Spindrift of Ngunguru

This blog is about my build of our boat "Spindrift / Rehutai" and its cruises. It is Design # 71 from Gary Underwood - A 10 metre, multi-chine ply passage maker powered by a 35hp Beta (Kubota)

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Dining Table Fitted

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The Legun fitting enables the table to be moved through 360 degrees and also out of the way.
Friday, 12 June 2020

A Sneak Peak After A Dry Day

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MOre Interprotect on now. All the exterior is now white and waterproofed. It can stay that way until the summer now when I will complete do ...
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Sunday, 7 June 2020

Galley Bench & Bunk Backrests

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Liking the galley bench that Melva varnished. The stove will hang on gimbals just forward of the bench. There will be a double sink unit abo...
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Thursday, 4 June 2020

Only a change of colour

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Finally started painting. What you see in the photos is some of the first coat of Interprotect. . Add caption Certainly starting to look dif...
Tuesday, 2 June 2020

Rudder Feedback for the Autopilot

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Too wet to paint yesterday so spent the day fitting the rudder feedback unit to the tiller. It is a bit more difficult to do with a transom...
Friday, 1 May 2020

Hatches

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Engine room hatch fitted. Final placement happens after the engine is lowered in. It will fit through the opening with the hatch surround ...
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Tuesday, 7 April 2020

Sanding Fibreglass

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It was a friend who, while building his yacht, made the statement "There is always more sanding." Wrong! There is much more than t...
Friday, 3 April 2020

Glassing, Sanding

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Nothing to show with photos. All looks the same except that the well-deck, cabin top and sides are glassed with 290gsm cloth.  The cabin fro...
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Friday, 13 March 2020

Engine Dorade & Gas Bottle box

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Currently fitting the gas bottle box to Port and the engine room vent box that also accommodates the tank breathers to starboard on the well...
Thursday, 6 February 2020

Some change

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Welldeck covered, Cabin top complete with eyebrow and cover boards / drainage and helm hatch fitted. Boom crutch and washboards for the hel...
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Hilton and Melva Ward
Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand
Sailors, adventurers, travellers. We lived on and cruised our yacht "Spindrift11" for 15 years but now live amongst the birds on this beautiful bush and wetland plot near Ngunguru. Hilton has built "Spindrift", this charming ocean going 10 metre ply passage-maker at home. Follow the Blog at http://thenewspindrift.blogspot.co.nz
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