Naiadhome

Almost there now! In the end I put 4 coats of varnish on the hull and 5 on the deck as that gets the most exposure to the sun, and this summer is hot and very sunny. Not many picture now, but I [...]

With the hull and deck joined internally, I started work on the cockpit and coaming. The plans from Rob Mack suggest that the coaming surround is made from a set of laminations, but I don't really [...]

Slow but steady progress recently. Glassing the hull and deck insides, fitting maroske fittings for the rigging, building the skeg box, stripping some panels for the bulkheads, and other fiddly bits [...]

The build has slowed recently, but some progress has been made. The deck was sanded some more with the ROS and the long board using 80 then 120 and finally 240 grit. Super smooth surface and only a [...]

After glassing the hull and applying three thin fill coats of epoxy I removed the hull with the forms still attached from the strong back and suspended this in a couple of webbing slings. . Removing [...]

I finally got my long board sander from Ebay. It looks similar the Mirka one but at a fraction of the price, so lets see how it holds up. It hooks up to my shop vac and I ordered it with some 80 grit [...]