Sincere appologies for such a delay in an update, but personal "life" had to come first. Firstly I have finally managed to secure another job, so now I can afford to continue with the build, now financiaonstraints are, er "easier" shall i say, but more importantly, i am recovering still following surgery to repair a damaged nerve in my left arm, so have been unable to do any work on my boats, or even feed mayself properly for a few weeks.
Right !
Enough of the boring stuff, but I appreciate that you no doubts wonder why some of these boat builds kick off , then suddenly come to an abrupt halt and no explanation, well, this one was genuine
So My physiotherapy session for today has been to start the task of adding all the railings. I have decided to begin with the upper bridge deck are and then work my way down to main deck.
I decided to purchase some robbe rail stanchions as simply using some brass rod and soldering the sross rails to them was going to look a little too "crude" for the build, so expense aside, I opted for these, but having to buy 7 packets [70] is no cheap item.
I am using some 0.8mm copper wire for the cross rails, so appologies if the "critics" amongst you can see all the bends and kinks in the rails, but hey, I've only just soldered them in so have to wait till all gone cold before straightening them with some long nose pliers or a couple of pieces of wooden battern.
Following on from the initial "sea trials" I have also decided to install an automatic bilge pump system, which should hopefully keep her "hold" clear of excess water which sweeps over the flat bows. It does happen, even with the best intentions of keeping her speed down to limit the bow wave, plus due to the design of the deck access panels, i have no choice but to install a pump system, as a "just in case". Well its better than watching her sink from afar and not being able to do anything about it.