Peter Batchelor Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 More kudos for Graham's fabulous design! On the weekend CS17 #122 Kirsty Ann received the Wooden Boat Association Victorian Branch trophy for the best wooden boat at the 2006 Melbourne Boat Show. The boat show was held in July, but the WBA traditionally makes the award during our annual Christmas lunch. Kirsty Ann certainly attracted a lot of attention at the boat show, along with the other boats from the WBA, but it was a pleasant surprise to receive the trophy! You can have a look at it at http://www.batchelors.net/personal/boat/cs17/index.html Thanks again Graham for a wonderful design to build! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Doug (WA) Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Congratulation! Beautiful boat, deserved the trophy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffM Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Credit where due! That's a beautiful boat, Peter! The deck positively glows. I see you put the hatches in the sides of the seat lockers. How do you like them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Batchelor Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Jeff, so far I've found the hatches have been excellent. They haven't leaked a single drop, but then I haven't had the cockpit that full of water either... I started off by trying wooden hatches built into the top and side of the seats, with a drainage channel underneath, but I wasn't happy with the seal I got, so I filled in the holes and mounted the plastic hatches - I'm very happy with them... Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Congratulations. She looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirilonde Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Congratulations to Peter and Graham! She looks great. Its hard to cover up joinery when your gunwhales, deck and combing are all bright. show off! :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Batchelor Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 I did a fair bit of experimenting with adding dust from sanded ply to the epoxy mix to get the colour of the join to the point that I was happy with it. Even so, it loks better in the picture than it does up close and personal :? I epoxy coated everything, and then added several coats of AquaCote, an Australian epoxy-based paint, to get a low maintenance, hard wearing finish. The hull and cockpit were coated in white Aquacote, and then a couple of clear coats, and I found that this was easy to spray on, but the clear coatings over the decking just wouldn't spray smoothly, so I finished up using a piece of foam as a brush, and if you look carefully you can see ripples in the finish left by the foam... All in all though, I'd have to say that this paint gave a great finish that has the benefit of including UV protection (although Kirsty Ann is kept in a garage when not in the water, so I probably won't be repainting for quite a while). Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Congratulations Peter, and thank you for the compliment on the design. A good design is only half of the equation, you have done a very nice job of the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy Hill Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Peter, Your boat is beautiful! It looks like your mizzen is almost as tall as your main. I cut mine down quite a bit hoping to lower the center of effort a bit. It seemed to help. Then I lowered the main and found I couldn't really see where I was going until I had a window sewn into the main. Since you take your family I imagine you'd rather not sweep one into the water, but you might have room to tweek the mizzen a bit. Did I mention your boat is beautiful? Gordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy Hill Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Peter, Your boat is beautiful! It looks like your mizzen is almost as tall as your main. I cut mine down quite a bit hoping to lower the center of effort a bit. It seemed to help. Then I lowered the main and found I couldn't really see where I was going until I had a window sewn into the main. Since you take your family I imagine you'd rather not sweep one into the water, but you might have room to tweek the mizzen a bit. Did I mention your boat is beautiful? Gordy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Batchelor Posted February 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Hi Gordy, I kept the masts the same length. The main looks slightly taller because of the step being somewhat higher than the mizzen step. I have throught about reducing the height of the mizzen, but I'm used to the space under the sail now. If I get around to making some birdsmouth masts perhaps I'll reduce the length of both, and add a window to the main. There are certainly times when a bit more of a view forward would be handy - generally when there are extra bodies in the boat. Still, the extra people are a very useful and portable way of stopping the spray reaching me Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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