My russian boat

[colfar5033]

building area comimg on nicely

[colfar5033]

Morning all

Have been rather productive of last
Got the keel back bone cut and in poition.
Am busy test fitting bulkheads in position on
the keel backbone. Only problems i have is to
find the right weather to do some epoxy work.

[colfar5033]

oops here are the pics

[Manie B]

good one - keep it up

[colfar5033]

Morning all

all going on well here in deepest darkest africa geting ready for world cup .
making good progress on build am currently doing epoxy work and cutting
notches for stringers .quick question want to use spray gun for epoxy and if so what can i thin epoxy with if any thing

[Manie B]

Colin epoxy must not be thinned, it weakens

so sorry - no quick fix here

[colfar5033]

thanks manie just what i thought . checked out the forum and all say it will weaken epoxy so its back to paint brush

[colfar5033]

Morning all

Dam have had little motivation in the last three weeks but that is a thing of the past. Got busy in garage with last bulkhead that i have been putting of but have done it now and tested fitted the shear clamps as well


cheers

[colfar5033]

morning all

lot of progress over the weekend just cant keep up with material ordering


cheers

[colfar5033]

greetings all

had another productive week and even got to sit on boat.

[colfar5033]

morning gents

is there any reason why i cant fit this outboard on my boat other than its to heavy or big

[colfar5033]

greetings from africa

am really excited with build at moment as she is looking like a boat.
am currently doing about 20 hours a week . couple more photos


cheers

[daiquiri]

Ehm... How will you pull her out of the yard?

[colfar5033]

morning

slight problem to get her out i have 2 choices and first is to remove security
fence and carry over wall and secondly is to get a mobile crane and lift over the roof and looks like it will be the mobile crane will be a lot safer for boat

cheers

[Herman]

Not too much of a problem then.

The neighbour of my grandparents once built a boat in the attick. No way of getting it out. So he disassembled everything, and assembled everything again in the basement (which has a door to the yard, the house is sitting against a dyke). However, the door was way too small, and 2 structural columns would need to be removed, which he wanted to do, but the neighbours luckily stopped him. (the house would collapse, but as you guess this guy did not have a clue).
He then disassembled everything again, and assembled it in the garden shed. WHICH HE HAD TO KNOCK DOWN PARTIALLY TO GET THE BOAT OUT. Will this guy ever learn???