Cuddy furniture - Port side

After hours of gluing stringers to bits of ply it was finally time to fix in the first of the cuddy furniture. This will create space for the water tank, two lockers and an area to fit the wood-burning stove. Forward of this the frames for the port bench backrests are also fitted.

Cuddy Sides - glue and screw day

With everything ready to go and a fine day forecast all seemed fine to glue the cuddy sides. A bit of morning preparation was followed by the matter in hand once the sun had warmed everything up.

Cuddy sides - ready to glue

The cuddy sides are finished and after a few shavings here and there are now fitting together like a jig-saw puzzle. A helping hand from Lynn allowed me to put everything in place and I just need to wait for another non-rainy day to glue and screw.

Cabin side

We now have one cabin side - quite a bit of construction needed in this seemingly simple section! Much of the construction of this was made in the house (very patient family!). Just the other cabin side needed and the cuddy will start to take shape. Pictures to follow soon.

Over she blows!

A bit of screwing and glueing of stringers has been going on indoors during the cold weather; but also I managed to finish fixing the stringers on the underside of the cuddy base. Today, as the weather looks settled for a few day, I turned the cuddy base over so it is the correct way up. Ready now to start construction proper.

Progress!

It feels good to be building again, even though only a small amount. I measured and cut out one of the cabin lower sides today. Also, I uncovered the base of the cuddy that had been wintering outside. Pleased to say that it has survived the snow and ice from the big December freeze. Outdoor builds are possible, but a lot of patience needed and any timber needs to be protected in some way; in my case by sheathing in epoxy resin.

Winter hibernation!

Super cold weather and rain, together with the need to save up for the next batch of epoxy has resulted in a winter hibernation for Gypsy Sophia's build. The base of the cuddy seems to be surviving under a rapidly disintegrating plastic cover. Fortunately everything is epoxy sheathed so hopefully no damage done; we'll see when the project awakens. In the meantime, planning continues and we are looking at building into the cuddy a charcoal/wood burning heater. The Dickinson stove below looks like the ticket - a bit pricey but it will fit into the corner of the port-side worktop.