The Gleda Project

A good session today. I started with an hour spent sanding the entire sail locker compartment before having a mega clean up and then wiping down all the surfaces with acetone. I then got the paint out again and got a first coat on the beam trough, forward bulkhead and underside of the deck. I [...]

Here I am again, time strapped and slowing. But I’m not complaining as it’s essential I devote more time to the business for a little while. Today I managed just a couple of hours and I spent them planing sanding and routing on the starboard cabin sides and tops, exactly as I did on the [...]

Time to build is an issue again and one I’m going to address very soon. For today I just sneaked in an hour and got the outboard tumblehome/cabin roof joint of the starboard hull sanded, routed and prepped for gluing of the half round finishing strip. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]

After removing the temporary holding screws from the tumblehomes glued yesterday ( I needed a mole wrench on a couple that I’d managed to epoxy in!), It was out with the belt sander and I spent a dusty hour getting the tumblehomes sanded to something like a nice fit, then, after key grinding all the [...]

I squeezed in a short session today, another holiday weekend just past, a 10 day break to Portugal starting next week and my own business to look after mean that time is short right now. No point stressing though I know that things will pick up pace by the end of June and I’m still [...]

No photo today not much to see, but I have worked hard getting the decks and tumblehomes ready for the glass tape reinforcing stage. I’ve planed, sanded and filled and rounded off all the edges. Hard dusty work but very satisfying to see it all coming together. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on [...]