Variant 2 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Good stuff Greg. Your work always looks nice and tidy Next years criuse will be very sweet after all the work you have put in. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Awesome Greg. I admire your dedication to the project. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Cheers Rodney it will be good to have boat instead of a collection of bits. Your cat looks like its coming on well too. AA the dedication at times is questionable - just got to keep plugging on - anyway its far more interesting now that we are starting to put it all together. Float decks next and that should be the last thing to paint and/or grind..... Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 A couple more. Finished painting floats and today fitted front beam bracket and beam struts. great sailing weather today...... Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 almost there Greg how you going to get it to the water? Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Hi Eric, a large flatbed car trailer will do the trick and a dozen or so bods to carry the main hull. Will probably put her together on the beach at little Shoal Bay. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Nice one Greg, looking great. Let us know when you need a lift for launching. Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Looking fantastic. You have done/are doing an awesome job there Greg. Full credit! Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Floats re-emerge and I have my workshop back. We have a mast....and a boom ( I've hit my head on it 3 times) whats left?? plenty of fittings, outboard bracket to screw on, tramps, squabs, finish rudder and daggerboard etc etc, but the list is gradually whittling down. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Looking great You are going to seriously love sailing this thing. Good work Link to post Share on other sites
Variant 2 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Wow! So close now. Where did you get your chain plates? Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 so close to sailing you'll be almost able to taste it Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 We have jib, which appears to have passed feline inspection, and some winches and other bits going on....This is way more fun than sanding. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Oh and if anyone ever wonder what the difference between a Lewmar 7 and 8 was (given that they look identical on the outside) this is it. One is largely plastique, the other bronze with bearings. Link to post Share on other sites
Megwyn 2 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Oh man - looking good Greg. When is splash down? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Getting exciting now. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Oh man - looking good Greg. When is splash down? Hi Merran, I'm penciling in late March early April (fingers crossed for weather etc.) Link to post Share on other sites
warwick 0 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 keep up your good work. Best of luck with your time line. warwick. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 A wee update. Fitted mounting pad/spacer for the outboard bracket and Applied non-skid to main hull last weekend - still needs a coat of paint or two to even it out out a bit. Started fastening tracks for nets this weekend and did a bit more to the rudder and the little 'console' for the super-dooper swivelly mainsheet gizmo to sit on. Not a complete waste of time - it also holds half a dozen beers. Have gone through the to-do list and crossed a few things off like cabin windows and other non-essentials - they'll keep. Lots of time consuming fiddly crap at the moment. Still, it beats sanding large areas of glass. Link to post Share on other sites
GregW 28 Posted June 3, 2013 Author Share Posted June 3, 2013 Oh well sh*t happens, STILL building (or finishing off). However, missing the end of summer kind of took the pressure off a bit, although the weather hasn't been particularly cooperative recently which don't help..... But it was good over the last couple of days so I got the windows in - a job I'd been having nightmares over but I think its worked out ok - or , if they haven't fallen off by next weekend, they're probably permanent. Also been farting around with a retracting prod, re-hashing leaky cockpit hatches, more saddles for bow nets etc. So much FUN Link to post Share on other sites
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