June 2007
The glass in the main cabin was measured up and ordered while Kaipuke was at the sandblasting shed. The glass company was next door. The glass is cut, tempered (to what they call "armour-plate"), and a ceramic bead etch around the edge. When it is installed it is simply glued on.
Pretty amazing what you can do with glue these days.
Kaipuke is the New Zealand Maori name meaning ship. This blog is about the recovery and building of an abandoned steel boat project. She is a 52 foot ketch designed by Frank Pelin, known as a Pelin Exodus.
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- A big milestone !
- In through the companionway
- I need a crane for the engine
- Other cabins and bulkheads
- Forward cabin fit out
- Out of the bilges at last
- Ballast & my summer holiday
- Ships ballast and the chinese demand for scrap metal
- Getting her weathertight
- Glass in
- Sandblast & paint
- The major repairs
- You gotta have the right toys
- The Original Gearbox
- The big beautiful engine
- What's been happening
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