Manie's Microcruiser

He he... if you learn Afrikaans I'll learn some English

A stunning language if you learn it well. You can say things in a way no other language can.

Any way. I'm impressed. Next phrase to learn -

'Ja nee'

 

miskien, miskien nie

 

Nope, that's not it. Ja nee ou matie, dis nie so eenvoudig soos jy dink nie

Ja nee, hier gaan ons die visse vandag vang.

It's just a general thing. Translated it means 'Yes no' no such word but makes perfect sense in Afrikaans.

Any way, with so many Afrikaans people in other countries I' surprised we don't see hordes of them coming through.

Eh, we're hijacking Manie's fred..

 

Jammer, Manie. Terug na Microcruiser nou.

 

The mystery of the yellow paper

easy

post-its

what you have to remember is that i am an old fart that suffers from ? what's that forget sickness - all-al -oolzas --oh forget it!
i make notes of dimensions and stick them up, because by the time that i have walked from my computer to the boat i am already thinking of something else and then i forget what i wanted to do in the first place
next time i build i want an overhead projector and a cordless keyboard so that i can see my cad drawings the size of a cinema screen
something BIG like a drive-in cinema

which reminds me
the biggest loss of modern life is the drive-in cinema
wasn't it great to take your girlfriend to the movies and sit in your car "kissing"
we used to call a drive-in "The Finger Bowl"

 

Jy laat my lag Fanie!!!!

 

I&S, give up on the second without the holding of the first... If you have the first the second is almost "automatic", if you skip the first, the second is 4 times harder

 

I am not following your movie because my computer still have Window 98, and can't support YouTub. But you are Spielberg, I am sure, and the red carpet will come in time.
Merry Xmass to you and your family
God bless
Daniel

 

Manie. you can have your own DRIVE IN cinema !!! in the comfort of your own home.

Here's what you do.

Put the TV in the garage.

Promisse to pay the kids well,

Then you tell the wife you're taking her out.

Drive around the block and park in the garage.

Flash your lights and hoot for service and the kids bring the slap chips and russians and beer. If the kids are gone you order piza, delivered at the car window.

In the movie you can still do what you did years and years and years ago, but remember the kids aren't stupid and you'll probably bore them to death

After the movie you can still dump the papers and all your excess rubbish out of the car.

Then drive back the way you came and park the car.

You're home. Go to sleep. Oh, you can always say to the wife you have a headache (or whatever works for you).

 

Well finally I can get back to my build
I have had a really **** time at work over the last couple of months - terrible

anyway, things are looking up, and we are "a for away" on the go again

here are the first pics of the aramid layers that will be under the glass as extra re-inforcing
this is where the shrouds will go
next will be around the centre board casing and then the back stays

I have been sailing again with the L36 and I can just confirm that I am absolutely passionate about the micro - that is REALLY where my heart lies

I am also involved on another project as designer - more here
http://boats-n-stuff.com.au/forum/index.php/topic,110.0.html

Alessandro Di Benedetto is my hero
http://www.alessandrodibenedetto.net/

 

Glad your back in business Manie...keep up the good work...and thanks for posting pics....! I have been making progress with my microcruiser re-model on my Hunter 20...I'll post some pics as soon as I get her a bit more decent and some of her exposed parts covered up a bit...we'll still try to show a bit of the good,bad, and ugly... so's others can learn WHAT NOT TO DO...! ...anyhow...stay tuned... once again...glad to get an update from your project over there and keep up the good work!

 

Hi Manie,

Kom kom kom boet, where's the pictures. We want to see the action ok, make it happen. Feel the wind and the water...

 

Thoroughly enjoying the news Manie.

Just a suggestion to help avoid the sore knees, muscles etc from working in cramped spaces and strange angles.

get hold of a vinyl or shiny plastic coated bean bag (or two) , and over fill it with the styrofoam beads.

The covering will help prevent too much extra resin sticking (sometimes it will peel off), for a while.

Maybe someone could sew up a quick peelply cover as well.

You can chuck them on the bottom of the hull, push then into strange angles, stick them under your knees, lean back against them, lie flat on your stomach on them, even (horror) sit on them etc etc

They tend to spread the load around the inside of the hull (unlike chair legs etc)

Us old mean have to stop punishing our bodies.

Keep up the good work, That boat looks like it would actually make the trip to Australia.

hey, hows this for a good idea for avoiding bad knees, epoxy fumes and footprints on your inside hull work ?

 

Actually I myself would prefer it if Manie suspends himself upside down instead.

 

And get a blood rush to the head? All that extra energy coursing through his "gray-matter" would make for an insufferable genius... a bit like that fellow Fanie?