Tuesday, 11 June 2024

 A sailing day break, from building


there was supposed to be an around the island race today - 10 hours available to complete the race, but it was postponed until Saturday due to there being weak winds, we went sailing anyhow and managed to find some breeze

on the way to the boat there were some voyagers putting their mark on the wall according to tradition, or is it superstition?







Sunday, 9 June 2024

 Bow Plate, chainplate, plotter bracket, pulpit , pushpits, multifunction flexispace galley box/companionway step/cockpit cooker/cockpit table, and lots of small things have been happening while the double epoxy coat on the hull cures and offgases, so that priming and painting can begin





















Monday, 20 May 2024

 NathBoil v1.0


I bent and welded a stainless steel gimballed holder for my camping gaz cooker, 
that will go in the flexispace galley.
It uses the cheap disposable butane cartridges, much cheaper than the jetboil cartidges,
it works quite well if I say so myself.




 WINDVANE self steering mounted the self steering has been fitted and it just remains for the blocks and line to be fitted rudder and trimta...