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Easy she goes By Dianne Challis, Boat Builder Extraordinaire With this done we then moved to doing the supports for our Hell, it is hard to remember where, what and when things were flooring. With this design there is not a lot of storage room done on the boat. After all the ups and downs of a boat under the floor so the only access we will have will be over a builders life you would think or find it easy to believe that there water tight compartment where the through hull depth is no time for such large projects as these. But sometimes transducer will go. Once the floor is glued down the whole Mother Nature can be kind and relinquish all her bad moods bottom section then becomes water tight. While John was and undesirable behaviours to the universe and have pity on building the floor supports I prepared the ply that we were to us that have had our brains removed. The darn weather and use. We had already taken about 10 sheets of 9mm ply to family affairs had taken its toll and kept us away from our Hervey Bay where they were placed on a large routing table precious project but not once did we give in; we always and approximately every 76mm a 4mm wide x 3mm deep remained optimistic. groove was routed the full length of the sheet. It was a lot April finally saw us able to get back into it and move on with our project. A new wider and higher driveway is now in place so if such extreme weather situations ever arise again we are able to move in and out the block safely. With this unexpected quicker and easier to pay someone else to do it. It would have been a tedious job having to make some form of jig and have a large enough table to work on and hope that one didn't stuff it up at the same time. work out of the way our boat was the next important thing on With the sheets laid out in our shed...only had room for 4 at a our minds. We once again put our heads down and bums up time...I folded up sandpaper and sanded every groove along and got stuck into moving on. With our health being a bit the edge. Unfortunately the router left splintered edges but touchy, we take all the good days and running with this we do with sanding this was smoothed out. I then sanded the sheets as much as humanly possible. I always say “inch by inch we with 80 grit paper, vacuumed and wiped all dust off. I gave the move forward”; to me that is important. No matter how small a sheets one coat of polyurethane which we bought from a job or how unimportant it may seem at the time we are moving hardware store. This paint is for Squash floors and is UV forward. stabilized and very hard wearing and has a satin finish. When Our first task was to paint all the deck lockers before placing the decks on. For this we used Altex paint that is used in tanks and lockers. It has a glossy finish, extremely hard wearing, needs no undercoat or high build, sprays easily and gives a solid thick finish. We also sprayed this in our bilge area under the floors. Then we were able to get the two bow decks glued on and glassed followed by the foredeck. We this was dry I backfilled every groove with a Qcell resin mix. I gave the sheets a good 24 36 hours to dry and then sanded the sheet with 120 grit paper. Another coat of polyurethane, allowed 24 hours to dry and yet another sand and a final coat of paint. The end result was fantastic. Peter Snell had done this flooring on his “Sarah” and we just loved the look of it. Thanks Peter for a touch of class. were happy with the results and using peel ply over the wet When I had nothing to do and in between everything else that glass has given us a fantastic smooth surface which will need was being done (and when I could find the time) I was and still minimal fairing. The hatches for the lockers are all cut out. am down in the hulls sanding all the ply and coving; anything The next thing we did was to build up our internal frames lining them with ply and then rounding all their face edges as these are seen when the boat is completed. With these done and at the correct height we then built the frame for the side deck. We cut out all the windows in this before we glued the ply to the framework. This then was doubled up in thickness by cutting ply with the windows cut out and glued between the and everything that has a right angle to it. Don't want any gaps that dirt or the dreaded cockies can get into and also the coving finishes off the exposed areas. This all needs to be done before the painting process takes place. Of course this will not happen until all the furniture is built and before the decks go on. Nothing worse than painting with two pack paint in confined spaces. internal frames to give a thickness of 18mm. Where our chain plates go we tripled the thickness and pre-drilled the bolt holes oversized and backfilled with glue resin mix. These will then be drilled out with the correct bolt hole size at a later date. continued next page... www.austboating.com.au www.southerncircle.com.au www.southerncircle.com.au admin@southerncircle.com.au contactus@octopumps.com.au www.octopumps.com.au Electric Winches–Instantly $699 (08) 9337 9900 sales@boatinghardware.com.au www.boatinghardware.com.au
