Little Bea
sailing  adventures

It has been a busy time here at Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax. With the help of family and new friends here at the Club, I am almost...

For the past year and a half I have used this blog to document the construction of my Class Globe 5.80 sailboat. This was a Class...

Here is a link to a post sailing season review video. I have skipped over some things and put the boat in the water and went sailing ! I...

Installing all of the stainless steel components that were fabricated was next on the to-do list. Stantions, handrails, pushpit, pulpit,...

There were 5 coats of Interlux 2000E epoxy primer applied to the bottom after the final fairing was done. I had to level the boat using a...

The boat is painted with 3 coats of polyurethane. There will be 1 more coat applied once all of the deck hardware is installed. I needed...

Here is a video showing the construction of the daggerboard supports. Also a couple of pictures of the final product installed....

It was sort of like icing a cake. A BIG cake .... Once I got the technique sorted out, it didn't go too bad. I used the West System epoxy...

I decided to construct my rudder from Douglas Fir. It seemed to be a good choice based on based on the stability and strength of the...

Here are a couple of photos of the plywood seam reinforcing tape being applied as as well as the deck fiberglass cloth being applied.

I have to give a shout out to Pete Kenyon ( a fellow builder in the UK ) for supplying me with the 3D model of the skeg ! Thanks buddy !...

It's been over 3 months since my last post and a lot has been going on ! At the moment, I am waiting on a fair number of components to be...

The Plans indicate that there must be anchor points fitted in to various areas of the boat. These would be used to attach your personal...

Class rules say that we must reinforce the stern of the boat if we are fitting daggerboards. I am very likely to do this so I used the 4...

This is a continuation of the last post about the keel. She is all cleaned up, sandblasted and a 2 part epoxy primer applied. Most of the...

I picked up the keel today from the shop ( thank you Chris H ) and it is looking great. On the Plans, it shows a measurement for the...

This evening I started the reinforcing of the plywood seams with fiberglass tape and peel ply. This is my first attempt using peel ply so...

I found this bottom paint for my boat 2 days ago ! The brand name is Pettit, which is very high quality and durable. Contact me for more...

I am happy to say that all of the deck stainless steel is done. Pushpit, pulpit, handrails and the bowsprit are tacked together and will...