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At 10 am yesterday (Sat) around 20 people turned up to help us turn the hulls & bridge deck over. We were grateful that so many turned out to help us. A mixture of interested locals, acquaintances, friends and relatives. It … Continue reading
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Its been 12 weeks since we took delivery of the timber and began lofting (marking out) the frames and stem pieces. Although we took great care, and Deb double checked measurements, its not until assembly you can be certain no mistakes have … Continue reading
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One of the major decisions we had to make early on was weather to build the hulls consecutively or concurrently. We chose to build both the hulls at the same time. Four months in, we are glad we did. We … Continue reading
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After weeks of wild weather, we have been able to move operations out of the workshop and make the final preparations for hull assembly. We moved all the bits of boat out to the shelter, and got them labelled and … Continue reading
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We had a bit of a win today. For some time I have been trying to think of a low cost way to build the strongbacks. They need to be straight and strong, but with a combined length of 48 … Continue reading
Now that the shelter has been completed, we can commence preparing the site for the build. The two hulls are to be built concurrently upside down on ladder frames called strongbacks – in nautical terms. The stongbacks keep all the … Continue reading
Building Selah 