THE D-DAY after 4 years, it finally got wet!!
It's been quiet a journey to get there...We started on a 6months plan and here we are almost 4years later... There is one million things...
In in the end it will be....CARBON FIBER!
Some say Aluminum....some say steel, some say carbon fiber...there are many ways to build the fin of a mini keel. I first tried the...
Mast pre-fitting
After 2 years in storage, it was about time to take this amazing carbon fiber mast and pre-fit it on the deck. The full rigging was...
back to lamination
on the left the wooden rudder I intended to use but i finaly decided to make them in fiber glass. on the right is the molding after first...
Final Paint and deck hardware fixing
Now We really feel like completion is getting closer. We've applied the final paint on the hull (a very light grey) marked the non-slip...
Primer done and looking good!
After some more sanding, filler, sanding, filler, sanding sessions, we finally applied the Primer on the entire hull and deck. First time...
It seems like we are getting close to completion... or not!
I've made the balconies in aluminum with a black electroplated finish, I hope I won't regret that choice against stanless steel.. time...
Deck primer
here we go for the primer coat on the deck..... primer is followed by sanding + epoxy filler + sanding + Primer+ sanding + (finger...
