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.
Just one hour today to give an additional coat of white enamel to transom, false transom and daggerboard. In the afternoon we went to Ginosa, a small town close to Matera, to see an used trailer which looks ok for the Seaclipper 20. We will check a few measurements before eventually buying it.
Totale work time to date: 766 hours
Three hours of work day. We gave one more coat of white enamel (Boero Altura TC one part polyurethane paint diluted about 10% with Boero 703 thinner, spread with a short hair roll) to the transom, to the false transom and to the daggerboard.
We then gave the cockpit the first coat of grey one part polyurethane paint to the cockpit sides, and added to that paint an anti-skid powder to coat the cockpit floor.
We're getting there!
Total work time to date: 765 hours
Two hours of work today to give the vaka a second coat of primer (Boero Giano, 8% thinned).
Total work time to date: 762 hours
Three hours of work today to give the vaka deck and cockpit the first coat of primer. We first cleaned the dust with an anti-static cloth. We then used almost one liter of Boero Giano primer with 10% thinner (Boero 703) and we spread it with a short hair roller.
Total work time to date: 760 hours
Three hours bewteen saturday and monday to prepara the vaka deck and cockpit for painting. Last saturday we coated all the holes for the screws in the false transom and on the vaka deck with clear resin. We used pipe cleaners!
Then yesterday we scrubbed all surfaces to be painted (deck and cockpit) using sanders with 240 grit.
We then put a plastic curtain all around the vaka hull to prevent paint drops from falling over the painted hull sides.
Total work time to date: 757 hours
