Boat is in the water, mast stepped
The boat is finally in the water. 2 photos of the last moments before splashing:
Interior part 2
I live now for 4 months on the boat. Still 100 small projects on the list, but up to this point, everything works fine. Easy to say with a boat still on the hard.
Interior part 1
The last photo in the last post was from end of October 23. With my plan to sell my van and move onto the boat before spring 24, I had about 5 months to “finish” the interior.
Finishing the hull
The keel was ready to be bolted under the hull. We used the Travellift to set the hull on the keel. The bolts fitted the pre drilled holes and everything worked out as planed.
Foredeck, mast box
With the sort of mast I wanted to order and the wood that I had available, David came up with the idea of the mast box, because I don’t think that I will need a real tabernacle. To be honest, I never want to lower the mast again once it’s up. :) (small mast cranes are also very common and inexpensive to use here)
Building the ballast keel
Before coming back to the overall progress, I thought that it would be a good idea to write a bit more about the keel. I think the way I built it is somewhat unique. Not that someone somewhere didn’t built a keel a similar way before, but I didn’t read about it so it’s hopefully helpful to someone in the future.
Some Color
While the boat was outside the shed, I built the rudders and the lids for the cockpit lockers.
Fillets and Cockpit
I finished the cabin. The plywood was not yet glued and laminated. I leave the tarpaulin on the boat more or less all the time for several reasons and work inside and around the cockpit.
turning the hull, summary first part of the built
We turned the hull with the Travellift which was quite uncomplicated.
Finishing the hull
After being away for 4 weeks I came back and knew that I had 1,5 Months to bring the hull to a stage, where it can rest over the winter in a cradle outside without taking damage from rain and snow. This seemed possible even more because I had 2 weeks of vacation from my day job. So I hopped to build the majority of the hull in this 2 weeks.
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