Fitting the Engine Room Door — and Why Flow Coat Isn’t Just Paint With obligations on the Balthasar refit wrapped up for now, it’s back to Paikea’s own engine room door — along with a hard look at a hydraulic steering system that’s genuinely on its way out. Fitting the Door Frame Getting this door […]
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Building Carbon Fibre Chainplates: Part Three — The Starboard Side The rudder project running through this same stretch of time wasn’t happening in isolation — there was a lot going on aboard Paikea at once, and this starboard chainplate rebuild was one of several things competing for attention in the same tight window. It’s worth
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Building Carbon Fibre Chainplates: Part Two — How It Actually Stays In Part One showed the build. This one answers the question that came in from almost everyone who watched it: how does that black carbon strap actually stay attached to the boat? It’s a fair question, and the answer is worth understanding properly, because
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How to Bolt into Carbon Fibre: Threaded Inserts vs. Helicoils Mounting a Clark pump for the watermaker onto a bulkhead sounds like a small job. Getting the threading right underneath it is where the actual engineering happens. Why bolting into composite matters The plan here is straightforward on the surface: carbon plates bonded to the
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