Category: Builders Blog
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Stage 7: The Rudder
The rudder started as three pieces of marine ply laminated together to make a single 40mm piece. I asked a friend Martin, a professional boat builder, to profile the rudder to create tapering at the leading and following edges. I decided to cut away a few mm of the lowest part of both gudgeons and…
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Stage 6: Internal fit-out and crash box
The Cockpit The cockpit is completely sealed from the internal cabins. It will have three large drain holes to let water drain. As with the rest of the outside of the boat it is covered in fibreglass to strengthen the whole structure and make fully waterproof. Forepeak and crash box The forepeak will be used…
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The next stage was to turn the boat over so I could start fitting out the inside. The total weight of the hull at this stage of the build was about half a tonne. I had a few concerns about the process. Are the beams going to break when they took the full weight of…
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Stage 4 – Glassing and Fairing. Once I’d finished the boarding I thought the process of putting on fibreglass would be a quick job…It wasn’t!
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Stage 3: Hull Boarding
After further tweaks and dry fits I screwed and glued the strings in place. I gave all the hull boards a coat of epoxy on their inner side before I started and all the stringers the same. I started with the topsides, then the hull bottom and finally filled in the middle section. I decided…
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Stage 1: Making frames
It’s February 2022 and the build has begun. Thanks to the Fyne Boats team for getting me underway. I admit, it was a little concerning that I am to try to make a boat that is to take me around the world out of the wood in my trailer – it looks very small! The…
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