Thread: Texas GIS

Originally Posted by Compass Project

For the record, a combination of screws and weights are always best for gluing things...or nails/brads and weight.

It is hard to imagine the greasiness of glued wood until you do it!

I have been pushing the build pretty hard and all those great construction details I have read about about on the forum sometimes get forgotten in my haste.

For all the parents and grandparents building boats with their kids, this picture is what it is all about.
Here is my kiddo's celebrating a great success!

Last night after sanding the botched primer on the bottom (my bad) we re-primed.

My daughter rolled it on and my son and I tipped the primer with foam brushes and leap frogged in front of each other to catch the rolled on primer before it started to dry. With this second coat we crossed over the other brush strokes at 90 degrees. I read something somewhere that this was a good thing to do and it proved true. The paint lay down very nicely and we have a very smooth finish.

The hull is out in the sun again today, so we paint with lime green tonight.

Is 220 grid about right for the final sand before the real paint goes on?

Nice! You're going with the Lime! Good choice.

Will be fun to see something a bit more way out than the standard white. I do like the white a lot (also for ease of matching for repairs) but boats don't get damaged that often! I guess it is a professional bias from my boat repairing and restoration days.

I did like Juan Carlos' slate grey boat. I did have a lime green NS14 years ago.

Best wishes
Michael

I can't wait to see their faces on launch day. Good work John! You are building something much more important than a boat. Looking forward to more pictures of team and boat.

Regarding color, isn't there a rule of thumb that higher freeboard boats tend to look better in dark colors and vice versa. It'd be interesting to see a collage of GIS's in profile with different colors. OK, who is gonna take that project?

Originally Posted by Compass Project

I can't wait to see their faces on launch day. Good work John! You are building something much more important than a boat. Looking forward to more pictures of team and boat.

Regarding color, isn't there a rule of thumb that higher freeboard boats tend to look better in dark colors and vice versa. It'd be interesting to see a collage of GIS's in profile with different colors. OK, who is gonna take that project?

Maybe I can combine white and lime green like the boat is this picture! It has high freeboard, traditional white and fun lime green, the sails are fun, the yellow sail is nice too. I will stick with GIR for our boats name because our state mammals are the armadillo, free tail Mexican bat and long horn cow. Not near as cute as a kangaroo.

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Will be fun to see something a bit more way out than the standard white. I do like the white a lot (also for ease of matching for repairs) but boats don't get damaged that often! I guess it is a professional bias from my boat repairing and restoration days.

I did like Juan Carlos' slate grey boat. I did have a lime green NS14 years ago.

Best wishes
Michael

The color is the result of a father keeping a promise to his children.

"Kids you can pick the color." ouch.

Holy balls! You did it!

NICE!

So John, is this the first time you have made a birdsmouth mast?

How did it seem to you? What were the tricky bits or was the preparation and gluing all pretty straightforward?

Did you find the cable ties OK for the job? I've done it in a workshop situation, but how did it seem to go in the backyard environment?

Best wishes
Michael

Originally Posted by Boatmik

So John, is this the first time you have made a birdsmouth mast?

How did it seem to you? What were the tricky bits or was the preparation and gluing all pretty straightforward?

Did you find the cable ties OK for the job? I've done it in a workshop situation, but how did it seem to go in the backyard environment?

Best wishes
Michael

Due to my deadline I had the masts and yards professional built. They sure are pretty.

That was by Clint/compass project I assume.

MIK

Originally Posted by Boatmik

That was by Clint/compass project I assume.

MIK

MIK,

Yes, these were built by Clint/compass project up in Maine. The masts dropped into place with only the forward step needing a little sanding because of a glop of epoxy.

We did a test fit of the GIS on top of the Honda minivan today.I have a Thule Goal post on the rear and a wood 2X4 with suction cups and straps for the front cross bar.There is just barely enough room to tie the masts and booms on. This is a job for two strong/tall guys. Getting it down was easier.

I need to find a better material for pads. I used some foam pipe insulation that proved too sticky and would not let the hull slide.It torn.

Anyone have a good idea of how to pad the cross bars so the hull slides a little easier?

I would use seat belt webbing wrapped around the padding - I don't think there is an all-in-one solution that both protects and allows good sliding.