The Gleda Project

Today I’ve spent six hours cramped up in a tiny space trying to get my body into positions it wasn’t designed for , trying to reach unreachable places and all the while fighting claustrophobia….. and I thoroughly enjoyed it! A certain degree of masochism is required to build a Tiki 38 and today it was required [...]

After spending a bit of time with the plans and doing an inventory check I was ready to start the long job of applying bi axial glass fibre tape to all the external hull, deck and cabin joints. I haven’t measured them but there are many metres of them! I decided to start small and [...]

A sneaked in session today and I was able to get the newly made deck off the mould, edges trimmed and hatchway cut. I’ve taken off the tumblehomes and lifted the deck into position ready to dry fit next time. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]