SibLim update

  • 13 Nov 2016 20:25
    Reply # 4382492 on 4315719
    I, too, feel very happy about that keel, Arne.  I think it will work well in shallow water, as you say.  At present, the hull is essentially sitting just on the keel at the moment: there is a framework around the stern, to stop it wobbling, but it's only held on with a few clamps.  I don't think drying out is ever really going to be an issue.  Equally, I believe that the keel will work well in keeping the boat upright, and in combination with the high topsides and strong deck camber, will ensure a very seaworthy boat.  I would be quite happy to take her up to the islands and even beyond, I suspect.

    Thanks for your comment, Tim.  It's nice to know people are interested.

  • 13 Nov 2016 15:06
    Reply # 4382218 on 4315719
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Annie,

    I seriously like the look of that stout ballast keel. There is no doubt it can take the ground an infinite number of times with help from the bilge boards. In addition, I would not be surprised if the keel alone will let you beam reach regularly, and even close-reach in a pinch, without needing the bilge boards. Good to know.

    And then there is that mid-section again, which brings the cabin sole low down, which makes a moderate beam at the waterline and which produces all that extra volume to lean on, further up. Sib-Lim could well end up as a really good sailboat.

    Cheers, Arne


  • 13 Nov 2016 14:22
    Reply # 4382204 on 4315719
    Deleted user

    Wonderful to see the progress, thank you muchly!

    Regards Tim 

  • 13 Nov 2016 00:37
    Reply # 4381797 on 4315719
    Progress report.  Not really an awful lot to show in the month that I've had the hull turned over, not in the least because I took over a week off for a bit of a break.  When I came back, I did a lot of coating and filleting of the parts that had been hard to get to, with the hull upside down.  Most of the bow, forward of the sleeping cabin, will be inaccessible and I don't want there to be any opportunity for rot to set in.

    Latest photos here.

  • 05 Nov 2016 09:36
    Reply # 4365452 on 4315719

    Congratulations, Annie!

    Turnover day has to stand close to launch day as one of the most exciting milestones in a boat project's history. And, it happens so quickly. What looks like an immovable object is child's play for a crane.

    Now that she's upright, everyone can visualize more easily the finished layout.

    I love that bow. I hope this design will inspire others to do up East/West combination models.


  • 04 Nov 2016 21:24
    Reply # 4365008 on 4363527
    Membership JRA wrote:You've done so much work in so little time! Plus the party at the end - worth all the hard work. 

    Keep at it, in no time she will float. 

    Thank you so much for that, Linda.  It's exactly what I need to hear when progress seems to be positively glacial!
  • 04 Nov 2016 21:23
    Reply # 4365005 on 4327513
    Shemaya Laurel wrote:
    As for the timing, it's all so individual. Right side up is a thrill, and here's to floating, whenever it happens, finished or not
    She won't be launched until she's finished, Shemaya.  The last thing on earth I want to do is to live on an incomplete boat.  If it's hard work finishing an empty boat in a boat shed, with electricity and machine tools to hand, how much harder will it be when I'm living on board and in the water.  When this boat is finished, no more projects!!!  I want to potter about and be lazy.
  • 04 Nov 2016 01:19
    Reply # 4363527 on 4315719
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Hello Annie 

    What an achievement! 

    I've only redecorated my boat and it exhausted me - let alone building something like you've done.  

    As always you are inspiration to us all. 

    She looks beautiful and I cannot wait to see her for real. You've done so much work in so little time! Plus the party at the end - worth all the hard work. 

    Keep at it, in no time she will float. 

    Linda

  • 22 Oct 2016 15:59
    Reply # 4327513 on 4315719


    Annie,
    On the subject of tools, and timing – I've been impressed all along in those photos with your skills with all those tools, and had wondered how you became so capable. Because as you said, we haven't been getting a huge amount of opportunity for picking that stuff up. All the more kudos!

    As for the timing, it's all so individual. Right side up is a thrill, and here's to floating, whenever it happens, finished or not!

    Shemaya
  • 22 Oct 2016 15:53
    Reply # 4327497 on 4315719

    Hi Annie – How incredibly exciting, your boat getting turned over!!! Those are fantastic pictures. It sounds like a good thing that you had the epoxy to focus on, while the boat was in the air – talk about stress. Wonderful that it all went so well, and it just looks tremendous. Congratulations!!!

    Shemaya

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