The sheets were put aside while we worked on our rear smart move or not! He is a joker and quite often has made steps. To be able to move on with the steps we needed to comment on wearing fluro clothing for work, health and put the beginnings of our targa bar in place as this forms the safety. One morning he turned up in a fluro green mankini side of our third step. Getting the angles and dangles was and orange vest. Not the best sight we have ever seen. easy once you got your head around it. We have quite a few Thank God he had another change of clothes with him. pieces of large triangular ply scraps with an array of angles cut out on them and this is what we use to determine 10 Now back to the boat... Now it was time to start putting the degrees here or 15 degrees there; we even have a 12 flooring down. With Cuz doing the measuring and John degree one for our outboard motor transom. doing the cutting the floors which I had worked so hard on were cut for the two hulls. This was no mean feat when you As we are using a hydraulic steering system we needed to think about all the frames that the floor has to be able to fit work out the position of the tiller arm; we were limited to the around. We wanted to get the floors in so that we could start internal room of the step. Because we have extended our on the furniture. So that is where we are up to now. The bridge deck past the rear bulkhead we had to have the step floor is in on the starboard side and being covered up. The locker floor a bit lower than the bridge deck so we could put portside will be down as soon as we run some conduit drain holes in it. This in turn caused its own little hiccup as through to take the depth sounder transducer wiring. we had to build a plinth just the right height to place the hydraulic ram at the correct level for the tiller arm. After a lot With Cuz's help and knowing that friends are there when of frustration and a few choice words the plinth had found its we need them this project will get completed. We are home and this is where it was glued and glassed into determined to have the life we chose when we first bought position. Couldn't change it now if we wanted to. Blocks the plans no matter how long it takes. Thank you to all who were made up as stoppers for the tiller arm so it could not go have been giving us moral support, kindness and past its place of no return. With all this finally done the understanding; you all live within our hearts. inside of these steps were painted once again with the locker paint from Altex....thanks John for your help and advice. In between all of the work we have been remodifying our outboard pods. We have purchased two 20 h.p. extra long leg Honda four strokes with power tilt. These are twice the power of the 9.9 h.p. recommended and only weigh a few kilos more. Trouble is that the motor bracket is bigger and we have had to rip the old transom off our outboard pod and rebuild a bigger one. This is okay but we have also had to change our pod not structurally but superficially to follow the designers curve to join in on the bottom of the outboard transom. It has been hard working upside down but in the long run as the effort will be worth it for having the extra power. It is worth the trouble and time to try the motors out before you finish the pods. I have been extremely lucky to have had a relation move from our home town in South Australia to sunny Queensland. We hadn't seen each other for more than 45 years and now we are virtually neighbours. Because he is so used to running a farm and now is in a house on a small block he gets bored and needs something to do. Cuz as we call him comes here one day a week to help wherever possible. He has claimed the starboard berth as his and is hoping he may learn how to build a boat through us. Don't know if that is a John, Dianne & Bob Wet Blaster on site! Dust free and environmentally safe way to remove old anti-foul, osmosis repair or prepare steel, alloy or timber for painting. The tiller arm - a lot of busy work MACKAY’S BOAT YARD SEASON SPECIAL! (long term) $100 in - out inc. stands Call for details For Boaties With a Project or Fast Antifoul safe & secure storage for all boats & yachts www.mackaysboatyard.com Contact John Bates for details: Ph: 4953 2283 Fax: 4953 2588 Mob: 0402 738 999 Walker’s Complex, Harbour Rd., Mackay email: jbates@mackaysboatyard.com The beginnings of the targa bar Foredeck glassed, coving done and lockers cut out up the creek and pay less! MULTIHULL FRIENDLY!
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