5/7/2026 - Cut out thin strips for the curved join of the sides and the deck - toe rail - on the starboard side and dry fitted.
6/7/2026 - Glued strips on the starboard side and dry fitted on the port side ready to pull out and glue.
7/7/2026 - Worked out what items we need from BLA and made a list last night and added to it today. Glued strips on the Port Side.
8/7/2026 - Worked on the what items we need from VETUS last night
9/7/2026 - Went over everything again today and emails Vetus. Removed and fibreglassed the inside of the toe rail pieces and the 1st stanchion post bases at front. Trev worked on putting the coosa board in where the cleats will go.
11/7/2026 - Glued in the toe rails at the front on both sides.
13/7/2026 - Worked out what we needed to take to the BLA Trade Show and Rob New for our rudders. Sanded outer side of toe rail on starboard side. Quick trip to Newcastle and back 14/7/2026 late - babysitting.
15/7/2026 - Cut out fibreglass. Glassed inside the front toe rail on both sides.
16/7/2026 - Trev did some sanding and working out the cockpit floor to the side of the boat.
17/7/2026 - Cleared out garden in front of house ready for a kids castle, slide, sandpit. Heading to Brisbane for BLA Trade Show and picking up the castle we built 10 years ago for other grandchildren that have now outgrown it and bringing it home for the ones staying with us at the moment. Life is pretty full right now.
18/7/2026 - Travelled up to Brisbane
20/7/2026 - BLA Trade Show - very productive day checking out a lot of things.
21/7/2026 - Dropped into Rob News with rudder, driveshaft and propellor information. Then onto ATL to pick up fairing compound.
22/7/2026 to 24/7/2026 - Erecting the relocated castle.
26/7/2026 - Port side toe rail fibreglassed. Working on the hatches that will go in the floor pieces for the cockpit on the starboard side. These hatches will lead to the Rudder and to the Engine.
27/7/2026 - Fibreglassed the starboard side toe rail. Finished cutting hatch holes in the starboard side.
28/7/2026 - Continued to work on the hatches holes making channels for the hatches.
29/7/2026 - Cut channel to size and glued onto the underside of the floor.
30/7/2026 - Cut fibreglass and fibrglassed the underside of the hatch channels with 2 layers of 400DB and 200.
31/7/2026 - Pulled peel ply off, sanded rough bits and rolled the floors over. Trimmed and sanded and routed out the edge. Filled with thickened epoxy around the tops of the inside rim and around the outside edge top.
2/8/2026 - Fibreglassed the inside of the gutter.
3/8/2026 - Fibreglassed the underside of the hatch lids to make a drip point on the hatch edges. These were done like angle.
4/8/2026 - Pulled peel ply. Routed out top edge of hatches and filled with thickened epoxy. Cut fibreglassed and worked on stanchions.
5/8/2026 - Routed and rounded of those top edges that he filled with thickened epoxy. Fibreglassed the outer edge of the hatch lids for more thickness on the lids drip point.
6/8/2026 - Trimmed all of the lids drip edges and fitted floor section. There was a bit more trimming required on the hatches to get them to open without catching
7/8/2026 - Fibreglassed the underside of the stanchions on port side. The thickened epoxy gassed off lifting the fibreglass and we had to remove it and let the thickened epoxy cure first. Did the starboard side with just the thickened epoxy to avoid that problem.
9/8/2026 - Cut fibreglass , sanded and bogged areas ready to fibreglass. Fibreglassed in the front stanchion bases on both sides inside and outside. Trev mapped out the layout of the cockpit and fine tuned how that will work better with rounded corners.
10/8/2026 - Pulled peel ply off the stanchion bases. Next job is the stringers along the inside of the sides to stiffen up. Once they are done we can fair and undercoat the single & queen bed areas including the shelves and storage areas.
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