Thread: Another GIS build in OZ

You and I detailed the seats very similarly. I thought the same thing about the middle seat support after installing the cap on the center case. Looks nice though!

Wow, I have been very slack in keeping the build updated. Here is the next bit that I finished before Christmas.
Handling large bits of ply or long bendy pieces of timber with epoxy on them I find challenging without helpers. The rewarding part however is working out some way to put the bits together without dropping on dirt floor or accidentally smearing epoxy on places that are not supposed to get it. I was quite pleased with my solution for the inwhales.
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I clamped the timber in rough position, but with a spacer so I could apply glue.
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Each end also had a spacer, but not clamped to the boat. The weights at the bow and the clamp jaw at the stern are keeping the timber bent downwards.
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Piece in place with epoxy applied. Starting at the centre I removed the spacer, maneuvered inwhale and put clamps in place.
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One side at a time. I surprized myself that it worked ok.
cheers Trevor D

Measure twice, cut once. Nothing wrong with my measuring, just chose the wrong mark to cut to.

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Port side at the stern. Two marks, cut made at the correct one.
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Starboard side at stern. Two marks, cut made at the wrong one. Grrrr. Clearer marks would I'm sure, help the brain focus.
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Time to get the mind away for a while. My favourite spot to go sailing. Gippsland lakes, Victoria. About 3 1/2 hours drive from home.
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We were holed up at this jetty for two nights escaping the wind.
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It doesn't look too bad from this pic, but there was no way I was venturing into that when 200 meters away, around the point,
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we could watch the swans. Yes our swans really are black.
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Well after the blow we had a perfect sailing day ending up here.
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Unfortunately the wind returned, so resulted in another two nights without untying . I appreciate everyone else sharing a bit of what things are like where the sail, so hope others feel the same way. Maybe not the amount of sailing I was hoping for, but still most relaxing.

cheers Trevor D

Getting close to the completion.
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At this point, in the middle of all this wet sanding I finally was very happy about having a dirt floor.
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First coat of hull paint. I am using the water based Aquacoat. I ended up doing three coats, as after two it was not quite even.
Cheers Trevor D

In keeping with the philosophy of keeping this build as cheap as reasonably possible I got a free trailer. It was a project a friend was doing for a Pacer dinghy, but never got finished. He gave it away because he was moving to another house and had to get rid of clutter in a hurry. Sometimes we get lucky. With a bit of modification I'm hoping it will be perfect for the Goat.

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In the meantime I got a bit impatient. Boat ready, sails on but no trailer.
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Hmmm..... thinks to self......It might be worth a try........after all it's not very far.....
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So I quickly hitched the beach trolley onto the back of the car, travelled about 60 metres on public roads, (I looked both ways and made sure there was no other traffic) and went next door for a maiden launch.
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The dam is about 50 metres wide, just enough to get the sail working. I went back and forth with a very large grin on my face. As others have reported acceleration is surprisingly quick, even with the gentle puffs.

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Had to try out the oars as well. Made from Miks plans.
Very happy man, now back to that trailer.
Cheers Trevor D

Congratulations!
The Goat looks really nice and seeing you sail in that small dam put a smile on my face as well.

Pontus

Congratulations. The Goat looks terrific and confirms the color scheme I have been thinking of all along. It also introduces my next project - beach trolley.

Pontus, Northstar, thank you. I would have preferred to have the spars and mast bright finished, but the second hand timber was a bit too discoloured, so went with paint. The choice of colour was determined when the local seller of nautical supplies had a litre of oldish International Brightsides, grey, in the bargain bin for $20. "Hmmm......yep,,, that's a good colour.
I am hoping the beach trolley works out. The thing I am looking forward to is with the boat and trolley off I can use the flat bed trailer for other tasks. I am planning to extend the draw bar 700 mm, so the boat will then be 200 mm sticking out beyond the rear of the trailer. I will be getting a local trailer manufacturer to do that. Seems the safe smart way to go.
Cheers Trevor D

ker-SPLASH!!!

Woo hoo!!! You're gonna need a bigger pond now. Enjoy...