It's been awhile so let's get back up to speed: She:Kon Bateau TW28 modified

[KnottyBuoyz]

Feel the Itch and Sand it Anyways!

Cleaning up some of the detritus from this weeks bulkhead tabbing sessions!

Even hotter in the shed today. 37C at 14:00 hrs when I bailed. Epoxy was kicking off in the cup before I could get it on. Did manage to get the box keel section final tape in place on the engine compartment side.

Standby...

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

I managed to get a couple of hours in on the boat this morning. Located Frame B and tabbed it in place.

I'll finish that up tomorrow then work on the rest of the bow & Frame A puzzle.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Have to remove part of the cradle that the boat is sitting in to fit the skeg. So away I go for some 'under the boat' yoga!

It's nasty under there! Like rolling around in itching powder! So off I go to one of my favorite stores for some cheap packing blankets to lay on. Much better than rolling around in the dirt and kat turds!

This is the section of the cradle I have to cut out to make room to fit up the skeg.

That pretty much summarizes what I put on the latest web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/still-at-it.html

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

So today I test fitted the collapsible water tank. I think it'll work. It certainly fills up the void space below the engine.

Once that was done I jumped under the boat to finish cutting away the cradle so I could slide the skeg in and rough fit it into place just to see how things were going to line up. Pretty close.

There's that and a few more musings on today's web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/07/my- ... lanky.html

Thanks for looking in.

 

[skyking1]

hey Rick, this is great. I love the boat and if you recall I really love the shrink wrap boat shed. Looking very nice indeed.
Dad and friends built a 24' trawler for his last dream boat, based on the Glen-l Noyo trawler. Your build brings back fond memories.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

hey Rick, this is great. I love the boat and if you recall I really love the shrink wrap boat shed. Looking very nice indeed.
Dad and friends built a 24' trawler for his last dream boat, based on the Glen-l Noyo trawler. Your build brings back fond memories.

We looked at a few Glen-L designs before we chose the TW28 from Bateau.com. 24' is a nice size boat for sure. Little small for what we want to do with ours.

In hind sight I wish I hadn't covered the shed in shrink wrap. It just doesn't hold up well enough. It'll be one very happy day the day we get to tear it down!

Thanks for looking in SK.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

So after some thought (which is hard when you only have 2 brain cells left) I figured out how to line up the skeg. Using my trusty laser level I set it up on the long axis of the box keel. Using a plumb bob through the hole for the rudder shaft I was able to locate the center of the rudder shaft and the first alignment hole, at the other end of the skeg.

It was so spot on the laser even lit up the plumb bob through the prop shaft hole. Feeling confident I went on to start drilling holes in the bottom of the keel (shudder) and the stainless backing plate and skeg. I laid the 3/16" backing plate on top of the 1/4" thick skeg channel and drilled the holes at the same time. No small feat when all you have cheap tools. I did have titanium bits and plenty of cooling fluid.

Here's the backing plate in the bottom of the box keel. I would have done more but the bolts I have are too short. The bottom of the box keel has to be at least 1-1/2" thick!!!

More tomorrow.

Standby....

 

[skyking1]

good spot for "thick" if you were to ask me
There's no comparison between a 24' trawler and a 28', looking at your boat it is twice as big, usable space-wise.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

good spot for "thick" if you were to ask me
There's no comparison between a 24' trawler and a 28', looking at your boat it is twice as big, usable space-wise.

I stretched the hull 1 meter (39-1/8") She's 31' 5" length on deck. Haven't measured waterline length yet.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

I think I'll be happy with this!

Within 1/10 of 1 deg fore and aft & side to side. Next trick will be getting the rudder shaft vertical.

Too hot to work out there today. Besides I gotta go to the bank to fix one of their screwups!

Standby....

 

[hoytedow]

Standing by.

It won't be long before you can turn your shed back into tarpaulins. You'll need a lot of grommets.

Iroquois will be the tarp capitol of Ontario.

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Standing by.

It won't be long before you can turn your shed back into tarpaulins. You'll need a lot of grommets.

Iroquois will be the tarp capitol of Ontario.

It's gotta last a few more years Hoyt. when I'm finished with it I'm going to give it away on the condition whoever wants it comes and takes it down!

PS. I hate the thing with a passion!!!

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Cooled off just 'nuff to let me get back into the boat shed today. Started off drilling (trying to drill) the stainless plate & channel for the skeg. As it turns out I wasn't using the proper drill bits and chowdered them all to hell.

Managed to squeeze in some filleting & taping on Frame B. Had to skamper 'cause it was getting pretty warm in the shed.

My buddy Jimmy came over to use my vice and we managed to come up with a 'backyard eyeball engineering' solution to his throttle cable! All in all a decent day.

Few more pics on the web log update: https://she-kon.blogspot.ca/2016/08/lit ... ather.html

Standby....

 

[KnottyBuoyz]

Hacked up Frame A. Top section will provide access to the anchor rode/chain locker. Middle section will likely be just storage and the bottom section a void space. I might be able to squeeze a battery in there for the windlass/bow thruster. Dunno yet.

Flew in Frame C to get it located. It'll require some mods to the stringers (I think they're a wee bit too long). Have a crack at that tomorrow.

Gotta go buy some coax and a splitter (HoneyDo), the Admiral is buying herself a small TV for her sewing room so she can watch the Olympics as she works.

Standby...

 

[hoytedow]

Standing by.

Wi Fi tv would be the choice to avoid signal splitter.