Nauticat 52 Refit

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Deck thickness at the mast partner.

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A laminating table made for flat stock production. This one was originally 70' long! Has since been modified, not sure of the length now.

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Foredeck fairing. With 3/8" proud of the deck, how do you get a perfectly fair 3/16" radius right next to a perfectly fair 3/16' fillet, with no vertical? By using a custom modified Roman Ogee bit in a laminate trimmer and a series of aluminum battens hot glued to the deck to act as a fence. Super time saver, I do this often. Saved at least a hundred hours, probably much more. Look closely at this series of pics to get the technique.

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Finished fairing cabin top and primer gelcoat applied.

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Foredeck mixing station. This is always much faster than climbing up and down a hundred times with pots.

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Work begins on foredeck and side decks.

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Continuing on foredeck and side decks.

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Foredeck/sidedeck work continues.

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Sidedeck/foredeck work continues.

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Anyone ever seen a caulking iron with a swiveling head like this?

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And on and on and on it goes...

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Where it stops, nobody knows...

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One long nightmare of 100 degree plus temps and endless hours of pushing longboards and various custom blocks. Like a scene from Dante's Inferno!

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Looking at foredeck pics reminds me; there was no gutter on the chain locker, so I added one. Expecting rain water to drain over your chain and out the bottom of the locker is silly. A little split PVC, and voila! A gutter...

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Foredeck/chain locker gutter fairing. You can do chin ups on that gutter.