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  • 13 Sep 2015 02:31
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    Annie & David

    Great to see hull no.1 in production!  The model looks fantastic and I'm excited to see the full size version.

    Keep up the good work.

    Estimated launch date ;-)

    Peter
  • 13 Sep 2015 01:49
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    David Thatcher wrote:

    Very exciting to see it happening. The hardest steps of any journey are the first, so you have started now, all you need to do is finish. As per your comment in pic 9, I did notice in all the pics that David is the only one wielding tools, be careful, he may ask for a pay rise soon! You can be sure though that with David on the job everything is going to be marked out with precision and accuracy. I wish you the very best luck with the project and look forward to seeing pics of the ongoing creation.

    Photos can be misleading! We're actually working closely together on the marking out, checking each other's measurements, spotting each other's errors and trying to draw the pencil lines in the right place. But it's Annie who has been stepping back from the job and taking the photos.

    Ah well, back to work. This afternoon's job for me:

    1. Finish marking out the bulkhead at stn 0, the forward end of the waterline.
    2. Watch Annie cutting it out, and take some photos of her doing it :-)
  • 13 Sep 2015 01:20
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    David Thatcher wrote:

    Very exciting to see it happening. The hardest steps of any journey are the first, so you have started now, all you need to do is finish. As per your comment in pic 9, I did notice in all the pics that David is the only one wielding tools, be careful, he may ask for a pay rise soon! You can be sure though that with David on the job everything is going to be marked out with precision and accuracy. I wish you the very best luck with the project and look forward to seeing pics of the ongoing creation.

    I'm hoping he might let me have a play sometime :-)  (But someone has to take the photos!)
  • 13 Sep 2015 01:18
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    Antoine ALLAIN wrote:

    Hi Annie


    I hav'nt been on the forum for a while, and didn't know that Siblim was going to be build. Nice ! What will happen to Fantail ?


    Antoine (WaterBear)

    Ah - the $64,000 question.  Or more accurately, the $25,000 one!  My darling little Fantail will have to find a new owner.  She is fully sorted out and ready to go (in my opinion).  She has been a marvellous floating home for me, sails well and is quite slippery.  If it weren't that I really, really want shoal draught, I doubt I'd have wanted to replace her, she's so cosy and comfortable.  But the SibLim project is soooo exciting and you only live once!

    I am still living on board, although hauled out in the boatyard where we are building SibLim.  I don't want to move off yet, but there is accommodation available for me, so I guess if someone came along waving dollar bills, I'd have to bow to common sense and sell her. 
  • 12 Sep 2015 07:00
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    Very exciting to see it happening. The hardest steps of any journey are the first, so you have started now, all you need to do is finish. As per your comment in pic 9, I did notice in all the pics that David is the only one wielding tools, be careful, he may ask for a pay rise soon! You can be sure though that with David on the job everything is going to be marked out with precision and accuracy. I wish you the very best luck with the project and look forward to seeing pics of the ongoing creation.

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  • 11 Sep 2015 14:43
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    Hi Annie


    I hav'nt been on the forum for a while, and didn't know that Siblim was going to be build. Nice ! What will happen to Fantail ?


    Antoine (WaterBear)
  • 11 Sep 2015 11:56
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    David and I did as much as was required on the model to answer our questions.  Now we are on to the Real Thing.  The first step is to cut out and assemble bulkheads.  We need to build a strongback on which to set these up.  So I am collecting some photos together in an album, which you can find in my profile, here.  It's all very exciting!
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