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I'm using the Gaboon replacement stuff Gunnersons (?? spelling) sell. Apparently the world is running out of Gabons so they have swapped to what they call 'exotic timbers' or something like that. It's 1088 and has been very nice to use. Apparently 600kg a cube where Gaboon is 550kg a cube so close in weight and at the lighter end of the ply spectrum.

 

Kauri is heavy.

 

But being a bloke I am more weight conscious than females who regard colour as more important ;)

So are you using: CTB-X Gaboon (okume) Marine Plywood BS1088 or Marinelite BS1088?

 

At another shop, Gaboon is 460kg/m3 and Meranti is 480-500kg/m3 so not much difference in weight and Meranti is more durable. I am only using Kauri 4mm thickness to put in spots I want to keep natural, the rest will be Meranti.

 

My main concern is strength/durability, price, then look - as I am not painting it and keeping as natural looking as possible. Then lastly the weight, as it doesn't really make a lot of difference on my boat as it's already freaking heavy; it's triple skin Kauri and built really well. And to think they considered that to be a light weight boat in it's day!

 

Thus buying more expensive and lighter weight ply won't make heaps of difference on my boat. That is why I am going for the more durable/ cheaper ply with a splash of deluxe! :shifty:

Marinelite they called it. Nice stuff, good to use, feels grunty yet not too heavy, nice colour and would clear finish well (which means I may do a couple of clear spots to bring in the warmth timber can do). Far better than the untreated CD pine shite that's it's replacing :) The price is damn good... not that I've looked super hard at what's what in that area.

 

In the big scheme weight isn't real that significant it's worth getting too twisted up over. I've used 3 sheets of 6mm, 1 of 7, 3 of 9 and 1/2 a 4mm. Most of those were chopped so a very large amount is on the floor in offcuts and dust so maybe 1/2 there total weight has gone into the boat. I've probably got a sheet of 6mm to go to finish it all. Oh and there is 11sq/mts of carbon/foam used in lieu of ply.

 

Oh I did use 1/3 sheet of 6mm Kauri ply (which is noticeably way heavier than the Marinelite) I had lying around to form the stove box/area thing as it felt a lot meatier so I thought it would be better to hang the stove off and probably catch fire a little slower. As I've set fire to every single kitchen I've ever owned fire is something I should be concerned about... as the Wa is about the new one we put in the house this year :)

 

Good to see your coming along nicely.... the boats not going too bad either ;)

 

 

You still haven't had me over to check out your boat! I don't want to see it once it's finished I want to see it smack dab in the middle so I can see the process. Then yes once it's all done too.

 

Glad to know about you and fires.... you are never aloud to touch fire on my boat! or in my house or as a matter of fact anywhere in my vicinity! Hope your new kitchen is giant block of cement. I feel sorry for Mrs. Knot Me! :wtf:

 

Wow so you have used nothing of ply...there are a lot more sheets than that in my calculations. Well guestimates....maybe I should actually measure it all. I think Gary is accounting for a lot of F* ups on my part... :think: :crazy:

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Just want to thank everyone for their encouraging words and support! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D

 

Here is a little bit more boat porn... :shifty:

 

Trying to figure the size and the amount of circles I needed to cut...

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Measuring and cutting...much rather be grinding! :crazy:

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My first attempt at glassing with CSM...lessons by FNG...which also comes with F* Up's so I have to fix them and learn why I shouldn't do them! :problem: :P

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Glad to know about you and fires.... you are never aloud to touch fire on my boat! or in my house or as a matter of fact anywhere in my vicinity! Hope your new kitchen is giant block of cement. I feel sorry for Mrs. Knot Me! :wtf:

 

Wow so you have used nothing of ply...there are a lot more sheets than that in my calculations. Well guestimates....maybe I should actually measure it all. I think Gary is accounting for a lot of F* ups on my part... :think: :crazy:

Yes there is a lot of stone in the new kitchen, we learn slowly :)

 

