boat building in the tropics

northerncat · 30-12-2006, 21:21

i have officially decided that it is too hot to work on the boat today as it hit 58 degrees under my tent today, i was thinking that it was a little warm and feeling a little thirsty so i had a look at the thermometer and it said 58 so i have become a computer geek instead, so what is tghe temp where you are now and how hot has it got when youve been working on the mistress
sean

cat man do · 30-12-2006, 22:01

Are you crazy.....I pull the pin at 40 dc, cold beer MMMMmmmmm

Dave

emmo · 31-12-2006, 04:32

Well a man's got to do what a man's got to do, it just takes more beers!
I reckon our Northern buddies would be a bit jealous of us down here.
Happy New Year to all, and Smooth Sailing

Emmo

delmarrey · 31-12-2006, 09:49

I have to wait until it gets ABOVE 14º C before I can do any work. And that's only 5 months out or the year here. The epoxy does't cure in anything less. Actually, it's much higher then that. The nights still dip down below 14º. So any epoxy work done has to be cured before sunset, that's if there is sun that day.

At lease I'm not building a boat, just doing major modifications.

Happy New Year to you as well!

(Hot Buttered Rum)

SkiprJohn · 31-12-2006, 15:27

Aloha All,
Today is 25c in my garage with the doors open. The daytime temperature is always between 22c and 30c. What slows my boatbuilding down is the high humidity which causes my epoxy cure to be overnight on highly humid days. Of course, beer helps not matter what the temperature.
Happy New Year!!
JohnL

Stevens 47 · 31-12-2006, 18:31

Ive got it good in SD. Its could now 43F at night goes to 64F 70F during the day. Stuck a electric heat pad under my drum of epoxy keep switching it from low to high to maintain 64F internal resin temp. Summer is 65F to a max of of 78F day. Got to have some benefits to living with so many people. Traffic really sucks.

Jack

31-12-2006, 19:13

Jack, we need to blow this cold weather down your way for a day or two. It's been 40's and 50's in Nor Cal the past week. Screwed up my boat building for the weekend. Keeps looking like rain. Oh well, it's New Years. I'd rather be drinking anyway

northerncat · 01-01-2007, 13:46

you should see how fast epoxy sets here sometimes and this is with the extra slow hardener
sean

Steve Kidson · 01-01-2007, 14:16

I am in Sydney and temperature fine at present.

My biggest problem is rain, my boat is on hard stand in parking lot of my factory, and although I have rigged a tarp to protect her from the elements, when the wind blows and the rain falls, the tarp collects water in places and becomes a real pain in the arse.

Oh well, could be worse, I could be back at work already not working on my boat.

Fair winds

Steve

jezza · 10-04-2007, 01:46

Hi There northerncat ,
Currently doing major repairs on the boat out in the open . If I had known it was going to take this long I would have built a shed ! Have a new hardtop partly constructed out of PP honeycomb and epoxy and would appreciate some advise on the supports .
Cheers , jezza

northerncat · 10-04-2007, 03:53

happy to chat anytime, just pm'd you the number, what does a hedly nichol look like anyway? out in the open would have kinda sucked over the last couple of months then, ive found this wet season to be very depressing boat building wise and have done very little over the last 9 weeks
sean

Benny · 10-04-2007, 06:40

The epoxy repair on my fuel tank is still tacky after 5 days because it got colder.

Tomorrow I'm going to put a heater on inside it and hopefully cure it properly - and on the subject of temperature I truely believe you southern swabs bring up the weather on purpose during the winter and early spring to torture us northerners because you know how impatient we are getting to work on the boat and splash her.

C'mon guys - give us a break - it's hard enough trying to deal with the cold and snow and cabin fever!

Prflyer1 · 13-04-2007, 08:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Benny

C'mon guys - give us a break - it's hard enough trying to deal with the cold and snow and cabin fever!

Benny,

I guess is like everything, its sometimes too hot to work and I would like some cold weather to ease the HOT days, the grass is always greener on the other side

I would not mind being in Australia though...

