Well, the entire stbd hull is "glue set" and just needs the angular braces next. Angular bracing and the keeltopping strips in those three places, and the ply webbing after that, then filleting.
Yeah, then the port hull goes into its cradles and gets same. After that, both hulls will be at the 'lowers completed stage' which I had originally called "Phase 1"
Phase 1 is far enough along that, if I HAD to, I could place the hulls on a trailer and move the build somewhere else, (such as if we sold the house and moved.) It's also the end of my initial plywood/epoxy materials order, and money will have to be spent again for more materials to do 'phase 2' which is the uppers and the decks, bunks, cabin, etc... Probably $1200 for the rest of the ply, and another $800 or so on epoxy and epoxy accessories, putting the grand total so far to about $5000 for completed, unglassed hulls and three beams. (Already spent $3000 on plans, first half of ply, and epoxy.)
The remaining .big. expenses are the glass cloth, sails, paint, rigging, and an outboard motor, and finishing the trailer. I'm guesstimating another $6000 for all of this and extra details, and maybe the T30 comes in at around $11k or so, though I figured twice that at the start. The extra costs I'm probably not considering too well right now are the upholstery.cushioning, the electronics, plumbing, tankage, probably a million little things that will being the total up to par. But they are add-ons in my head, (in my mind, the boat construction is finished when it can sail and motor away. The rest is "outfitting," done at my leisure.)
But phase 1 completion is still a ways off, I intend to make the diagonal bracings tonight, and maybe get them glued in, and hopefully the extra keel timbers as well.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Been a while since update...
Well, I haven't updated the blog in a while, but I have been working on the Tiki 30.
Starboard Hull is 3D!
Not only that, but most of the initial gluing is done on it. All the bulkheads are in place and wired, and BH's 7-3 and all the keels in between have been glued up. (Not filletted, just the initial gluing beads.
I've found that the 14g solid copper wire I'm using loves to snap whenever you twist it too hard, so it's pretty useless for pulling the bulkheads down into the hull. I've also been wondering what the next step is....
After gluing this hull, (and putting in the bracing) I could go ahead and fillet the lowers and the keel, or I could get the other hull 3D and work them side-by-side.
I wish I had a camera that wasn't a pain to use, but I'll be borrowing one from work to snap a few before long.
With what money we've saved up, we went to Ocean City for a few days camping this past week. We found a little "Dinghy Yacht Club" along the coastal road in Delaware that rented boats to sail on Rehoboth Bay. I picked out a Hobie Wave and we had a blast for an hour or two running up and down the bay in a 13kn breeze. This was my family's first time on any sort of catamaran, and the only sailing I've gotten to do all year.
Starboard Hull is 3D!
Not only that, but most of the initial gluing is done on it. All the bulkheads are in place and wired, and BH's 7-3 and all the keels in between have been glued up. (Not filletted, just the initial gluing beads.
I've found that the 14g solid copper wire I'm using loves to snap whenever you twist it too hard, so it's pretty useless for pulling the bulkheads down into the hull. I've also been wondering what the next step is....
After gluing this hull, (and putting in the bracing) I could go ahead and fillet the lowers and the keel, or I could get the other hull 3D and work them side-by-side.
I wish I had a camera that wasn't a pain to use, but I'll be borrowing one from work to snap a few before long.
With what money we've saved up, we went to Ocean City for a few days camping this past week. We found a little "Dinghy Yacht Club" along the coastal road in Delaware that rented boats to sail on Rehoboth Bay. I picked out a Hobie Wave and we had a blast for an hour or two running up and down the bay in a 13kn breeze. This was my family's first time on any sort of catamaran, and the only sailing I've gotten to do all year.
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