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Hi,

I hope its not the wrong thing to do to put this up here.

I started to build a GIS by gluing up the foil blanks to make the foils. Since then I have changed careers and it will be a very...

I know its been long time no post, thats not because of a lack of work on the boat, its because of a very hectic amount of carports, pergolas and decks that all of a sudden people went ahead with...

Hi Tom!

I got so busy building the boat, I didnt even see your reply! Which is a bummer because it would have been helpful. I think mine is a bit lower than that, but I will check, the tops...

You know, MIK is a pretty clever bloke.....I actually read ahead in the instructions, turns out putting the inwale spacers onto the hull first is THE WAY its done! Dumb ass!! Should have probably...

davlafont - good point, I have learned that MIK is a very wiley designer. I mean I know that I was in there sharpening my pencil to a needle point for every mark and I am lucky in that I am already...

Wow, I have been busy, so busy I havent done any posting. IN short since last time, I have



Put the skeg on
Put the capping on (I did it over the skeg like Daddles has?)
Made and fitted...

So! With the skeg and skeg cap on the boat was flipped back upright again for the fitting out of the seat cleats, seat supports and a bucket load of sanding all my cove work ready for some epoxy...

Sweet, thanks for that MIK. I did just that in the end. Will post later on with the photos from todays efforts!

Thanks for the quick response, I wasnt expecting anything until Monday!

After a painstaking day drawing up a bar for a surf club I finally got out into the shed! Made the skeg and fitted it. I am following Daddles thread from when he built his boat and am going with...

Major works today!

Put the bottom on, basically finished!!

I found that the bottom only just fitted in terms of the overhang around the side, I actually cut 15mm outside the marked line...

Yeah I think your right. I dont want to offend MIK cause the plans are really good, I should email him and see how conducive he is to having some free editing help with the documentation. I know...

So yesterday I got the rear and middle seat cleats on, but couldnt commit to the bow ones. Im still not confident in the angle, no offence to MIK, I love the detail of the plans, but it just doesnt...

Thanks for the help with the pics MIK, will do that when there is next some images to show.

Today is an unscheduled day off. As I only glued the boat together yesterday I am reluctant to move...

So today was a big day, put the thing together (dry fit) then glued it all, which was fun, then re-did a clients site plan in record time so I could post about how it all went.

Before that though,...

It will get launched here in SA, probably at Goolwa, then it will go home for all my neices and nephews to use, and my own kids when we go an visit. Did some more work today, mainly pottering,...

I thought I might add a bit about the chinelogs. Putting them on to be more specific. Although I have a helper, I worked out a way that works for me to do them on my own and I thought it might be...

So, as they say on the radio "long time listener first time caller". I think this makes me "long time reader, first time contributor"!

I started building an MSD rowboat for my old man who lives...