Klaus Pedersen's Blog (5)

During somewhat challenging weather conditions on the eastern seaboard last weekend my building shed is now standing in a lake! The building project seems to be intact but my choice of floor and building site is seriously in question. Not good. Will have to asses the project when everything has dried…

When dry-fitting the bulkheads to the backbone I devised a very easy alternative assembly and gluing method to the somewhat cumbersome procedure according to the plans.

After dry-fitting and fixing the whole structure precisely…

It's all happening...! Finished the the construction of the "Soft Shed" for building my Tiki 38 last week, the plans for T38 #131 have arrived a while ago and materials for building the starboard hull and other bits and pieces should be on their way hopefully being delivered next week.

My Pippie tender is now ready for launching and waiting for a mothership to serve. If according to plan I can start building the T30 in a couple of months. One of the purposes of building was to try out a few Aussie paint products etc. before committing on a larger scale. Time will show how that works out.

Have just received the plans for my T30, boat no. 218. Now preparing the build site under our small house as an extension of my workshop. Will be tricky at times due to our location in a swamp that often floods in winter. Everything will have to be half a meter above the ground. Consequently, the boat will probably be launched an unknown number of times before the proper launch ! At least I won't snow in.