My god!

My god! I can't believe that it's been almost 2 years since i last updated my blog, to be completely honest, that was because no work was being done on dogmatic, she lay in my back garden for a bit, and more recently back in the BLYM workshop. Don't worry, after many months of putting off work she's nearly ready to sail. I'll give you a quick update on what's been going on:

First off, a few months ago, at the end of last year, the first coats were put on the bottom, and now in a rush to see her sailing, we decided against the orange and black/white and instead went fo an all black bottom, sprayed on by a friend and I using automotive paint. She started to come together and after the initial coats she was once again relegated to the boat park until such time as we could finish her.

This time came about last weekend when the cockpit was repaired, all of the holes filled and the structural problems dealt with. After that, the floor received an undercoat of white grip paint, ready to received another once the black was sprayed. The black was then sprayed onto all of the none-floor parts of the cock pit. After she was nearly dry, the bow plate, mast foot and highfield levers were put back on and up went the mast. A quick check to make sure the new sails set and the kit out started.

So far all of the hatch covers have been replaced, and work has started on reconditioning the foils and adding the control lines. We have already talked about the complete harken kit out, and it will all be going on the boat within the next 2-3 weeks.

There is a massive job list before she is completely finished, but the good news is she will be ready to sail within the next month for certain, and she will be completed by the end of the year for certain, but most likely in 2-3 months when there will be no more work to complete.

Big Developments!

Right folks, in the last week we've had some major progress made, first, our new sails have arrived! For £150 we have a gorgeous set of pentax sails in grey and red. As well as the sails we also picked up an undercover, which although described as needing 'a bit of work with a sowing machine' has turned out to be in fabulous condition and has been put onto the boat in the garden to keep it nice and safe and toasty!

Also, we have nearly finished rebuilding the gunnels and the deck, only one more tube of gelcoat required i think! Once thats finished, we have a arranged for Dogmatic to be moved into the BLYM workshop for painting, and we hope to move it in early Dec/Late Nov. 

Work on the spars, cleaning, painting and anything else start work hopefully this weekend, where we hope to be able to commandeer the BLYM container (usually used for storing single hander sails), which has a nice long, thin indoor floor that we can hopefully use for painting the mast and boom(s). Photos to follow shortly, as soon as i can find that bloody camera!

Hiya everyone! sorry i havent been posting lately, ive had a few personal/family issues that have had to be resolved so havent had much time to work on the 12. Anyways, work resumed a few nights ago and we have sanded back and started re-gelcoating the gunnels (the sides for all ye landlubbers) still have a lot of work to do, especially after dave chiselled a hole in the decks! hehe! Also booked our sailing clubs workshop for winter for painting, and then we are picking the new sails up on Nov 1/2. Got lots planned and cant wait to see her on the water! x

Hull Graphics

Since the weather has been so drastically rubbish this summer, one thing i have got round to doing is designing the hull graphics for the boat (as well as our harken stickers ofc) Here they are, comments much appreciated!!

You can also see now that the graphics have appeared as the banner on the blog...

Finally, the graphics are going to be made by the sign writer just up the road, same bloke who made the vinyls on my dads yacht, nice guy who will do anythin...