Interior is taking some shape

Today we got the floor almost formed and it helped visualize the boat in a better way.

After we turned the boat and started with the inside, the first thing was to fix the supporting strips for the side deck.

The inner sides also need their supporting strips. The construction will be with double walls and air filled compartments for ensuring the enough floating capacity.

The transom also needed some more stiffness to carry the motor. These boards where glued with epoxy.

Ensuring that the fuel tank will fit into the planned compartment under the floor. 

After the supporting parts on the inside were ready it was time to seal all surfaces with epoxy. One learning was that epoxy could have been applied before the supporting strips where attached, it would have been a bit easier.

Following step was then to start forming the floor. Below you see how we planned the front part with the help of a model made of some strips.

Below the result of today's work. Tomorrow still some tuning to get the floor to fit as it should. Then the floor need to be sealed with some epoxy before it can be attached.

 

One milestone reached

Hi and sorry for being quiet for a while. 

This week we reached one major milestone when we got the hull turned in right position for a boat.

The laminating of the hull has taken longer than originally planned.

First layer of epoxy paint applied on the bottom to make it easier to get the final smoothness of the bottom. 

Here we have continued the sanding of the bottom and now it is ready for another epoxy paint layer. That will be applied later when I'm able to paint all the needed layers including the bioside-free antifouling paint from SeaBoost. 

Then it was time for the big moment and turn the hull for the first time. Everything went well with some extra hands.

From here we will continue with the inside.

More images of that later.

Last week there was very positive news when the Barchetta 26 was nominated Motor boat of the year at the Helsinki boat show Vene 17 Båt. This proves that wooden boats are appreciated.