Neil Hawkesford - Just a guy pursuing freedom and things that make me come alive like earning a living doing stuff I enjoy and building a boat to go sailing.... Crazy or what?
One of my eBay bargains arrived this afternoon. Three Canpa deck hatches 21″ x 16″, they have smoked acrylic tops, 2 interior cam locking levers and multiple stayed opening positions. They will also open right back and lie flat on the deck. They are constructed of a synthetic nylon type material and are quite light [...]
As planned I cracked on today and got the last sheet of 4mm glued to the starboard cabin top. This involved sanding back the polystyrene and excess glue (lovely messy job), and then applying plenty of epoxy glue mix before positioning the 4mm plywood sheet and weighting it. I also cut away the first sheet [...]
I’ve had a really good day today and made some great progress with the starboard cabin top. I cut and fixed all the longitudinal strengtheners, cut and fixed all the polystyrene and weighted everything down. This means I just have to glue the last sheet 0f 4mm plywood in place and I’ll have the first [...]
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