MacWester 26 and the 'hina-ous' Crew

[atoll]

Originally Posted by hummingway

Isn't that the way of it. She's really transforming! Nice work.

thanks windows in and all the deck heads are up now,just need a few rainless days to get the decks painted whilst i still have cheapish child labour during the summer holidays

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here are a few photos of the latest work on the rebuild,laminating up a new hatch.

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i gimballed the stove with a moulding,built a new framework for the galley,then fitted new sink and built some shelves when not attending druid weddings!

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galley more or less complete

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fitting a new bulkhead for the fridge,nav station,and toilet/ shower on the other side.

pipework installed yesterday so hopefully will get that finished soon if i don't have to fly out to the cape verde islands to deliver a 70ft catamaran to europe!

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lights ,camera ,action! high speed budget boat building!

got the fridge in after adding my wifes yoga mat to it as insulation!
works great,cycles about 2 mins on and 15 0ff

chart table and nav station more or less complete.

connected up all the led lights so now the evenings are getting shorter i can keep on working.

[David_Old_Jersey]

I am getting tired just looking at the photos .

Just imagine, if you didn't have so many posts on CF - you'd be finished by now .

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Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

I am getting tired just looking at the photos .

Just imagine, if you didn't have so many posts on CF - you'd be finished by now .

i will post a picture of the big boat later,then you will understand what wonderful therapy cf is for keeping motivated,salamandra is more than 4 times the size of hina!,and i allready built it once from a bare hull,soul destroying when it is time to rip it all out and start again

at the moment it is firmly in the next project pile

[Richard5]

An absolutely fabulous thread.

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Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

I am getting tired just looking at the photos .

Just imagine, if you didn't have so many posts on CF - you'd be finished by now .

i will post a picture of the big boat later,then you will understand what wonderful therapy cf is for keeping motivated,salamandra is more than 4 times the size of hina!,and i allready built it once from a bare hull,soul destroying when it is time to rip it all out and start again

as promised! the winter refit project

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high speed boat building part 98!,

the nav station is more or less finished,

fridge is now stocked with essentials.

sound system is more or less installed bar the speakers!

decks are painted by daddys little helper!

cannabalised water pump no longer leaks!

[David_Old_Jersey]

Originally Posted by atoll

as promised! the winter refit project

A couple of weekends should do it..........

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Originally Posted by David_Old_Jersey

A couple of weekends should do it..........

yup a handful of those red tablets and a case of red bull

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boat building 101!
though i would post this for anybody needing to make a watertight locker door.
steps are as follows,first make a template,to get an accurate size piece of ply wood.

next measure and mark the door you want to cut out,i used 12mm,and 6mm for the backing .
with a very small drill bit drill 2 holes on the line, carefully with the drill join them up till you have a hole big enough for your jigsaw blade.

cut out and sand,door and the cut out.

mark backing plate,mark the border,cut out,sand then glue.

pre drill hinges,and latch.

door and cut out trimmed and fitted ready to be painted on the boat.

[brentjmoore]

Great looking project! Looking forward to rebuilding our "new" 1967 Grampian Classic 31. You've inspired me to start a thread for our progress on the boat as we make it! Thanks for the post on my thread that lead me to this!!!