round and tapered.
Centreboard and rudder, ready to be glued
The tiller, with a spacer
The start of the hollow mast, tapered
Here are some pictures. as promised.
Thursday, 28 February 2008
The pictures
The mast, from a square to 
round and tapered.
Centreboard and rudder, ready to be glued
The tiller, with a spacer
The start of the hollow mast, tapered
round and tapered. Centreboard and rudder, ready to be gluedThe tiller, with a spacer
The start of the hollow mast, tapered
No pictures...yet!
This saturday I could work on the GIS all day, as my wife was busy writing a book (on quality in project management in the schoolsystem...isn't that nice?).
I did the second narrow stave of the mast, made the the internal blocks to size, so now the mast is ready to assemble , prepared the centreboard and rudder for the glueing. After that I had some time left to start on the tiller, as I want to do all "small" parts before actually starting on the boat itself.
Because of the temperature I think I can start doing the glueing next week or so. Then I will start on the boom and the lugyard.The pictures will come later this week, I hope, as I forgot to take my camera back home ( or forgot to take my laptop to the Eifel, the same result: no pictures yet).
But maybe I can blame my neighbour, who is a cattle farmer: he wanted to discuss the impossibilities of the German Taxsystem for farmers to earn a nice living, over a beer or two..three. I cannot remember. As promised: the pictures will follow.
SOLing
I did the second narrow stave of the mast, made the the internal blocks to size, so now the mast is ready to assemble , prepared the centreboard and rudder for the glueing. After that I had some time left to start on the tiller, as I want to do all "small" parts before actually starting on the boat itself.
Because of the temperature I think I can start doing the glueing next week or so. Then I will start on the boom and the lugyard.The pictures will come later this week, I hope, as I forgot to take my camera back home ( or forgot to take my laptop to the Eifel, the same result: no pictures yet).
But maybe I can blame my neighbour, who is a cattle farmer: he wanted to discuss the impossibilities of the German Taxsystem for farmers to earn a nice living, over a beer or two..three. I cannot remember. As promised: the pictures will follow.
SOLing
Monday, 18 February 2008
Update (1)
to be able to have more pictures available, you could look at http://soling.smugmug.com. Not only GIS, but some other pictures too.
Next step (2)
Sunday I could work on the boat again: did the marking of the parts of the mast, made all the spacers and planed one of the narrow staves. Pictures will come next wek: forgot my camera...
Next step
Last week I made the planning: here it is:
* woodwork
- marking and cutting all plywood parts;
- mast, boom and lug yard
- rudder blade and centreboard;
- rudder;
- centreboard case;
- bulkheads and transom;
- hull
and from ther the instructions;
* epoxy and glassing
* painting
I first want to finish all parts except the hull, as to avoid that after completion of the hull I have to spend time on a lot of smaller parts. I want to sail asap!
* woodwork
- marking and cutting all plywood parts;
- mast, boom and lug yard
- rudder blade and centreboard;
- rudder;
- centreboard case;
- bulkheads and transom;
- hull
and from ther the instructions;
* epoxy and glassing
* painting
I first want to finish all parts except the hull, as to avoid that after completion of the hull I have to spend time on a lot of smaller parts. I want to sail asap!
Monday, 4 February 2008
The first pictures of building the GIS
View from the "wharf" , the garage at our Eifelhouse
The instructions (follow them exactly!)
The start of the lofting
Two parts of the side panel
The jigsaw with the tape to keep a good distance while sawing
The jigsaw with the tape to keep a good distance while sawing
All ply parts ready to be assembled
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