Contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction :

          Boatplans.dk

          Amro Chemicals

          Our Love of the Sea

          Dad's Trip on a sailing yatch

          A little sailing trip at Grand Gaube

          Books that got us inspired to own a boat

          Boats we initially fell in love with

          Courses that taught us how to build a boat

          Tools of the trade

          Our Practical Exams

          Theory Exams

MyBlog:

2014 

August:
    Sat 16: Glassed joints for water storage compartment.
    Fri 15: Finish cockpit cover and added last part of cockpit sole.

    Thu 14: Cut and polish new wood posts for the cover.
    Tue 12: Glassing top part of cockpit cover.

    Mon 11: Fileting of the joints of cockpit cover.

    Sun 10: Preparing Cockpit Cover.
    Sat 09: Cutting part of trunk.
    Wed 06: Gluing the cabin arch.
    Tue 05: Glassing of inside of front cupboard.
    Mon 04: Preparing of front part cupboard.
    Sun 03: Fiberglassing of cabin joints inside and out.
    Sat 02: PUtting  other glue points and removing cable-ties.
    Fri 01: Putting glue points to cabin roof.

July: 

    Thu 31: Fiberglassing sole joints and adding roof with cable-ties.

    Wed 30: Trying cabin Sides and gluing cabin sole.

    Tue 29: Top part of cabin entrance added and lots of paint jobs.

    Mon 28: Gluing decking on both sides of cabin.

    Sun 27: Gluing cabin sole together and glassed cockpit sole.

    Fri 25: Prepared decking for sides of cabin.

    Thu 24: BOlted gunwale and painted underneath cabin sole.

    Wed 23: Second gunwale glued.

    Tue 22: First gunwale glued.

    Mon 21: BACK to work: Adding reinforcement underneath cabin sole 

January:
    Mon 13: Finished with metal structure. 
    Thu 09: Bought steel tubes.
    Thu 02: Cyclone getting closer.

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December :
       Tue 31  : Boat bundled
       Mon 30 : Gone to buy paint
       Sun 29   : Second sole fixed to cockpit
       Sat 28   : first part of cockpit sole is fixed to the boat
       Fri 27    : Cockpit sole now ready for installation
      Thu 26   : lots of painting jobs done
      Wed 25  : Christmas work
      Tue 24   : Painting bilge and adding second layer of fiberglass onto transom
      Mon 23 : looking for connectors for the bilge water-removal and adding first layer of fiberglass to the transom
      Sun 22 : Preparing the wood to reinforce the seats and cutting the first pipes for the bilge water removal system
      Sat 21: The fiberglass is now dry
      Fri 20   : Adding fiberglass to the compartment separations underneath the cockpit sole
      Thu 19 : gluing separations underneath cockpit sole
      Wed 18 : Finishes pod looks nice
      Tue 17 : Finishing work on the pod
      Mon 16 : A boat growing
      Sun 15 : Preparing the cockpit sole and its hatches
      Tue 10 : Removing G-Clamps
      Mon 09 : Gluing wooden parts underneath cockpit sole
      Sun 08 : Reinforcing the pod and preparing port side bench hatches
      Thu 05 :   Trying the hatches and preparing the benches
      Wed 04 : Preparing the stiffeners of the cockpit sole underside.
      Tue 03 : Preparing the wooden parts to give extra strength to the boat.
      Mon 02 :  Planed the inwales and prepared the front reinforcements

November:

        Wed 27: Glassing one before last compartment and double transom       
        Wed 20 : Mum learns Sanding
        Mon 18: Glassing the motor pod
       Wed 13 : Fiberglassing of the foremost compartment of the boat

        Tue 12 : Glassing of joint of first bulkhead joint and adding second double panel of motor pod

        Mon 11 : Adding foreward bulkhead and adding first double-panel to motor pod

October:
        Sat 26 : Ensuring alignment for new pod
        Fri 25:   Pod panels being worked on
        Thu 24 : The new pod
        Wed 23: The making of a motor pod for the boat

        Tue 22 : A small step for a boat but a giant leap for us
        Sun 20  : Glued inwales

        Sat 19  : Polishing and preparing inwales for gluing 

September:

         Sun 29 : Fixing first bench bulkhead and cabin bulkhead

          Sat 21  : Fixing cabin entrance

         Thu 19  : Cutting and gluing inwales into long wood strips 

         Tue 10  : Gluing the front deck triangle and cabin top 

         Sun 08  : Cutting second gunwale and trying our rockwell tool

         Sun 01  : Cut our first gunwale

August:
         Fri 16    : Adjusting the bulkheads
        Thu 15   : Gluing the panels inside
         Fri 9      : Cutting out the Bulkheads using Dremmel
         Wed 07 : Building a ladder to get into the boat and sanding the inside
         Sun 03  : Building a table-saw and photo shoot
         Sat 02   : Turning boat upright
         Fri 02   : First bath of Serenite and more sanding

         Thu 01 : Epoxy Boat building : If you're not sanding, you're not doing it right

July :
         Wed 31   : Adding second fabric layer
         Tue 30   : Fixed Transom and glassed sides
         Mon 29  : First layer of glass onto hull of boat
         Sun 28   : Removed jig and bulkheads, lowered boat, sanded, and finished glassing bottom edges.
         Sat 27    : Finished fiberglassing of panel edges
         Fri 26     : Gluing two other edges
         Thu 25   : Cutting of fiberglass strips, and some gluing......and lots of sanding
         Wed 24  : Gluing of midsection of boat bottom
         Tue 23   : Gluing of other side and filling holes        
         Mon 22 : Sanding, filling holes, gluing and more sanding 
         Sun 21   : A "sticky" day
         Sun 14   : Completing the shape of the boat hull.
         Sun 07   : Placing the sides of the boat onto the bulkheads.
         Sat 06    : Placing bottom Panels.
         Tue 02   : Fixing the bulkheads.

June :
        Sun 29   : Building the Base for the Jig
        Mon 17 : Start of gluing.
        Sun 16   : Wood for Jig delivered home
        Sat 15    : All wooden pieces ready for glueing
        Fri 14     : Break Test
        Mon 10  : Testing our Epoxy Glue

        Sun 09   : End of Wood cutting
        Sat 01    : Cutting Bulkheads with Dremel.

May :
         Sat 24  : Bought Small drill
         Fri 24   : Buy Epoxy for test
         Sun 12 : Sharpening Block planes
         Sat 11  : Starting on actual wood for boat
        Wed 08 : Dremel SawMax
        Wed 01 : Testing Front Part Curvature

April :
         Fri 26    : Got Batteries
         Sat 20   : Putting up big marquee
         Thu 11  : Bought plywood for boat
         Wed 10 : Got our Marquee
         Sun 07  : Remove little mini
         Fri 05   : Bought Boat plans