SibLim - the setup

  • 13 Nov 2015 20:19
    Reply # 3632545 on 3520497

    In order to be kept up to date, I clicked on Subscribe to topic in the upper right hand corner of this page. I get a daily summary of submission's without having to go through the usual steps.

  • 12 Nov 2015 22:18
    Reply # 3630877 on 3520497

    Dearest Annie

    I've been following SibLim project with enormous interest. It is high time I posted something too.

    I am absolutely thrilled that David's design strung all the right cords and of you went, all bells ringing! The speed at which you are progressing is dizzying. I cannot believe it. 

    Thank you and David for keeping us so well posted and for yet another inspiration! It's wonderful to follow your (and many of ours) dreams unfolding.  I wished I was closer to NZ as I'd love to help with SibLim in making. I have been talking to boat builders in Croatia about building SibLim for me ... I will be in touch!

    Meanwhile I will follow this forum very closely.  

    Sending you tons of energy from the Adriatic 

    Linda 

  • 12 Nov 2015 20:09
    Reply # 3630738 on 3520497
    Well, you never know.  We have at least one other person interested in building her and David is drawing up the 32ft version for a Kiwi couple who are thinking of building themselves a boat!
  • 12 Nov 2015 10:42
    Reply # 3629825 on 3629763
    Annie Hill wrote: When SibLim is finally launched, she will be very much a JRA production: your 'positive vibes' are winging my way and keep me going when it all seems very daunting.
    This project takes me back to my earlier, boat building days. I printed out one of David's QCAD drawings of SibLim and taped it to the wall next to my computer. I shall be logging in regularly to follow progress. I get to build another boat vicariously!

    I especially like the way you have incorporated Chinese characteristics. It is aesthetically very pleasing to the eye. Perhaps one day she will become the JRA's flagship!


  • 12 Nov 2015 09:12
    Reply # 3629763 on 3520497
    Thank you, merci, takk and Dangge!  It's wonderful to know so many people are interested in this project.  As well as David's incredible input, I've also had offers of help from JRA members in (or about to arrive in) NZ, which is incredibly heart warming.  When SibLim is finally launched, she will be very much a JRA production: your 'positive vibes' are winging my way and keep me going when it all seems very daunting.
  • 12 Nov 2015 06:39
    Reply # 3629603 on 3520497

    Bonjour

    Bien sur, je suis la construction.

    Eric

    Courtoisie translation: Of course I follow the SibLim !

  • 11 Nov 2015 18:48
    Reply # 3628992 on 3628123
    Adrian Bonwitt wrote:

    David, I have downloaded the dxf files and tried using a free cad program to view them. 

    I am not getting any dimensions or detailed information on them, maybe due to various layers not being turned on. Will investigate further.  Can anyone recommend a good CAD program to use? (preferably one not too expensive) Thanks.

    I'm using QCAD, from www.ribbonsoft.com and there is a free, multi-platform version as well as a paid, professional version. 

    Since I'm making drawings for use by Annie and myself in the first instance, I may not be dimensioning fully, but will have the laptop by my side to measure off lengths on screen. I did dimension the bulkhead and backbone drawings, with just those dimensions needed for the initial setup, not for the furniture. 

    Those designers who are selling sets of plans for all and sundry to use without further consultation, will need to dimension them more fully, of course, and if there are unskilled amateurs wanting to build, I'll have to do more work on the drawings. Up to the present, I know of one other person with a declared intention of building, and I believe him to be fully able to interpret my drawings and find all the information he needs. Anyone else who has a firm intention to build, but needs more information and help, should contact me. 

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  • 11 Nov 2015 18:33
    Reply # 3628975 on 3628959
    Arne Kverneland wrote:

    David and Annie,
    I too surely follow this topic with interest! Even though I don’t need that particular kind of boat, I do like plywood as a building material, so I try to learn as much as I can.

    One question: I noticed that you pre-coated (float-coated) the bulkheads before erecting them. Do you reckon that they all will have to be painted or varnished later, even the indoors surfaces, or do you plan to leave some of the epoxied surfaces without any further treatment?

    Anyway, good luck
    from Arne

     

    Annie's kauri cladding has had one coat of resin, to protect it during the building process, and will later need careful hand-sanding and several coats of varnish.

    On the reverse side of the bulkheads, and on the insides of the topside panels, if the plywood has had sufficient depth of resin applied, and then sanded, it only needs a light finish-sanding and two coats of paint. Annie and I are both of the opinion that plywood faced with veneers peeled from a log is not good to look at, and should be painted.

    Inside lockers, under the cabin sole and under the cockpit, painting is optional. It makes it easier to see black mould and clean it up, and to find things in poor light, but is not essential for protection.

    There are some compartments that will be closed off, apart from an inspection hatch in case of damage, and these are best left with a thick, unsanded coat of resin.

    The outside of the boat will be left bare until it's all been faired in and sanded smooth, and then it will be glass-sheathed, faired and painted. Below the chine, there will be copper/epoxy antifouling, best put on before the hull is turned over.

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  • 11 Nov 2015 18:18
    Reply # 3628967 on 3520497

    Hi Annie and David,

    Thanks for putting up the foto's and the comments. It is very inspiring and I check every day for progress. ;-)

    Have fun building!

    regards, Rudolf

  • 11 Nov 2015 18:02
    Reply # 3628959 on 3520497
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    David and Annie,
    I too surely follow this topic with interest! Even though I don’t need that particular kind of boat, I do like plywood as a building material, so I try to learn as much as I can.

    One question: I noticed that you pre-coated (float-coated) the bulkheads before erecting them. Do you reckon that they all will have to be painted or varnished later, even the indoors surfaces, or do you plan to leave some of the epoxied surfaces without any further treatment?

    Anyway, good luck
    from Arne

     

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