by Paul | Jul 22, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In Part 2 of this series, I finish up the installation of the trim wood around the outer edges of the ballast keel molds. I trim off the excess material and that is about as far as I can get due to several days of rainy weather. The trim was added so I can round over...
by Paul | Jul 11, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
Now that the hull is right side up, it is time to fabricate the two outside ballast keels. The first step is to build the molds to hold the concrete and scrap steel. The molds will also become a permanent part of the ballast keels and as such, they will be coated with...
by Paul | Jul 1, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
In this video, I trim down the excess plywood side panels to the sheer line. This is just a “roughing in at this point. The edges of the plywood will then receive a couple of coats of low viscosity epoxy resin and allowed to “soak” in. Any voids will then be filled...
by Paul | Jun 11, 2021 | Boat Building, Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
This past week has been plagued with inclement weather! WE had a few days of remarkably high temperatures approaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit (a little over 37 degrees Celsius). The humidity was also exceptionally high and made working outside unbearable (especially...
by Paul | Jun 3, 2021 | Boat Building
I am back from Ohio and my daughter’s college graduation ceremony. Now it is back to work on my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat. In this video episode, I’ll show you how I have prepared the hull for the rigging necessary to lift the hull from the strongback and then roll...
