Interior part 1

Interior part 1

Wednesday, Mar 6, 2024 sibling
Interior Dome Engine

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

Finishing the hull

Thursday, Feb 15, 2024 sibling
keel Coppercoat

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

Foredeck, mast box

Thursday, Jan 25, 2024 sibling
Mast

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

Building the ballast keel

Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024 sibling
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.

Fillets and Cockpit

Fillets and Cockpit

Sunday, Feb 12, 2023 sibling
cockpit fillets

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.

Finishing the hull

Finishing the hull

Monday, Sep 26, 2022 sibling
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.

last preparations before summer, keel

last preparations before summer, keel

Thursday, Jun 16, 2022 sibling
keel

I did the last preparations for the actual build of the boat. I checked all the stations again for the right markings (cwl, centre line) and accurate dimensions to avoid unpleasant surprises in the summer.