Cabin frames

We've had a few good sessions working on Hagley recently, which is good as we failed to get down to the boat yard as much as we'd have liked over the summer.

Since the last blog update we have done quite a bit of work on the rear cabin frames - shaping them to take the T&G / ply cabin cladding. This involved much work with the power plane and belt sander.

Having got the rear cabin frames ready, we decided that we really ought to take the three metal frames for the front cabin that we had made last year and fit them. These frames are made from 4"x2" u-channel steel and are designed to prevent the boat from spreading in lieu of the more traditional chains. We wanted to avoid using chains as they didn't really fit in with our cabin design. A few 10mm drill holes (and one Performance Power drill) later we have three fitted frames:



More photos, including the obligatory homage to Badass, on Flickr.