smccormick
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Compartments finished painted, all the conduits complete.
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Nice work on the furniture pieces. I would use tenons (loose or sawn) on that work too. Not the place for biscuits.
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I've considered trying that method too, particularly around the areas where you are blending glass overlaps. Just sanding off peaks in the application should produce much less work and less material usage in that area. Possibly using smaller v-grooves in the field. In the end I was worried about secondary bond strength in the unsanded valleys so I've never tried it.
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Making great progress. Nice workmanship. I like the domino's too, just could never get past the price on festool machines. I stick to biscuits.
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Really coming together. Can't wait to see the power installed.
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Are you still going with a bracket mounted engine? There's a lot of ways to finish that up depending on your use, expectations and aesthetics. I like plenty of toe space at the transom so when leaning against the bolster i'm not angled any more overboard than I have to be, so I wouldn't put a bulkhead at the transom. Others want storage and mechanical systems space back there, so they determine the machinery and layout then build to house it with room for maintenance. Here's a couple of cockpits transoms laid out the way I prefer them . Even though these are much larger boats they still incorporate functional design that can be adapted. These all have tuna doors rather than storage.
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Nice work on the glassing. It's hard to get the scale on the dingy. 7' maybe. Will the oc20 be on a mooring? It's pretty.
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You're making such great progress. Love the engine selection, can't wait to see it in the water.
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Met Graham, Alan and the whole (most of) B&B crew at the Mystic wooden boat show yesterday. Wife and I had a pleasant chat with Graham, Alan was busy chasing around 12 or so builders constructing 6 boats during the show. Everyone was diligently spreading goo and sticking parts to their soon to be boats. Checked back at the close of business (for the day, 2 more to go) to see how far they got. Graham was happy with the progress. Boats where looking like boats.
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Other than handling around the trailer, bigger is always better. I can also confirm that the jump in build time from 20 to 24 is very small. To look at the build process in it's most fundamental form, each model has exactly the same parts, there a just some that are a bit longer in the 24. Time and material increase is nowhere close to the 20% length increase. From my experience the hull materials cost increase would be around 3-5% +/- for the longer model. This is why the big custom builders prefer to build +40ft boats. I was just chatting with Graham about this exact subject yesterday.
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almost finished my marissa eco18 need answers
smccormick replied to driver758's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Sounds good, look forward to seeing your photos. Wow that's a long trip for Materials. Can you have them shipped? -
almost finished my marissa eco18 need answers
smccormick replied to driver758's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Do have more photos? Like to see more, much more. -
Looking good.
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Glad you posted this, I thought it was Thursday through Sunday. Would have been mighty disappointed on Thursday.
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almost finished my marissa eco18 need answers
smccormick replied to driver758's topic in B & B Yachts Forum
Looks like that engine would be getting 6 to 8 MPG in the midrange cruise rpms, so you can do some guestimating from there. Here are some performance bulletins. None for the exact boat but it gives you an idea. click on performance test on this page. https://marine.honda.com/outboards/motor-detail/BF40-50 No 40hp tests but a hand full of 50s to give you some close data. https://marine.honda.com/outboards/performance You can always throw in a second tank for the longer days. -
All wire ways and plumbing passages glued into place, final coat of high build in compartments. Getting close to putting the sole down; sand primer, shoot top coat, install flotation, install tanks and plumb them.
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Love the teak.
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Thanks for posting photos. Your build is coming along nicely. There may be a pixel width and height restriction as well. When I rotate a photo 90°, I sometimes run up against this on other sites.
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Fitting wire chases and plumbing
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Looks like you will be the first in the water. Congratulations! Don't hold back on the photos.
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Great progress, the hull looks very nice. I really like the video. Took me a few minutes to figure out I needed to mouse over the picture to get it to play.
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Great progress, looks amazing.
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Aft bilge. Wouldn't let me upload last night.
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Compartments faired and primed. Sanding primer and adding wire chases and plumbing runs. Quick (like about 5 minutes and people make fun of my scrap pile) mould and a part to mount the backup pump onto.
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I had a bit (.125 +/-) of waviness in the planking at the shear clamp along the cockpit that was created by the planking pulling (tumble home) on the shear clamp. Possible causes may be my material selection or the span. I let Alan know what I found and sent photos. I'm sure they have a fix in place already. Below is my preferred solution. Incorporate the covering board and the clamp in one piece. This has it's own perils, but fairly minor.
