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Marc started the topic Adding Storage and Strength – 10 July 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks, whilst I’m sat waiting for the latest round of epoxy to do it’s thing I thought I’d do a little update! So here’s the template and build of a little cuddy to sit behind the anchor locker, it also provides some strength to the bow in the area the windlass sits, the eagle eyed among you will notice that I changed my mind halfway…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Bow Repairs Finished – 29 June 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Achievement unlocked: bow repairs finished! Next up… Chain locker *removes epoxy hat, dons wood working hat* (you need a lot of hats for this refitting lark)
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Marc started the topic Masthead Wind Sensor – 27 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks, well if you hadn’t guessed the weather has been somewhat hampering progress recently. Unfortunately the work that needs to be done to go forward needs the humidity and temperature to behave itself for a few days and that just doesn’t seem to be on the cards at the moment! I’ve mostly been scribbling down ideas for the cabin layout…[Read more]
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Marc replied to the topic Boat Yoga – 27 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
I’m putting in a new template tonight.
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Marc replied to the topic Boat Yoga – 27 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Slick lines
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Marc started the topic Boat Yoga – 27 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
What a marvelous birthday weekend and an excellent way to get this season’s rebuild started in splendid fashion. The final bits of bow core are in and ready for glassing next weekend, if you asked me 5 years ago what I’d like for my birthday, 30kg of west epoxy probably wouldn’t be on the list. Hope everyone had a great bank holiday, more updates…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Boat Yoga – 26 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
It’s official, I shall never refer to going back to sit in my nice comfy clean office as “back to the grind” this was brutal, 5 hours of boat yoga and so much dust, I had to change the pre filters on my respirator 3 times, but it’s done now and I can move on to designing the anchor locker and bed… Definitely earned tonight’s cider time
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Marc started the topic Main Support Beam – 25 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks, we’ve actually done some work on the boat!! So here’s the templating and manufacturing of the main support beam for replacing the front bulkhead. It’s a laminated construction with 2x 19mm ply spans with 2 layers of 600gm bi-axial glass Matt forming the center, this makes sure the interface between the 2 pieces of wood have a…[Read more]
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Marc replied to the topic Removing Bulkheads – 26 January 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Good evening all, I hope everyone is enjoying January. I’ll cut right to the chase, I’ve got Mergansers motor on the way! An AGNI 119 popped up on eBay today and if you didn’t know why this was too good to pass up I’ll sum it up. It’s an axial gap motor which means it produces an immense amount of power at very low RPM and with incredible…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Beaching Legs – 19 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks, we’re fresh back from a little jaunt to Porlock Wier to pick up some lovely stainless steel beaching legs for Merganser, the same fella had some very nice T rail too so we swagged that to make some new jib rails and upgrade the traveller to something a little more beefy. Buying the legs this early has several benefits, they are so…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Taking Out The Temptest – 12 May 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening all, Update time 🙂 Nothing significant has happened with the actual build this weekend. I did measure and cut the last bit of the new core for the bulkhead move and that’s about it until the epoxy fairy comes in the week.
We took the tempest out sailing for the first time this season along with the test battery for Merganser and we’ve…[Read more] -
Marc started the topic Load Bearing Structural Work – 25 April 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks, I thought I posted this on Monday but the sun obviously pickled my noodle. Update time! The next bit of bow core is in, huzzah! This was a particularly important bit as it’s the main load bearing area for the foredeck. We started by using the tracksaw (I need to give it a name, all the best tools have names) to cut part way through…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Pure Lead Carbon Battery & Glass Work – 17 April 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks! Got a few bits and bobs to report, starting with the glorious Pure Lead Carbon battery I’ve got to test, if this beauty lives up to it’s sales hype it’ll be joined by 9 of its friends, 8 as drive power and 2x as the house bank. The testing will consist of abusing the hell out of it as a battery for my electric outboard on the…[Read more]
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Marc started the topic Bow Core Templates – 23 March 2019 in the forum Restoring Merganser 4 years, 2 months ago
Evening folks! Busy day today, we’ve got bow core sections 2 and 3 templated, cut and sealed. I’ve also placed the windlass and decided where the chain locker will be going. There’s still a decision to make regarding the support of the deck where the front bulkhead has been removed but I think I’m halfway to a plan on that one. In other news…[Read more]
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