northerncat

[zumsel]

Sean,
Any chance that you will post more pictures of your cat???? Hope to copy more of your ideas. ;-))

Jochen
Easy 12m

[northerncat]

james has a lot of them on his easycruising website Index and yes i probably will post more now that you have reminded me
sean

[zumsel]

Sean,

I know, I'm visiting his website and his forum at least twice a day. But I'm anxiously waiting for my own plans. Anne send them out 8 days ago. Good luck with your built!!! In the meantime I'm trying to get as much informations and ideas about Easy's as I can get.

Jochen

[northerncat]

just finished my high build yesterday took 7 hrs to highbuild the entire boat, now i just have the ardous task of sanding it all back, i have sanded one hull now and it has come up schmick with only 23 pinholes to be filled however im thinking of buying an 8 inch fixed orbital to knock the top of everything and then going to my 6 inch ro as the first hull took 6 hrs to sand and theres an awful lot more boat to sand
sean

[northerncat]

i have put sme more photos up here for anyone interested ill also add some more as the highbuilding is nearly finished ready for the topcoat
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sean

[northerncat]

a few more photos here some homemade staunchions and my exterior spray job
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sean

[knottybuoyz]

Originally Posted by northerncat

a few more photos here some homemade staunchions and my exterior spray job
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sean

What kind of highbuild primer is it Sean? What tip did you use on your spray gun?

Watching in the wings!

[northerncat]

i used wattyl epinamel. it was cheap, great to sand and didnt mind having qcell added to turn it into spray bog, im hoping to go for a splash in about 4 weeksfor the high build 2mm was fine but for my poor mans spray bog i moved up to a 3mm
sean

[northerncat]

more piccies for anyone interested
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sean

[northerncat]

after 2 years 2mths of part time labour it was finally time for splash
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the budget blew out and we have ended up spending 73000 but thats it all finished except for the final screwing on of all the hardware i now have sitting in the shed
sean

[cat man do]

Well a big heartfelt congratulations to you Sean, you must be stoked

What a great feeling it is when they go in and what a sickening feeling it is when they are swinging in the air.

Well done

Dave

[Joli]

Congrats, that is a big job building a boat. You gotta be proud, Millertime!

[northerncat]

yes i must admit that i felt a bit sick as the crane lifted it, that whole wondering if i got a dodgy batch of resin, mixed it wrong etc etc, however there were no mysterious soundsand it nearly went ithout hitch, the crane driver was supposed to use a spreader bar but when he arrived didnt have one, and when he picked it up his crane was slightly off centre swinging the boat into the shed and putting a small 5 cent piece sized dent in it(however it didnt break the paint) other than that it went without hitch, it is bloody terrifying driving into a marina for the first time,i realized just how big it actually is) im going to have to find someone who can give me a few lessons i think
sean

[44'cruisingcat]

Good on you Sean. You need to change your profile now! She looks great. I expect you'll be doing a shake down cruise down this way soon. I'll buy in some extra sandpaper! (Maybe some beer too)

[Ex-Calif]

You bloody rippa. Well done, mate!