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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!
The Miss Molly I Adventures - the story of our Pacific cruising -Click Here!!

SV Tapatya Episode 07

30/10/2017

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The next video is out now - stations 2 and 3
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Busy Saturday

28/10/2017

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I got quite a bit done today. The station 2 frame is very nearly finished and I cut and joined the ply pieces for the station 3 bulkhead. Looking good!

We're off to the Hamburg boat show tomorrow - apparently it's going to be the last ever one, which is a shame coz we've enjoyed a day out there fairly often in the past. Anyhow, we'll go and have a look. This year I have a particular interest in bits for the new boat. We'll see what comes...
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2 Glassed

26/10/2017

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Frame 2 has been glassed both sides now and I've put a bit of filler around as needed. Sorry about the camera focus. It's taken with my phone, although that's not really any excuse.
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Glassing frame 2 and lofting bulkhead 3

25/10/2017

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The 2 oz cloth is rolled out and is then marked to length with a marker pen. I cut it with a pair of scissors.
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I mark the side lines and cut, then it's simply smoothed out and covered with resin.
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The main bulkhead at station 3 lofted. There are a lot of lines to think about on this one. At the top you can see the template for the raised deck crown.
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Onward

25/10/2017

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Station 2 frame cleaned and sanded up
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Website update

24/10/2017

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The Miss Molly I story on this website is progressing quite nicely. Go on, have a look!
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Station 2 progress

23/10/2017

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Here's the station 2 frame glued up. As I said, the foredeck hatch comes in at the top where the deck beam section is missing - I'll screw a temporary piece in there to support it. Now it needs a clean up and the panel glassing. Then, it's on to the large bulkhead that comes in at station 3.
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Station 2

18/10/2017

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Number 2 station frame is taking shape. All of the pieces are cut, shaped and sanded and the bottom part with the plywood panel is glued. This station frame is pretty much the same as the station 1 frame except that it's bigger and that the deck beam is in 2 parts because a large raised hatch will be fitted on the foredeck and that means the deck beam cannot span the entire width of the boat. The 2 parts of the deck beam are glued and now need cleaning up and fitting. I'll join them with a temporary beam that'll be removed when the hatch is fitted.

I've also fitted a horizontal batten to the forward bulkhead that'll support the forward bunk.
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Station to station

15/10/2017

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After some toing and froing, I decided to glass the plywood panel under the bunk on the number 1 station frame. I've done that on both sides and put a bit of epoxy filler around wherever it was needed. Just needs a quick sand up and that's that for the now.
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I milled the lumber for the number 2 station frame and....
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... cut it to length and cut the halving joints on the bottom. Then I decided to do a bit of organising by moving stuff from here to there and then swept the floor. Lazy Sunday afternoon....
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Small steps

12/10/2017

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Managed to get a few bits done, late yesterday. I cleaned up the station 1 frame and glued 2 battens on either side of the top of the plywood 'bulkhead'; the bunk boards will rest on these. I also lofted out the station 2 frame and milled the lumber for it - I'll try to get it assembled at the weekend.
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Episode 6

11/10/2017

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SV Tapatya episode 6 is out now. In this episode, I build the first 2 station sections and talk a bit about working with epoxy.
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Photo Backlog

8/10/2017

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I've got a bit behind with posting photos of the progress, so here goes. This'll bring us up to date. Video episode 6 is also in progress!
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2oz cloth and epoxy on aft side of forward bulkhead
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Ready to cook :-)
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Frames epoxy glued to forward bulkhead
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Pieces cut for station 1 frame
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Detail of frame/deck web. Blank cut with table saw; curve rough cut with a jig saw, then squared up with a router and sanded to final finish.
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Groove cut in frame to take under-bunk plywood bulkhead. Bulkhead provides stability and divides under-bunk storage.
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Groove and halving joints in frame
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Gluing up station 1 frame
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New Bosch router used to shape webs and cut grooves in frames.
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Spokeshave used to round frames between webs and bunk top
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Station 1

8/10/2017

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Good progress yesterday. The station 1 frame is waiting to be glued up. I cut and shaped the web pieces that reinforce the hull/deck joint - I ended up buying a new Bosch router to do the shaping as it was impossible to squarely cut 2 inch douglas fir with a jig saw - I cut them with the jig saw first and then squared them up with the router. I also used the table saw and router to cut slots in the frames to take the ply bulkhead that acts as reinforcement and separation of the below-v-berth storage area. I cut the ply panel to shape, and used a spokeshave to round off the frames between the berth top and webs. Finally, it was all given a quick sanding.

It'll all be glued up today and then the promised photos will be posted.
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Stormy Thursday

5/10/2017

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Back again after a few days in England. Storm 'Xavier' is heading this way, with the weather service on the radio this morning recommending that people stay away from trees and scaffolding. Since our garden backs directly onto a forest, avoiding trees will be difficult. We'll see what comes!
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