Well, well,....... the cabin-sole panels are IN!
I get the insertion rubber laid on to the hull floors for the sole panels to sit on and fit a bracket for 1 of the panels.
Do they look FANTASTIC or WHAT?!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
YES! Everybody, the cabin-sole panels are FINALLY, FINISHED! 🤩
They have come up EXACTLY as I wanted! WOOOHOOO!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting journey to fini...
February and March were a couple of tough months for me,... with heavy weather here, some personal concerns, needing a break (and I did get a short Adelaide trip in to see some family) plus the LENGTHY problems associated with the Aquacote PU top-coating t...
Well everybody, this episode shows the low point where my cabin-sole panels were spoiled and stopped at the last stage by something that went wrong with the PU top-coating that I had put on. But hey - you can't expect to have everything smooth, right?! And...
The FINAL stage of finishing the cabin-sole with the Polyurethane Top coating,...... Woohoo,.... or is it??
I give some explanations about the unique water based PU coating; explain some points regarding getting the water-tanks bedded and fitted as well as...
Well, well,.... after 2 weeks of HEAVY weather interruptions,..... I do get back to some great and good boatwork!
FINALLY the cabin-sole gets not 1 epoxy coat,... not 2,.... BUT THREE and = BLING, BLING epoxy coating! SOOOOOO NICE!
AND, I FINALLY get the o...
FINALLY! I get ALL of the cabin-sole panels for Mistress made up, levelled, edged and READY for the epoxy coating process! It HAS been a lengthy process, CUSTOM making with my own hands these significant parts, BUT one that I am very pleased with the outco...
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Between September and October 2019, Emily built a lightweight wooden boat, which will be used as a sailing, rowing, and motoring dinghy for ...
YES! Surprise, surprise - there is A LOT of work involved in making this type of cabin-sole! BUT, I get there and it is looking FANTASTIC! Well, so I think!
There are lots of explanations about how I progressed with putting this style of cabin-sole togeth...
I definitely get good experience clocked up in laminating the Rosewood+White Beech to the cabin-sole = it really is looking nice!
There were definitely some improved techniques that I worked out to make things easier and quicker and which gave quite a Prof...
Well,.... a bit nervous! I bite the bullet everybody and make a start laminating the Rosewood & White Beech to the cabin-sole!
Not at all easy! But WHAT a result!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, ...
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 EVERYBODY!
2020 is THE year, YES!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting journey to finish Mistress and then go on my sailing adventures,...
I hope th...
In this episode I finally get back to making more good cabin sole! It had to be on hold to get some saloon and galley work done,.... and now I start to get back to it and I LOVE it!
Withe the great help from Tim and his joinery I am well on the way!
There...
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Over the next two months, Emily is building a lightweight wooden boat, which will be used as a sailing, rowing, and motoring dinghy for S/...
I continue with the good galley cabinetry work and get the Water Tanks in for good!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thankfully, and I am on an exciting journey to finish Mistress and then go on my sa...
In this episode I TACKLE the rather gruelling task of getting all of the remaining frame knees fitted in place and secured = HOORAY!!
I am SO GLAD that this is now behind me!
I get the 2nd water tank dry fitted and also KEENLY return to the good galley cab...
It has been somewhat of a juggling act with Mistress' boatwork over the past 2+ weeks,..... however you just HAVE to keep moving!
The new PE foam insulation and lining panels continue in the saloon and I finally get the first (Port side) of the PE water ta...
PROBLEMS SOLVED! Chesapeake Light Craft comes to the rescue!
We have worked out the issues with starting with the wrong plans. We have worked out a design to make my boat able to do everything I want it to, including nesting, and a lot of ideas of our o...
The SINE WAVE of life everybody - it always travels up and down,...
Things were not going to plan,... BUT,.... you just have to keep moving and let the time pass,....
The reward was getting the excellent Polyethylene foam insulation panels and starting to ...
Quite a busy episode this week people with several things to do and discuss regards getting 10 more galley and saloon panels made and fitted; a MAJOR FAIL re. the Earthwool insulation and a wee chat about my plan to make and give a Mistress gift to my good...
THE BOAT MUST GO ON!
Following last week's big mistake, we decide to move forward with the basic parts of the build until we have the proper plans. In this video, we review what changes need to be made. Then Emily begins the "glue" part of the stitch-and-...
It FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS people!
Installing some good galley cabinets does bring HAPPINESS!
And I also add some good insulation to UP the R factor! WOOHOO!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thankfully, ...
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In this video, Emily uses wire to "stitch" together the planks, hull, and transoms of the Eastport Pram to create its shape and prepare it f...
The lengthy epoxy coating process kept me out of Mistress and I keep moving with the cabinet making details!
The wheels keep turning with the water tanks AND with a start on making a fridge-freezer too!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,.....
It feels REALLY good to be getting in to the designing and making of the saloon and galley areas!! LOVING IT!
Thank you Brett for increasing your pledge and becoming a #3 tier Patron!
This is REALLY appreciated!
There were many reasons why, but the work ...
In this episode the GREAT catchup work continues and I make a start with the saloon furniture fit-out including designing and drawing up the potable water tanks!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thank...
Girls can build stuff, too! Support this and other projects via our Patreon page: http://patreon.com/EmilyAndClark
Over the next two months, Emily is building a lightweight wooden boat, which will be used as a sailing, rowing, and motoring dinghy for S/V ...
WELL,..... there is some very time consuming boatwork being done in this video people - getting the knee reinforcement fitted took SO LONG! : /
Also the last of the V berth lining panels went in VERY easily, ha!
And I do some more catchup work by epoxy pa...
Continuing on with the V berth lining panels in this episode folks which includes fixing the electrical tubing so it won't move around over time and getting those important steel knee supports made up.
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,......
Per usual boatwork - things pop up and require MORE WORK than anticipated, Ha! BUT, I do get to install some main lining panels,...
I do some coving to protect some welds below the waterline and I did get to take a nice short break to go bird watching wit...
"More battens required" Ha! I needed quite a few more mostly very different battens for the V berth lining, some to fit to the steel frames, others to fit to some hull cleats and some others to be fitted to the lining themselves which will then be used to ...
UNPAID review - In this Tech.talk I am doing a brief review of my Evolution table saw that I have been using for ~1 year now and I am very happy with it.
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However, the work has re-started, thankfully, a...
In this episode I get all of the V berth lining panels made up, not without a lot of fiddly back and forth fitting to get them right, also the cabin-sole and get them all sanded and epoxy painted! Yes!
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,......
EPISODE FIFTY, that's 50 EPISODES people! WOOHOO!
The good work progress continues,.. with getting some very nice Rosewood laminate strips cut, dressed and edge planed to be used for the cabin-sole; I get the V berth cabin-sole support frame installed; pla...
I address a few things in this episode such as welding up the drainage holes in the keel; paint touching up some small, early corrosion spots; make up the cabin sole supports for the V berth and start the marine ply lining in the V berth.
There were many...
In this episode I explain being contacted by a Ship structural Engineer for a mistake I made : l and how to fix it and I tackle the twists and turns of getting the hull battens completed,...
There were many reasons why, but the work stopped,...
However,...
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