Build Progress

[slowpoke]

Jon she looks AWESOME!!!!!

[jerome]

Yeap,

really beautiful boat. Congratulations for such an achievement !

[ryderp]

Jon,

The boat looks great! How did you design your companionway cover? I like the flush surface.

Phil

[jray]

Phil,
I got the top all done then cut out for the hatch. Then went through all the figuring on how to channel water from the hatch to the cockpit keeping it, I hope out of the cabin. My cabin top is cold molded which is stronger, heavier and thicker then the plans call for. I would be happy to post some pictures in a few days of what I did. Check out some of the blogs also. If I had seen what jerome came up with before I started my hatch, I might have changed some of what I did. i550-hull270.blogspot.com

[ryderp]

That would be great if you could post a picture of the rain channels. As I mentioned, I like the flush appearance of your cabin and would like to do the same with mine. I built my cabin using the strip plank method (using cedar with mahogany accents) and am going to leave it natural and varnish it rather than paint it. Here is a picture:

[jeff.dalsin]

Nice cabin top!

[jray]

SWEET!! Looking very nice. I'll get some pictures of the channel and hatch posted tonight. That's going to look great natural, unpainted.

[jray]

Some Hatch pictures. Still working on epoxying and painting all the pieces.

Hatch1.jpg

With trim pieces tacked in place.

Hatch2.jpg

And finaly the dark Plexiglas.

Hatch3.jpg

[ryderp]

Those grooves look really good - all your work looks first rate. Did you use strips of thin plywood like the rest of the top? Did you glass them or just paint them?

Phil

[jray]

Everything was made with 1/4" ply scraps from the build. The front two radius corners were milled out of scrap maple blocks. Anything with enough width was glassed, no magic yet on glassing sharp angles. Everything else was epoxied then painted, still have some left to do. The trim boards holding the Plexiglas will be removable for access later, repaint or repairs.

[jray]

Big step this weekend, Moved from the garage to the trailer. The garage sure looks empty after having a boat there for the last 3+ years.

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[Ron Bowman]

Looks great, Jon. Getting close now.

Ron

[jray]

Thanks Ron, definitely closer. Lots to do yet, I'm hoping that the last of the forgotten parts will be on the next order. Seems I'm always missing something I should have by now.

[Kevin]

Looks fantastic Jon. Great job and I fully appreciate the "one more thing" type issues. Soon you'll have a list of things to change instead of things you need. It will come together and the grin on your face won't come off for months.

Cheers, Kevin.

[jray]

Mast and side stays on, Forestay parts were mismatched. Just another phone call and waiting for the parts. The music works now and the electric motor so that is a plus. Not a bad day at all!!

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[jray]

I have always wondered why it seemed to take so long to get a finished boat in the water. My understanding has grown lots in the last few weeks.

[jray]

Eleven days to splash!! Minus shop sales trip leaves four evenings to get the rest sorted out. If everything isn't where it needs to be when the 13th rolls around we'll fake it. I'm ready to go sailing!

[admin]

Sure does look good (on FB). Be thinking of you went I get my weekly mud & microballoon fix that Saturday! Best of luck.

[jray]

Re-do on the bottom done! Put her back right sied up, on the trailer and covered for the rest of the winter. I'm happy that I could carry the paint scheme I started into the new anti fouling bottom paint. We'll see how it holds up next year.

[jray]

I didn't realise the picture was posted earlier in another thread. If that is the worst mistake I make today things are going to be great.

[micah202]

Re-do on the bottom done! Put her back right sied up, on the trailer and covered for the rest of the winter. I'm happy that I could carry the paint scheme I started into the new anti fouling bottom paint. We'll see how it holds up next year.

heh,,the paint-line up the side creates the illusion that you built-in an extra chine!!

[jray]

I didn't think anyone would notice the slight hull modification. All part of my plan for class domination.

[Tim Ford]

Definitely dominant in the paint scheme overall look of the boat dept. (The PSOLOTB Award)

All I needed was one more warm day (temps >60) but it looks like it isn't gonna happen soon...so I wait to do the decks/house/sole fiberglassing job a little longer. Still I can't
complain, 5 straight days with temps near 70 in late Nov.

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[micah202]

Definitely dominant in the paint scheme overall look of the boat dept. (The PSOLOTB Award)

All I needed was one more warm day (temps >60) but it looks like it isn't gonna happen soon...so I wait to do the decks/house/sole fiberglassing job a little longer. Still I can't
complain, 5 straight days with temps near 70 in late Nov.

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...you'd be AMAZED t'see what can be done with one little ceramic heater inside the boat

.....not t'mention an infra-red lamp or two(NOT inside)

....I've spraypainted with ambient temperature below freezing!!

[jray]

Looking good Tim, before you know it you'll be done, sailing her and looking for the next build project. It's not a bad thing, now that my build is done I miss the process and the garage seems empty. I do realise this might be a sickness.