The Barebones project, See the log menu below
Not all of these steps are recorded in the order they actually occured but hopefully makes more sense to view.
Many parts have been updated.
Just uploaded - November, 2015 Parts 33-36
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Part 1-Gluing the panels together
Part 2-The first steps in assembling a hull
Part 3- Bulkheads and turning one hull and other stuff. Much progress!
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Part 4- Hard lessons learned and a new trick
Part 5-flipping the port hull
Part 6-Bogging and outgassing
The temporary shelter
Part 7-Outgassing from the core?? The answer!
Part 8, Moving the Hulls to a New Home
Part 9, help from my friends..
Boat building and health and injury
Part 10, flip em and join em!
Part 11, The bridge deck
Part 12, taping in voids
Project Delayed!
Part 13, Foreward Lockers and first ply Bulkheads
Part 14, Making main bulkheads of ply
Part 15, Installing the main bulkhead and more.. this is a big one!
Project continues
Part 16, composite chainplates
Part 17, The Forebeam
Part 18, Laminating with Vinylester resin
Some Cool Tools!
Part 19, Decks!
Part 20, Cabin Bulkhead and Cockpit
Part 21, taping that long sheer
How to make a "split sander"
Part 22, Designing and building cabin sides
Part 23, installing furniture!
Part 24, foredeck lockers and mast deck
Part 25, Aft Decks and Voids
Part 26, shaping the rudders
Part 27, Kick up rudder cassettes
Part 28, Dagger Boards!
Part 29, Dagger Board Cases
Part 30 Decoring for hatches
Part 31 Back beam
Part 32 Nightmare! ATL strikes again, defective products
Part 33 Motor pods
Part 34 Mounting the board cases
Part 35 Duckboard
Part 36 The cabin top