Diary on the construction of a Seaclipper 20, a plywood trimaran designed by Jim Brown and John Marples. Our boat's Sail No. is 50. The boat has been named GEODETICA and was launched on september 28th, 2024.
A couple of hours last saturday to bore the (many) bolt holes for attaching the hatches.
Vaka front deck
Vaka cockpit floor
Ama decks
After coating the holes with clear epoxy resin we will spread silicone sealant on each opening and then screw down the hatch frames with SS bolts and nuts.
Total work time to date: 754 hours
After a lot of fiddling and measuring, last saturday we attached the rudder blade to the false transom by fixing the position of the gudgeons.
Total work time to date: 752 hours
Two hours of work to attach the pintles of the false transom. The rudder lifting mechanism is not trivial and requires quite a bit of measuring.
The false transom is hinged on the (real) transom and is lifted, when approaching a beach, using a rope passing behind the false transom to the aft deck of the vaka.
The rudder blade is quite heavy though... Hope it will work!
Total work time to date: 751 hours
