Category Archives: Preparations

Using the existing concrete slab that was the floor of my old house, I have secured 4mm angle brackets with dynabolts. To each 9 pairs of brackets, I have screwed a 650mm piece of 100×50 cypress pine. Onto each edge … Continue reading →

Keith delivered the cut frames and a supply of 42×19 this morning. We spent the afternoon racking all the timber and ply, but the weather has kept us under cover. The rain has been incessant. At times it is just … Continue reading →

Resin and cloth have arrived. Timber will be ready next week. I have just arrived home with a huge box full of screws – over 11 thousand!

I have had quotes in from timber suppliers from Brisbane, but thought I had better check my local suppliers, too. There is a plywood factory just north of Grafton, but they do not manufacture marine ply. Pity that, as they … Continue reading →

I was so anxious, waiting, waiting, waiting for the plans. Finally they arrived. A large envelope with the A3 plans and an A4 instruction booklet. Also there is a CD with photos and a DVD. The CD was pretty scratched, … Continue reading →

Decision made…. plans are paid for…. they’re in the mail. Now looking at the material list and getting in quotes from suppliers.

I went and helped Mick in Brisbane to roll his second hull, and get it lined up so that construction could continue. When the boat is just hulls, it looks like a couple of big canoes. Suddenly, turned over, and … Continue reading →

From May through to September, and we kept thinking and talking about building an Easy cat. We had been to visit a boat being built, and talked about the experience with a couple of builders. Easy cats are designed by … Continue reading →

Today was our first view of a Sarah in the flesh. Birgit and I had been to see an old steel monohull for sale on the Gold Coast, and were both unimpressed about the condition of the boat. We were … Continue reading →