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Today has mostly alternated between rain and drizzle which has dampened progress. Most of the jobs inside are still easier when we can do the timber cutting and sanding outside. So when we could, Jane continued with the work on the mizzen tangs while I started on the main mast.
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Following on from my post about the new shape of our Aft Cabin cushions (see Fabric and Fluff ) I thought I would share some pictures of my process for making the covers. Sticking the foam together to create the new shapes was a tedious job as It was only possible
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The other day we made Lee Boards for our starboard saloon berth. Today we've started the process of making them adapt to their other role which is to be a backrest. It isn't finished yet. I need to find a way to retain the back rests
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Today it was time to start getting the mizzen mast prepared for the Dyneema Rigging. FR4 Tangs Jane got busy on carving the FR4 mast tangs. We need 8 (2 forestays, 2 cap shrouds, 2 lower shrouds, 2 running backstays). This was working with the basic "triangles" I
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We decided that it was worth slapping on a quick coat of paint rather than wait until we do the job properly. So a few minutes removing the chainplate extension and cutting off some loose remnants, then sand and wipe with acetone before painting. Our plan is to paint the
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Following the first stage of clearing the starboard side of the saloon we got stuck into a whole lot of progress. We had a number of objectives. We wanted to remove the soffit to make fitting the new chainplate backing plates easier. We wanted to get it all cleaned (quite
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Very conveniently, on the first morning of our summer holiday, we had a call from Anglesey Fabrications to say that our modified bow roller was ready for a test fitting. Very close. Just a slight adjustment to the cutout of the tails so it drops fully onto the hull. Then
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Just put the new cushions that Jane has made into the aft cabin. Looks fantastic and so much easier to get in and out of bed using the step and seat (no cushion for that yet). Plus it is more like a normal double bed so we can find each
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I've done the first basic cut out of all our tangs. They are made from FR4. The 6 bottom left are for the mizzen shrouds. The 2 top left are for the mizzen running backstays. The 6 bottom right are for the main shrouds on the main mast.
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Today I started on the tangs for the mizzen mast. This has 9mm Dyneema shrouds. So I have an 18mm sheet of FR4. This means I can have sides tall enough to put a retainer between them to stop the shroud jumping out. This first one is 80mm wide, tapering
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A very wet day yesterday and I had some work to do. So we didn't make any boat progress. Today with an uncertain forecast we have been doing some jobs inside. Jane has continued to coat the mizzen supports and bed headboard with epoxy. Should be ready to
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Today we drilled 8 holes 44mm in diameter through the deck (and in 4 cases on through the plywood backing sheet). Where we already have a 9.5mm FR4 backing plate we didn't go through that. It was all going very slowly with a cheap hole saw unil
