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.
Friday, December 27, 2019
Happy Holidays
Hyia all! We have not given up even if thing have slowed down a lot due to a lot of reasons. Looking forward to restarting as soon as we can, we have purchased the eye bolts specified for the boat, which are impossible to find in Italy. I had to order them from a British company which only ships to UK and Ireland, so I had them shipped to my son who lives in Scotland and then he carried those home when visiting for the christmas holidays.
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Painting the second ama and the daggerboard
Two hours of work today: after giving the hull a light sanding with 240 grit, we gave it the second coat of one-part polyurethane paint, thinned 10%.
We also gave the daggerboard the third coat of paint (one side only):
Total work time to date: 704 hours
We also gave the daggerboard the third coat of paint (one side only):
Total work time to date: 704 hours
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Second ama, first paint coat
Two hours on tuesday to give the second ama, after the primer, a light sanding with 240 grit followed by a first coat of paint (Boero Altura TC + 10% thinner). Here's the freshly painted hull.
Total work time to date: 702 hours
Total work time to date: 702 hours
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Primer coating the second ama
We are finally back from a crazy working period and the well deserved summer vacations. Last thursday we went back to the shop and swapped the amas to paint the second one.
Yesterday we cleaned the surface and gave two coats of primer (Boero Giano, 10% thinner). Here's Cinzia starting at it
and here's the final result
Total work time to date: 700 hours (!)
Yesterday we cleaned the surface and gave two coats of primer (Boero Giano, 10% thinner). Here's Cinzia starting at it
and here's the final result
Total work time to date: 700 hours (!)
Monday, July 1, 2019
Second paint coat, first ama
Two hours of work on last saturday to give the first ama the second paint coat, after a light sanding with 320 grit.
Total work time to date: 697 hours
Total work time to date: 697 hours
Sunday, June 23, 2019
First ama, first coat of paint
Three hours of work this week end. On saturday morning we sanded the primer with 240 and 320 grit, and then cleaned everything
On sunday, we gave the first coat of enamel (Boero Altura TC) with 10% thinner
During the week we plan to give the first ama the second coat of enamel.
Total work time to date: 695 hours
On sunday, we gave the first coat of enamel (Boero Altura TC) with 10% thinner
During the week we plan to give the first ama the second coat of enamel.
Total work time to date: 695 hours
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Painting the first ama: primer
Two hours of work today to give the first ama one coat of primer. We used the Boero "Giano" primer with the Boero 703 thinner at roughly 7%, after cleaning the hull with an anti-static cloth. We are quite pleased of the results event if next time we will increase the amount of thinner to the maximun recommended value since the temperature went up dramatically these last days.
Total work time to date: 692 hours
Total work time to date: 692 hours
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