You'll find you will turn many sheets of plywood into smaller funny shaped pieces that will accumulate in a corner and never be needed. That's the problem with having round boats but rectangular sheets. I do have maybe 1 - 1.5 sheets in offcuts.. some of which will get used in little things but most will probably end up in the bin. But it goes a long way anyway. 2 bunk fronts, 2 of the bigger pieces in the boat yet still only took 2/3rds of a full sheet. Main bulkhead started with 2 sheets of 9mm scarfed to get the width/height required but by the time it was done probably only one sheet is left in the boat. Same with cockpit bulkhead, a little scarfing to make a bigger than one sheet but the end product is well less than one full sheet when you suss the sq/mts used.

 

Mind you your bum is way bigger than mine.... errrrr... maybe I should say 'stern' :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Here is an update of how she is looking!

 

Starting to feel progress now... :thumbup:

 

 

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I had to step on a piece of wood because I was too short to use the jigsaw properly to cut hatch and vent holes. grrrrr

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Now I best get back to work! :wtf: Hope you all have enjoyed!

If any of you feel like giving a hand, please don't be shy and come on down! :thumbup:

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Hi , yes all sold , bought a ganely 42 in oz not sure how to get it back hear , just getting quotes yay , yours is coming on now , big effort yay

 

Chris and I might be interested. I am sure we can find 1 or 2 more to come along as well. :-)

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:lol: Bloody Hell Ash, Im itching just looking at all that chopped strand matt. You never considered using it as a mold and building a ply top straight on top of it, after all you have a nicely built timber hull, and wouldn't have taken any longer... warm dry and no itchies. And lighter.
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:lol: Bloody Hell Ash, Im itching just looking at all that chopped strand matt. You never considered using it as a mold and building a ply top straight on top of it, after all you have a nicely built timber hull, and wouldn't have taken any longer... warm dry and no itchies. And lighter.

 

 

Oh crap! Now you tell me! :P :lol:

 

Nahhh I enjoy it and it actually hasn't been too itchy...The key is to cover up properly and have at it! Much prefer that, than hand sanding the interior of my hull!

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good to see you still going. was wondering with no posts for a while. you have taken that boat a few steps further than i did or will with Oracle.... mind you is there a new keel/rudder planned ?

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good to see you still going. was wondering with no posts for a while. you have taken that boat a few steps further than i did or will with Oracle.... mind you is there a new keel/rudder planned ?

 

Step by step... I haven't gotten that far! :P

 

Yeah I had stopped for a while...but my mojo is back and more motivated than ever! :thumbup:

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Well I have finished up the top part of the cabin top and have now flipped the cabin top over and also got a new shed mate in today. Have not been able to add more photo because when I updated my iOS to Mavericks my iPhoto disappeared and have no idea how to get it back. Anyone good with Macs? :think:

 

The plan for the cabin top is since I am moving the toilet from the bow back to be even with galley I want to put a port hole on either side, one in galley and one in toilet. Then I will adjust placement of windows to accommodate this and also make sure they are of cat 1 standard in size. The hatch I am moving behind the mast for two reasons, one being to have better airflow through saloon and two to be able to single handedly pull in a kite and drop below and still be able to reach halyard as I don't want anything on the mast, just in cockpit. Also I might add a small hatch at the front of the cabin top for the v-berth. We shall see....

 

I still need to adjust seating in cockpit, because me being so short I cannot brace myself in on a heel. I am also putting a few lockers off the stern, changing the way the water exits the boat and putting a locker in one of the seats specially for a life raft and grab bag. Was going to make a few other modifications, but at this point I am ready to get this boat in the water, so have decided to leave it as is. I wanted to create a bit more room around galley and toilet, but I'll survive without it.

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Ash have just read through the whole 14 pages of this post. Talk about dim, although we have chatted via txt, I thought you a gay guy. Given your name could be M or F and you boat clean, wrongly presumed you as male. When you said something about your partner, he, I thought, oh Ash is gay. Just shows how one can get things so wrong.

Your doing great things. If only Id done like wise at your age. At a girl.

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