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Mission Statement: To build a capable, affordable cruising boat with readily-available skills, materials, equipment and facilities.
If, like me, you dream of getting out there and sailing/cruising the world's waters, this blog/site aims to show my approach to how to do just that. Capable cruising boats should not be limited to the reach of the rich and privileged. If you accept the premise that a 25 year working lifespan for your boat is plenty for you to achieve your dreams (seems reasonable!) and are not concerned about such capitalist constructs as resale value, then the capable cruising boat is within the reach of a meagre budget. Go for it!
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Lights, the stove, tiles, curvy bits......

27/4/2020

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It's been a couple of weeks since I posted here. In that time, a lot has happened. Work is going on all over the place, I guess with the main thrust being in the galley and heads area. I've tiled and now grouted the stove area - underneath, beside and behind it. The flooring (pvc) is fitted in the heads, along with the inspection cover to give access to the bilge area in one section. I've laminated, sanded, filled, sanded and painted a curved piece that completes the heads walling. Some interior lights have been fitted and various smaller sections of the interior have been painted. I've dismantled and cleaned up the stove and am now awaiting some materials to get it back together and fitted.

Now, with the approach of May and (hopefully) decent temperatures, thoughts are turning towards the exterior - finishing off various smaller pieces and getting it painted. I've just measured up to calculate the paint requirements and will be placing an order very soon :-)

Here are the vids from the last couple of weeks;

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Worktops

10/4/2020

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This week's episode is of an even more instructional nature than usual - I concentrate only on the fitting of the Formica laminate to the galley and heads worktops. The video shows how I went about this task, and indeed, shows that it can be done with some fairly basic tools and equipment. Obviously, if you are doing this kind of work for a living, or even if it's something you do regularly for whatever reason, you will have a more efficient method, but my way works, and, since I only fit Formica roughly once every 20 years, it'll do just fine for me!

Elsewhere in the build, things are coming along nicely. The galley cubby hole is trimmed up and painted out. All internal bulkheads and visible hull parts are now glossed and finished; I've painted out below the sinks with bilge paint - both in the galley and in the heads; I've wired up the nav table light and installed the wiring for the light in the heads; the fiddles in the heads are fitted and nearly complete in the galley; various parts are on order and I eagerly await their arrival.....

Here's this week's vid. Enjoy!!
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Interior work

5/4/2020

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Well, strange times indeed, but it seems we've just got to hope and get on with it. As far as the boat build goes, materials need some careful organising, but on the plus, I don't have to commute to work, so that time is saved and can be put into the project.

This week has again been about continuing work on the interior - painting, cabinets in the heads, etc. And, for a bit of variety, I decided to make a mounting board for the ships clock, barometer and nav table light, using a piece of scrap cherry wood I've had kicking about for a goodly while...
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