The next major job is to sheath the hulls and bridge deck with fibreglass. I was fortunate to have three people (thanks to Dave, Neil and Roger) to help with the fibre glassing of the hull.
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The outer stems complete the bows of each hull. These are made of solid timber and are bonded to the inner stems.
At the centre of the each stem is a piece of plywood which is shaped to give the outer stem the correct profile. Additional timber is very roughly shaped and glued in place to make a rough approximation of the outer stem. The outer stem is shaped to match the lines of the hull and of the keel using the plywwod centre as a guide. It's now one year since I started on this project so a brief summary of the work so far.
The joint between the bridge deck and the inner hull sides is made using fibre glass.
The sloping front of the bridge deck is finished.
4 small bulkheads were added to create deck lockers. The existing framing on the main bulkheads was shaped to match the bridge deck angle and additional timber was fixed the the hull sides to create a joint. The 3 sheets of plywood are butt jointed and fixed with screws and epoxy glue. In total the bridge deck construction has taken about 100 hours. 12mm marine plywood sheets are fixed to the bridge deck beams. This forms the underside of the main cabin floor structure.
The beams to support the underside of the bridge deck are installed.
The sheathing of the second hull with marine ply is now complete.
The second hull took another 120 hours of work. From the pictures you can now see the shape of the hull really clearly. She has lovely lines. The only job left on the hulls is the addition of the bow outer stem which is made from solid timber and shaped to fit on the inner stem. This will be done after completing the bridge deck. Plywood sheeting of the first hull is complete.
The hull frame is ready for the plywood sheet. |
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