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Build Time to Date – 45 hours The boat is finally enclosed with decking……phew! However, before cutting and fitting the foredeck I spent a fair bit of time trimming the aft deck, shaping and enlarging the access holes and ensuring that the foredeck would overlap as I wanted. So – to the foredeck. I had … Continue reading
Whilst thinking about ‘where next’ with the build” I had a look at the stats for this wordpress site and was very pleasantly surprised. Interest in IOMs is obviously worldwide, there have been almost 5000 views of the site, from 50 different countries. Today had the first visit from Barbados (a place I have many happy memories from after sailing to … Continue reading
Build Tme to Date – 43 hours The final stage in the cockpit was to fit the remaining strips. This was reasonably straightforward. The strips were shaped as before, and bonded into position, using the same jig used previously to aid location. Once the epoxy dried, I removed the jig, and roughly cut the strips … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 41 hours So with the fin box installed and cut to the correct height, and all of the internal support structures complete, it was time to start work on the cockpit. I had two options for this: I could use .8mm ply (which I will be using for the decks) … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 39.5 hours Last night was a busy one, I am now much closer to decking. Two days ago I got a delivery from CM yachts (thanks Mike!) which included my mast post, as well as some other bits and pieces. Last night I managed to do the following: Cut and … Continue reading
Build time to date – 37.5 hours Not a lot done last night, the fin box is fitted, so I filled the space around the base of the fin box with thickened epoxy. Prior to doing this, I sanded the base of the fin box, so that none was protruding from the hull. I then … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 37 hours Things are new getting very interesting (read fiddly!). Following on from aligning and fitting the fin box and rudder stock, I finally fitted the V Brace, which will take the loads from the shrouds and transfer them through the previously moulded ‘V’ to the fin box / keel … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 36 hours Well, I have been waiting for quite a while to get the fin box and rudder stock fitted. the locations for the stock and keel were measured carefully and marked on the centreline. The important things to remember were that both the keel and rudder need to be … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 34.5 hours Last night I got a coat of varnish on both the rig box and the stand, however the good news is that the delivery from Dave Creed (www.lintel-iom.com, +44 (0) 151 342 7693) arrived, and very good they look too. I now have all of the bits and … Continue reading
Build Time to Date – 34 hours Over the past week, I have been waiting for a few bits and pieces to arrive, to enable me to continue with the hull build. I have spent this time building a rig box and stand, last night I finally sanded the edges and epoxied a small bit … Continue reading
Building, Sailing and Racing a Goth XP 