After a delay of a few months the new workshop is built and the boat has moved into its new home. not as spacious as the old spot but nevertheless is a roof over our heads.
Looking forward to getting back into the build.
mick
The boat move
A wonderful day
Today we epoxyed and taped half the hull and I am very happy with the outcome. HOWEVER long term readers will note the WE I used in the sentence. Today Trace (my wife) and I worked on the boat together…this was a great step forward in my life. If you have read the very start of this blog you will see that one of my goals it to have a wife and a boat. Today was the first time when the two of us have worked together on the dinghy AND she liked it. It was really fun for the two of us to work on the boat together, real fun. Now I know how Judy and Tom feel. Its good to have a sidekick (both ways).
Anyway, Have a look at th enewly layed out Dinghy page and its sub pages…
See you soon.
Mick AND Trace
Tidy up of the blog.
I have tidied up the layout of the pages on the blog. This home page will still have the latest announcements. The DH550 now has all the info on the DH550 and the build. I have discovered how to do sub pages so when you scroll over the page tab you will see the pages that I have created on various aspects of the DH550. The Dinghy page is still a bit of a mess but I will get to tidy that up some time. And the Pre-Work page contains all the pre work done before I choose to go with the DH550. It contains musings about masts, various designs, and other stuff.
Building and Moving
Unfortunately I have to move the dinghy build from where i was working. This meant building a 7.5 by 7 by 2.8 carport at my house. So the last month or so has been doing this rather than working on the dinghy, hence no real updates. The carport has now got the framing completed so next are the purlins, facia, gutter and roof sheeting. Then I will move the dinghy.
On another front I just found a new catamaran build blog and the build is of a Dix470, very similar to the DH550 I am going to build. you can find it on blogspot under “DIx470.blogspot”. Good luck to him.
PS, just waiting for the roof steel to arrive…
The sructure is finished, just waiting for steel
Mick
Heaps of new photos over on the dinghy page
At last I have updated the dinghy page with progress photos and some learnings. Enjoy.
Regards
Mick
The Build Progresses
Wow…apologies for the long interval between posts…
Sorry for being so long getting back on to the blog…been a surreal few months. As you probably know I finished work last month and am having a break until after Christmas and to go with the break theme…I broke my ankle in a sailing accident!! And it doesn’t rain but it pours…Tracey my wife went into hospital for a major op and was bed ridden for 4 weeks. And now it’s Christmas! Yahoo…I love this time of year.
I have been able to do little bits and pieces on the Argie and will update the dinghy page just after Christmas.
On a different note some people I know tat are building a beautiful cat called Binary ( checkout the scrumble project) are about to be visited by a cyclone as well as Santa so spare. Thought or prayer that they and others will be safe. Good luck Tom and Judy.
See you all again soon…
Mick
Stormy weather…as the song goes!
Well what a beaut of a storm last night and the night before. And I have found out that my garage is not delugue proof!! I had stacked all the nicely prepared dinghy parts post cutout sanding and smooting against a wall and hey presto that is exactly where the garage leaked. it is marine ply so no swelling etc issues just now need to dry them out before epoxying them. Hopefully will be ready by saturday to start…
All in all not a major drama and I hope everyone in this area that got damage are all at least safe and sound. My daughters kitechen roof looks like my belly after a good feed!!! It will have to come down. Somethign else to use my DIY skills on…hehe!
Keep well all…
Mick
Dinghy markup and cutting has started…
Over in the dinghy page I have updated the build…have a look see…!
The Dinghy Plans arrived…
The Dudley Dix Argie 15 plans have arrived and I have bought the 6 sheets of ply required. This weekend I will start the lofting, well its not really lofting from a table, its more copying ddimensions off a drawing. Dudley has made a very clear set of plans and I am looking forward to getting my hands dirty with wood.
Will post pictures int he Dinghy page when I have them.
Mick
