. Blogging about something as frivolous as building a...
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Catching up
As I think I may have mentioned, I broke my computer screen some time back. Shirley gave me a tablet which is great for most things, but not brilliant for blogging. However, I have managed to get my...
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Some shiny paint and rubbing strakes
Covid 19 rumbles on, but this country appears to have got off lightly insofar as illness and deaths are concerned. The economy, of course, has taken a hit, but then so it has in countries that have...
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The Devil is in the Detail
I had been worrying about the rubbing strakes for a long time, knowing that I couldn't follow the good advice of boat building books, to mark them out and then stand back to check that they looked...
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