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Week |
Entry |
Prep Hours |
Build Hours |
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18-Oct-99 |
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Started designing hull with ProBasic |
32 |
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25-Oct-99 |
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Started designing deck profile and cockpit with Key CAD |
16 |
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Started designing panel layouts and assembly with Key CAD |
16 |
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01-Nov-99 |
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Modified the hull design with ProBasic (had to fair some surfaces) |
24 |
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Updated the deck profile and cockpit designs with Key CAD |
16 |
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Made a list of materials and new tools I would need |
4 |
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08-Nov-99 |
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Refined design of panel layouts and assembly with Key CAD |
24 |
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Designed bulkheads and deck beams with Key CAD |
24 |
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15-Nov-99 |
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Made a workbench in the downstairs room |
16 |
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Made a full size cardboard hull from Key CAD drawings |
30 |
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22-Nov-99 |
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Made full size cardboard bulkheads and deck beams from Key CAD drawings |
16 |
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Made hull support frames from 2 inch foam insulation |
8 |
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Ordered Plywood, epoxy, cloth, hatches, and other building materials |
3 |
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Modified the hull design using ProBasic to increase side panel width |
8 |
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Modified the hull design using ProBasic to fair the tapered shape at bow |
8 |
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Modified the cardboard model and made a cardboard deck for it |
8 |
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Started a web site for Sea Spirit |
8 |
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29-Nov-99 |
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Updated the panel layouts, bulkheads, deckbeams with Design CAD |
8 |
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Redesigned the hull using ProBasic (side panels were to narrow at amidships) |
16 |
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Redesigned the side and plan views with Key CAD |
8 |
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Redesigned the side panel layouts and assembly with Key CAD |
16 |
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Updated the Sea Spirit web site |
3 |
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06-Dec-99 |
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Redesigned Sea Spirit Hull to achieve a more pleasing profile |
20 | ||
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13-Dec-99 |
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Redesigned panel layouts and assembly drawings |
20 | ||
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27-Dec-99 |
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Measured and cut 4mm Okoume side panels |
12 |
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Measured and cut 4mm Okoume bottom panels |
12 |
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03-Jan-00 |
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Designed and Made hull holders for rear and front bulkheads |
8 | ||
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Designed and made temporary bulkheads for shaping hull |
8 | ||
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Stitched side and bottom panels |
16 |
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Designed, made and temporarily installed bow and stern plates |
6 |
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10-Jan-00 |
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Removed twist in hull |
2 |
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Applied Small fillets in between wire stitches |
6 |
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Removed wires applied fillets and taped seams |
12 |
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Took apart bow and stern and repaired skew in bottom panel |
8 |
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17-Jan-00 |
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Filled gaps between panels and sanded hull smooth |
8 |
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Glassed the hull applying first coat of epoxy to fill weave |
8 |
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Masked off side panel and applied epoxy with graphite powder to hull bottom |
16 |
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| Applied three more coats of epoxy mixed with graphite powder to the bottom | 12 | ||
| Sanded hull bottom | 4 | ||
| 24-Jan-00 | |||
| Masked off bottom panel and applied three coats of epoxy to hull side panels | 12 | ||
| Sanded side panels | 4 | ||
| Started coaming design | 8 | ||
| 31-Jan-00 | |||
| Made and installed rear deck beams and bracing | 16 | ||
| Made VCP hatch recesses | 12 | ||
| Made main deck beams out of laminated plywood | 4 | 6 | |
| 07-Feb-00 | |||
| Made and installed front deck beams and bracing | 16 | ||
| Installed front and rear VCP hatch recesses | 8 | ||
| Shaped sheer clamps for front deck | 8 | ||
| 14-Feb-00 | |||
| Made mockup of front deck | 8 | ||
| Tested mockup by clamping it to hull | 8 | ||
| Established a clamping procedure for installing the front deck | 8 | ||
| 21-Feb-00 | |||
| Modified deckbeams to match contour of front deck | 6 | ||
| Remade the two main deckbeams to lower deck by one inch | 8 | ||
| Installed new deckbeams | 4 | ||
| 28-Feb-00 | |||
| Installed front deck in stages | 16 | ||
| Glued it first to main deckbeams and front bulkhead | 16 | ||
| Glued the section where it transitions from round to flat | |||
| 06-Mar-00 | |||
| Installed rear deck | 16 | ||
| Made and installed the coaming | 16 | ||
| 13-Mar-00 | |||
| Made and Installed backrest to coaming | 8 | ||
| Epoxied deck and coaming | 4 | ||
| Trimmed deck edges with epoxy mixed with graphite powder | 4 | ||
| 20-Mar-00 | |||
| Removed curved to flat transition section on front deck | 8 | ||
| Designed a replacement section | 8 | ||
| Started fabrication and assembly of replacement section | 8 | ||
| 27-Mar-00 | |||
| Fabricated replacement section | 40 | ||
| 03-Apr-00 | |||
| Varnished deck and hull side panels, used 5 coats | 32 | ||
| 10-Apr-00 | |||
| Outfitted deck with bungee and hold rope | 8 | ||
| Made and installed seat and knee braces out of minicell foam | 16 | ||
| 17-Apr-00 | |||
| Finished hull bottom by sanding graphite filled epoxy | 8 | ||
| 01-May-00 | |||
| Launched Sea Spirit | |||
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Total Hours = |
380 | 454 |