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Port Hull Skinned

Completed the skinning of the port hull this morning. After fairing the chines, there is still the keel to add, shaping the stem and the outboard pod to complete before coating it all in epoxy resin and glass.

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Blood Nose

IMAG0234, a photo by SeeBeeZee on Flickr. More blood! Came out from under the hull, and forgot to look up before I stood. Forgot that I’d built that outboard pod on the side of the hull.

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Port Hull – Fast Progress

Working on the second hull is both exciting and boring at the same time. It is exciting that progress is so fast. Having done it once before on the first hull, there are less questions in your mind. You can … Continue reading

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Sheeting the Bow

We have changed the sheeting, again, on the bow of the port hull. The objective of the change is to reduce, or to eliminate as far as possible, the amount of end-grain plywood that is presented in the bow area. … Continue reading

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Moving the First Hull

Here are some photos from last week, when we moved the first hull aside so that the second could be commenced. Rather than get a big party out twice, to roll each hull separately, we decided to simply move this … Continue reading

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Port Hull Frame Assembled

Last weekend we moved the starboard hull off the building jig, and got started on the port hull. Progress had been tedious for the last month. I note that it is more than a month since I last posted here. … Continue reading

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Rudders

With the first hull nearly ready to be turned over, the rudder must be fitted. The design specifies the rudder post to be made using 48mm 316SS pipe, which is embedded into laminated plywood. I again used the NACA foil profile as … Continue reading

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Upside-down? Not the boat; the blog. I have had questions about why, when you scroll down, the progress appears to be taking the boat apart. That is because this is a blog, so the most recent items are at the … Continue reading

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Second Hull Commenced

We have now cut the frames for the second hull of our Peter Snell designed Easy Cat “Sarah”, a 40 foot sailing catamaran. The second hull can not be assembled until the first hull is complete and removed from the … Continue reading

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Hull Clad

With the plywood cladding of the hull complete, we have commenced the fibreglass coating on the hull.

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