Next visit to Keri Keri is on the 5th of April. The boat is coming along nicely. Craig Partridge and his expert team of boat builders at Craig Partridge Yachts are working flat tack. Our experience of building a new boat has been fantastic largely as a result of choosing a great designer in Rob and boat builder in Craig. Rob and Craig have involved us every step of the way and it has been a privilege to see this boat evolve into something very special. Lots of help and support along the way from various kindly and interested sailing folk in Wellington. We have sold our Young 11 Clear Vision to a great sailor who is connected with her history and who we know will sail her to rival other Young 11s in Nelson. It was really hard seeing Clear Vision go as we have had so many great times and have many wonderful memories.
Bring on the launch date for our Shaw 12!
Ghost Ship
31 March 2013
Internal Hull Construction Started Jan 2013
Hull turned over and ready for internal structure
Yup, that's pretty close to centered ;-)
No, not Kilroy...
Feb 2013; looking forward over transom
Feb 2013, overview
Transom to left, aft main bulkhead (sealed, will have hatch to allow access from aft cabin to steering gear)
February 2013
March 2013
Looking aft from saloon towards port stern. From near to far: keel bulkheads, space for cooker, benchtop area, port quarterberth.
Engine and fuel tank. Beginnings of heads enclosure. Designer's feet.
Constructing heads enclosure, starboard near companionway steps, starboard quarterberth on right of picture
Building of the hull shell started in mid-November 2012
Final layers of wax so the carbon won't stick ... then on goes the black shiny stuff ...
Port rudder location
Late November 2012. First layer of carbon on, then fitting of foam core material
As on the deck, higher-density foam for high-load / slamming areas. Slot is the daggerboard location
Foam glued and sealed with epoxy, being vacuum-bagged into place
Then surface re-faired
9th December 2012: foam and fairing pretty much done
... with nice attention to detail, great workmanship.
Then the outer skin of carbon went on
Fairing the hull before undercoat
Undercoat after yet more sanding and fairing ...
Fairing and undercoat finished just before Xmas 2012
Lifted off mould, preparing for hull weighting and turnover, January 2013
Hull turned over 16 January 2013. Weight 387 kg (incl. fairing and paint).
Deck, Hull, Hull Mould, 20 January 2013
Hull Mould construction started in October 2012
Heavier construction so there couldn't be deformation if it was stored for a while outside ...
Then cedar strips to form the skin of the mould. Lovely workmanship, beautiful timber ... and it's just the mould. Although it could possibly become a hull one day.
Happy boatbuilder...
Glassing over the cedar
Mid-November 2012: mould complete, painted (shame to cover all that lovely wood!), many layers of waxing and polishing ... and ready for first layer of carbon of the hull proper.
Deck finished prior to Xmas 2012:
Deck mould faired early Sept 2012 ...
And anti-stick applied (black paint & 8 layers of wax on curved surfaces, clever new film applied to flat surfaces), before laying on the Carbon. September 2012.
By the end of Sept, first layer of carbon vacuum-bagged on ...
... and 20mm medium-density foam (green) and higher-density foam (yellow) fitted
Late October 2012: faired and undercoat applied. D-shaped forward hatch space, area on front for anchor locker (since decided not to have anchor locker, not enough space with retractable prod - whose diameter had to increase after final engineering was done)
Deck lifted from mould so that windows could be cut and weighing to be done. Much happiness at being pretty much on target weight for deck at 213 kg
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