SibLim update

  • 01 Jul 2018 06:35
    Reply # 6352412 on 4315719

    Annie, have you put a label onto each wire as it arrives into the switch panel area? The white heat shrink tube, that you write on with ballpoint pen before heating, is good. Saves confusion later on, when the number of wires has multiplied.

  • 01 Jul 2018 03:13
    Reply # 6352309 on 4315719

    It's been cold enough that I had to go and buy some more fast hardener, but the colder weather makes spreading polyurethane paint around that much easier.  I dare say it only achieves a percentage of its potential hardness, but it's still a lot harder than enamel, so that's fine.  Another blog, for those who are interested. (I just tried to attach a couple of picture files, but both were rotated 90 degrees.  Most peculiar.  So you'll have to go to the blog to see them.)

  • 19 Jun 2018 08:21
    Reply # 6320443 on 6319418
    David Tyler wrote:
    David Thatcher wrote:
    Annie Hill wrote:

     I don't think pictures on the deckhead are quite my thing!

    Well, some people do fit mirrors to the ceiling of their bedroom, so I am told!
    Or:

    https://uk.thenightsky.com/

    ?

    Oh, that's really rather lovely.  But I won't need to bother - I'll have a hatch over the bunk and be able to look at the real thing.  And, Mr Thatcher, when it's dark, and the light is on, it will work like a mirror too.  (How horrid!)
  • 18 Jun 2018 21:07
    Reply # 6319418 on 6319413
    David Thatcher wrote:
    Annie Hill wrote:

     I don't think pictures on the deckhead are quite my thing!



    Well, some people do fit mirrors to the ceiling of their bedroom, so I am told!
    Or:

    https://uk.thenightsky.com/

    ?

  • 18 Jun 2018 20:54
    Reply # 6319413 on 6317657
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    Annie Hill wrote:

     I don't think pictures on the deckhead are quite my thing!



    Well, some people do fit mirrors to the ceiling of their bedroom, so I am told!
  • 18 Jun 2018 03:05
    Reply # 6317657 on 4315719

    It IS off white and looks positively cream against the white gloss in the lockers. However, the varnished trim breaks it all up.  It was the deckhead that was overwhelming because it seems to go on for ever - I can handle the cabin sides because of (thank heavens!) the varnished bulkheads. I don't think pictures on the deckhead are quite my thing!


  • 17 Jun 2018 15:28
    Reply # 6317020 on 4315719

    "When the deckhead was finally in place, it looked like the inside of an igloo and I wondered if I'd made a big mistake. I'm not fond of acres of paint, in truth, but all this white paint is to keep the interior of the boat light."

    Something between white and cream is a lot less stark and "dentist's surgery" - but too late now. It'll be OK when you get some pictures up!

  • 17 Jun 2018 09:17
    Reply # 6316798 on 4315719

    I've finally got round to updating my blog.  Life has been getting in the way I again, but I plod on anyway.  One day ...



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  • 27 May 2018 03:49
    Reply # 6265894 on 4315719

    I forgot to mention last time I posted, but no doubt my 'fans' will have looked at my blog , anyway.  The latest one shows the deckhead finally in the forecabin.  A bit of trim and finish cleaning up four portholes and it will be finished.  Apart from bunk cushions, of course.

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  • 30 Apr 2018 21:39
    Reply # 6126910 on 6126908
    Annie Hill wrote:
    Paul Thompson wrote: You misunderstood, I did not mean to suggest that you should do it. Only to show that you can have a fully balanced rudder that is supported at both ends.

    Ah, I thought it was a suggestion.  I knew of your style of rudder, in fact.  They are usually fitted to motor boats in England.
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