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First step before building a boat is to find space for such a project.
Luckily I don’t have to build so high workshop as I did when renovating Motoko. The new boat will be much smaller and is a centerboarder so I don’t need so much height.
I decided to convert my car-port to the workshop. I never park my car here anyway - there are too many nails and screws in the gravel, after Peter who was renovating his boat here.
Material for walls is construction plywood. Crapy quality but good enough for sheeting walls. Folded Nano adds some weight to take away warp from the panels.
We had a few days of nice weather and above-zero temperatures so the work was pleasant.
Just two days later came snow and proper winter. Work progressed but slower: at -18 C I had to take it easy to keep my fingers unfrozen.
Working in the evenings, after work and during weekends I finally enclosed the space for new boatyard.
After two weeks of very cold weather there came one day with +4 C. I used the opportunity to paint the workshop, both to protect the plywood and to please my neighbours. Falu röd was an obvious choice.
White details on corners will come later.
I want to be able to move the boat inside during the build so flat floor is essential. Casting concrete is out of equation so I make a wooden floor.
Japanese panel-saws prove very handy and much quicker to do the job than circular saw, in most cases. Floor supports are above the ground, supported at very ends and in the middle.
Third weekend of the build and I’m finished with the structure.
Simple bench along one wall will serve for tools and epoxy work.
The next step is to add thermal isolation. My ambition is to carry on the build even during winter so I will need to keep temperature inside around 10-15 C for epoxy to kick. I will start with roof isolation and go down with walls. Mineral wool should work fine and I can re-use it once I’m done with the boat and demolish the workshop. Or maybe I’ll keep it for another build?