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Rebuilding a Forward Bunk: Beam Boxes, Panel Span, and Water Catchment

Rebuilding a Forward Bunk: Beam Boxes, Panel Span, and Water Catchment Rebuilding Harry’s forward bunk space meant moving his bed further back and lowering it slightly for more comfort and width — straightforward on its own, but it sits right beside two bulkheads doing real structural work, which meant thinking carefully about what could change […]

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Infusion Resin vs. Hand Lamination Resin: Why They’re Chemically Different

Infusion Resin vs. Hand Lamination Resin: Why They’re Chemically Different A small floor for one of the bathrooms turned into a genuinely advanced infusion setup — two hoses, careful bag geometry, and a resin switch that ended up solving more problems than it caused. Fixing the Table for Good The plywood laminating table’s leak problem,

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The Refit Grind: How a 22kg Floor Fits Into a 600kg Weight Loss

The Refit Grind: How a 22kg Floor Fits Into a 600kg Weight Loss Another floor, another number on the scale worth sharing — and this one’s a genuinely satisfying result after a stretch of the refit that hasn’t been easy. Weighing the Old Floor Half of the original floor at the back of the boat

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Closing the Loop: A Return Flange at the Site of the Original Hull Crack

Closing the Loop: A Return Flange at the Site of the Original Hull Crack Some of the best footage this week came from behind the camera rather than in front of it — a week away at work meant the boys took over documentation duties, catching two genuinely separate projects happening in parallel aboard Paikea.

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Structural Cabinetry: When Your Furniture Is Also Your Boat

Structural Cabinetry: When Your Furniture Is Also Your Boat The socks-and-underwear drawer dividers on this boat are also doing structural work. That’s not an accident — it’s the whole design philosophy. Furniture that stiffens the boat The bunk top needed support, and the obvious answer was simple internal framing to hold future pull-out drawers. But

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Laminating a Bulkhead Penetration with a 3D-Printed Plug

Laminating a Bulkhead Penetration with a 3D-Printed Plug Every hole through a structural bulkhead is a weak point unless it’s reinforced properly — and reinforcing it properly starts with a plug that comes back out again. Matching laminate to the surrounding skin The basic rule for reinforcing a penetration is straightforward: match the laminate going

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