Building a Wharram Hitia 14

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S95RkJmWSuk

In this video I am doing some sanding and cleaning in preparation for making the fillets and panels look much better. Most of this will not be visible later, but I still want to do it, because I am learning a lot about the materials and methods that I am using. I am feeling so good when I am working on my boat.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRb58qp851E

I did not do so much today. I just cleaned up the sanding dust again and fixed the aft deck stringer.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Qh-m6eMlU

In this video I receive the sails, running & standing rigging & deck hardware from Rolly Tasker Sails in Thailand. At first I contacted them to order the sails, but I was very delighted that they are also able to provide running & standing rigging and deck hardware. I am very satisfied about how the team of Rolly Tasker Sails helped me with all the things I need for my Wharram Hitia 14. I am also very happy that they labelled every item, because I am not yet familiar with everything.

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[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPabmwA1A1Y

In this video I am making the fillets look a bit better & apply epoxy coat on the inside hull panels & bulkheads. Another 3 work hours. Not much interesting happening, but I am just documenting all my work on the Wharram Hitia 14.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOG3PdQLtF0

In this video I am planing the corner of the ply hullsides in preparation of epoxying the fore and aft deck in place.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p15NlpTEps

In this video I am using epoxy and nails to fix the fore and aft deck panels in place. While I am doing this my neighbours are happy it's Saturday evening and playing music and drinking beer.

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBmFClqeeIY

I am trying something new here in the description, adding the precise time in the video with a description of what I think I am doing there

0:05 marking the location of the stiffeners
0:20 cutting the stiffeners to the correct length with the jigsaw
0:25 drilling holes for copper wire that keep the stiffeners in place while the epoxy sets
0:35 applying unthickened epoxy on the stiffeners
0:40 applying thickened epoxy on the stiffeners
0:45 removing clamps that held the fore and aft deck panels in place while the epoxy hardened
0:50 removing nails that held the fore and aft deck panels in place while the epoxy hardened
1:00 removing the copper wire that held the stiffeners in place while the epoxy hardened
1:05 coat the inside of the deck panels with 2 layers of epoxy
1:21 i wish it wasn't so, but at some parts the sheer stringer did not adhere flat on the hull. I fill the gaps to the best of my ability with thickened epoxy
1:25 seeing how the deck panel will fit
1:30 using copper wire to stitch deck panel to bulkheads, later I decide to use clamps, because my copper wire is probably too thin and I feel it is not strong enough to keep the curved deck panel in place

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRspqBVyjvA

0:01 dry fitting the curved deck panel
0:15 using the block plane to make a corner fit
0:26 using clamps to hold it all together
0:36 using a large heavy sheet of plywood as temporary table
0:41 sanding a smoother curve on the bulkheads
0:51 sanding all other contact surfaces before using epoxy
1:16 applying epoxy fillets on the inside faces of curved deck panel
1:51 my epoxy work station
2:15 cleaning up the epoxy work station

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBO-_PuRfr8

0:01 cleaning the shop before starting work
0:11 filling some gaps and ridges with thickened epoxy
0:36 sanding excess epoxy on bulkhead
0:41 removing excess epoxy with the chisel
0:46 using my block plane to remove a part of the curved deck panel and create a bevel
0:56 dry fitting the flat hatch deck panel
1:00 removing dust and wood chips
1:11 prime the surface with unthickened epoxy in preparation of making a fillet
1:16 making the fillet on a part of the curved deck panel where the flat hatch deck panel will be attached
2:00 cleaning up the workshop

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2u2ctkFXCk

0:01 mixing epoxy
0:11 add one layer of epoxy to flat deck hatch panel, I do have rollers, but I wanted to apply the epoxy by brush to make me feel relaxed
0:20 cutting excess deck panel with the jig saw and block plane
1:01 sharpening the block plane blade
1:22 removing copper wire stitches
1:31 sanding contact surfaces before applying epoxy for flat deck hatch panel

[Building Wharrams]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZBScL8nlRk

Don't watch this video if you don't enjoy looking at someone making epoxy fillets.

[samfreeland]

Hello I hope thailand is treating you well.