Well, the weather certainly played the game today. Apart from a bit of very light drizzle this morning, a really nice day it turned out to be. Almost spring like! I'm sorry to preface recent posts with weather talk, but its a limiting factor at the moment.
This morning I started by cutting the roof to shape and length. The two front sheets needed trimming to the curve on the front of the cabin. It's not 2 full sheets but they overlap the curve. The very front sheet needed to cutting to length as well.
Once this was done I was able to finish welding the sheets to the roof bars which I started yesterday.
That done I set about inside welding the side sheets to the gunwales and bulkhead and joining the side sheets together, again from inside. I also finished welding the roof beams to the sides.
I am holding the boat in shape still with ratchet straps, only 2 now though. It's quite noticeable how much slacker they are since the welding today. I did a rough count and worked out I did about 25 linear meters of welding today.
I did find a small fault in my work though today. About mid way down the port side roof there is a lump, its only about 5mm high, and its where 2 sheets join. I could leave it as I'm sure it won't notice when done, but I can't do that. I will try to show it when I fix it, but not sure it will show on a photo.
Talking of photos. I didn't take any today, but here's one I found on one of my HD's.
This is someone else's finished one.
Note, this isn't my photo.
If the owner wants it removed please email me or leave a comment.
Also if anyone knows anything about this boat I'd love to make contact.