Little Bea
sailing  adventures

Here is the link to my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/8LqoUZuCHGY We are getting closer...... Cheers !

I finally glued and screwed down the deck this past weekend ! The best part about this, is that the fillets are done in way of the Frames...

I decided to start making the anchor bolts for the skeg today. I did a full scale layout on paper of the skeg and the anchor bolt...

Here are a few shots of the plywood fitted into the cockpit area. The pieces will need to come out again to be coated on the backside...

The finishing touches are being done to the interior - still a little bit more work to go but for the most part everything is done. I...

Here is a couple of shots of the bowsprit and the cockpit side hand rails. Fitting the bowsprit has proved to be quite a challenge...

My stainless steel tubing came in so I have been busy with forming and fitting all of the handrails, pushpit and pulpit etc. Next is...

A quick progress post. Again, things are slow in terms of working on the boat. However, I did make some time between festivities ! I...

Not not to worry ..... the ice is only getting thicker around here. We are now in a lockdown situation due to Covid 19 so I guess I can...

All of the components for the interior are almost complete. I am building this boat by hand following the plans provided by Janusz so I...

Its been about 5 weeks or so since I have done a video update so I thought I would do that today. Enjoy .... https://youtu.be/q4hFLTEm7Vo

I have fitted the first stainless steel deck fitting in the bow ! This one will be bolted in to Frame E. In addition to a fair number of...

The portside bunk is nearly done. The bunk supports and the hull in that area have three coats of epoxy and all corners have been...

For some reason I decided to record an update to my blog and Channel at 0600 .... Still kind of tired so ........ Whiskey - Tango -...

For anyone thinking about doing their own work on the keel, here is what I know so far ... I used the CAD file that Don provided and had...

Since the boat has been turned upright, there has been a lot of time spent organizing the shop space and sorting out what the next steps...

Handy tool : I used this profile transfer tool to transfer the shape of the hull chine and the longitudinal stringers. Not sure of the...

Here are a couple of pictures of her sitting outside and then on the trailer back in the shop.

Saturday was a great day for the milestone of turning my 580 upright. I spent a bit of time prior to hoisting the boat in the air,...