Danny

30-12-2006, 21:21	#1
northerncat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cairns australia Boat: now floating easy37 Posts: 636 Images: 41	boat building in the tropics i have officially decided that it is too hot to work on the boat today as it hit 58 degrees under my tent today, i was thinking that it was a little warm and feeling a little thirsty so i had a look at the thermometer and it said 58 so i have become a computer geek instead, so what is tghe temp where you are now and how hot has it got when youve been working on the mistress sean

30-12-2006, 22:01	#2
cat man do Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brisbane Australia [until the boats launched] Boat: 50ft powercat, light,long and low powered Posts: 2,405 Images: 36	Are you crazy.....I pull the pin at 40 dc, cold beer MMMMmmmmm Dave __________________ "Money can't buy you happiness but it can buy you a yacht large enough to pull up right alongside it"...............David Lee Roth http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/

31-12-2006, 04:32	#3
emmo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Australia Boat: Samson 32 Yellow Footpath Posts: 38 Images: 2	Well a man's got to do what a man's got to do, it just takes more beers! I reckon our Northern buddies would be a bit jealous of us down here. Happy New Year to all, and Smooth Sailing Emmo __________________ A man is not a camel

31-12-2006, 09:49	#4
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 4,336 Images: 117	You guys are lucky I have to wait until it gets ABOVE 14º C before I can do any work. And that's only 5 months out or the year here. The epoxy does't cure in anything less. Actually, it's much higher then that. The nights still dip down below 14º. So any epoxy work done has to be cured before sunset, that's if there is sun that day. At lease I'm not building a boat, just doing major modifications. Happy New Year to you as well! (Hot Buttered Rum)

01-01-2007, 14:16	#9
Steve Kidson Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Boat: Hartley 32 RORC; Vixen Posts: 192 Images: 10	Boat Fitout I am in Sydney and temperature fine at present. My biggest problem is rain, my boat is on hard stand in parking lot of my factory, and although I have rigged a tarp to protect her from the elements, when the wind blows and the rain falls, the tarp collects water in places and becomes a real pain in the arse. Oh well, could be worse, I could be back at work already not working on my boat. Fair winds Steve

31-12-2006, 15:27	#5
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 5,553	Aloha All, Today is 25c in my garage with the doors open. The daytime temperature is always between 22c and 30c. What slows my boatbuilding down is the high humidity which causes my epoxy cure to be overnight on highly humid days. Of course, beer helps not matter what the temperature. Happy New Year!! JohnL

31-12-2006, 18:31	#6
Stevens 47 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Encinitas, California Boat: Stevens 47 47 feet Lumia Posts: 273	Ive got it good in SD. Its could now 43F at night goes to 64F 70F during the day. Stuck a electric heat pad under my drum of epoxy keep switching it from low to high to maintain 64F internal resin temp. Summer is 65F to a max of of 78F day. Got to have some benefits to living with so many people. Traffic really sucks. Jack

31-12-2006, 19:13	#7
Kai Nui Guest Posts: n/a	Jack, we need to blow this cold weather down your way for a day or two. It's been 40's and 50's in Nor Cal the past week. Screwed up my boat building for the weekend. Keeps looking like rain. Oh well, it's New Years. I'd rather be drinking anyway

01-01-2007, 13:46	#8
northerncat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cairns australia Boat: now floating easy37 Posts: 636 Images: 41	you should see how fast epoxy sets here sometimes and this is with the extra slow hardener sean

10-04-2007, 01:46	#10
jezza Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: CAIRNS , AUSTRALIA Boat: Hedley Nichol 10mtr Cat Posts: 20	Cairns Weather Hi There northerncat , Currently doing major repairs on the boat out in the open . If I had known it was going to take this long I would have built a shed ! Have a new hardtop partly constructed out of PP honeycomb and epoxy and would appreciate some advise on the supports . Cheers , jezza

10-04-2007, 03:53	#11
northerncat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cairns australia Boat: now floating easy37 Posts: 636 Images: 41	happy to chat anytime, just pm'd you the number, what does a hedly nichol look like anyway? out in the open would have kinda sucked over the last couple of months then, ive found this wet season to be very depressing boat building wise and have done very little over the last 9 weeks sean

10-04-2007, 06:40	#12
Benny Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St Catharines ON, CAN Boat: Irwin 37 CC ketch 'Ta-Keel-Ah' Posts: 396	The epoxy repair on my fuel tank is still tacky after 5 days because it got colder. Tomorrow I'm going to put a heater on inside it and hopefully cure it properly - and on the subject of temperature I truely believe you southern swabs bring up the weather on purpose during the winter and early spring to torture us northerners because you know how impatient we are getting to work on the boat and splash her. C'mon guys - give us a break - it's hard enough trying to deal with the cold and snow and cabin fever! __________________ Randy Benoit I37CC 'Ta-Keel-Ah'

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