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.