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Our week in review: Project management documents, workspace set up, plumbing schematic & second hand parts. I continued sifting through our fit out document FOD during my early morning, before work coffee sessions. It is too early to be making noise out in the workshop so I use this morning time to do CG580 paperwork, send emails, do research, draw, make lists and, of course drink coffee! The music studio to workshop conversion is coming along nicely. We have decided to do a little upgrade to the power so have been waiting for our latest round of Covid-19 restrictions to ease so the electrician can do his stuff. I have tripped the breaker a few times in the past without to much effort so want to beef the electrical system up a bit. I worked on a first draft plumbing schematic this week. I took an A3 piece of paper, and after roughly sketching the layout of the boat, drew simple shapes and lines to represent the plumbing systems we want to install. I took the time to detail every single item within each system such as double hose clamps and tapered wooden bungs. Once we have finalised our plumbing systems I will do a final copy using a software application, only because I don't want it to look like a chicken scratched it out with its non dominant claw!. I will use this drawing as part of the documentation required to apply for our Class Globe 5.80 Initial Yacht Registration File. In the mean time it will double as our plumbing shopping list.  I have been keeping my eyes open for used deck gear and equipment. I will be the first to admit that I would prefer brand new pieces of bling all over our boat but that may not lead to the shortest path to sailing. I managed to acquire six second hand 500mm x 500mm Lewmar deck hatches this week. They were destined for the bin so I rescued them... for now. They are not in the best of conditions, but we will have a go at cleaning them up and seeing if we can get two decent units out of the bunch. They were free so I am not going to complain... because as I have mentioned before, free is good!
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Our week in review: Project management documents, workspace set up, reclaimed building materials and meeting a spar maker. This week I spent some time reviewing items listed in the Fit Out Document or FOD. I looked at just over 50 items and asked questions about suitability and noted any secondary or supporting products that need to be purchased in order to use or install the item. Fasteners were an obvious example of a secondary or supporting product. The list of machine screws, washers and nylock nuts is starting to grow. We got back into the shed and continued the clean up and preparation for installing insulation. We are going the extra mile with installing insulation more for noise control than for keeping the heat in. Although temperatures in winter will drop to 4-5 deg, our detached garage with tin cladding is quite close to 2 sets of neighbours. We are doing what we can early to control noise! I was able to rescue some building material that was destined for the rubbish bin. My day job is building boats and currently I am part of a team building a 60ft sport fisher. Last week we completed the hull, turned it over and began dismantling the frames and stringers used to build the hull. Much of the MDF framing ended up in the bin but I managed to salvage some of the pine used for temporary stringers. It needed to be de-nailed and cleaned up some, but 46LM/150FT of 40mm x 24mm furniture grade pine is nothing to be sneezed at. We will put it to use somewhere during the build and… free is good!  I also touched base with an industry colleague that I had not seen for several years. He is a spar maker, and after briefly discussing the CG580 project he has happily agreed to consult to us on building the rig for our boat. We are not fully committed yet to building the mast ourselves but we can at least now work through the pricing and logistics of building one ourselves.. This will put the option of purchasing one into perspective.
See out Project Hours blog post for an up to date overview of our build hours. Our week in review: Project management documents and workspace set up. Version 1 of the Fit Out Document is now complete. This is currently a 222 page document listing items needed to fit out our boat for cruising and racing scenarios. Initially our Class Globe 5.80 will be used to micro cruise our local North Island New Zealand waters. On our bucket list though is an R2AK - Race to Alaska! Being able to put our boat into a 20 foot container and ship it to foreign shores was one of the things we liked about the design. As for solo ocean voyaging, there is nothing planned yet, however I have included items needed to both leave New Zealand waters on a Class Globe 5.80 qualifying voyage and to also participate in an official CG580 event.  The Fit Out Document or FOD will serve a variety or purposes. Putting a name to every single item that we will have to purchase after completing the basic hull and deck will force us to do things like find suppliers, discover pricing, identify weight, consider alternatives and plan for installation. Some items will be needed straight away while others can be added at a later date. There will also be a revision or two as new information is released by the CG580 designers. We finally got the piano moved out of our little workspace. This meant taking a semi permanent wall off of the shed, building a ramp up a 3 step stair case and a lot of huffing and puffing by 4 adults to move the Yamaha upright grand into its new location. With that job ticked off the list, we can now move on with some wiring for power points and lights as well as installing insulation.  See our Project Hours blog post for an up to date overview of our build hours.
Our week in review: Project management documents and workspace set up. I added a three more tasks to the building time line schedule this week bringing the total to 153 general tasks so far. I am almost at the point where I will start looking at breaking some of the bigger tasks down into their smaller steps and start listing specific material requirements associated with those tasks. A good example is task #20 - Machine all solid timber for hull and deck. This is the timber used for the chines, stringers, cleats and deck beams. Apart from the fact that I will have to order the timber and have it ready for machining (which is task #18), I will also have to do a bit of maintenance on some machinery. Following is the note attached to task #20 in my spreadsheet.  I also continued to work on my fit out document. This is shaping up to be 200 plus pages of gear, parts, and items with details about brand, weight, purpose, fasteners and eventually cost. This is a big job that I feel is important to do at the front end of the build. I finally got power hooked up to the new work space. We had disconnected it while doing some of the demolition. We wired up the new lights in a way that makes them mobile. Because our build space is small there will be a need to adjust lighting after the initial build for jobs like fairing and painting.
See our Project Hours blog post for an up to date overview of our build hours. Our week in review: Project management documents and workspace set up. I continued to flesh out and refine our building time line document. This involves a written overview of our project from start to finish broken down into tasks, with each task assigned an hourly estimate for completion. This information is laid out in a spreadsheet based chart which will live on our workshop wall. We currently have 150 general tasks written in the order of which they need to be done. This chart will help us manage our Class Globe 5.80 project in a variety of ways including time management, task allocation and cashflow to name a few.  I also continued to worked on compiling a detailed list of all hardware, equipment, fastenings and materials etc to build and fit out boat #71. We are still deep into converting our recording and music teaching studio of 8 years into a boat building space. Apart from basic demolition, building and cleaning work, we also rejuvenated five 1.2m long fluorescent lights that had been found in a bin and passed on to us. We cleaned and tested them and decided on a lighting scheme for our building space. These will make a great addition to our little workshop. Still a bit of work here including finding a new place for the piano!  See our Project Hours blog post for an up to date overview of our build hours.
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AuthorSHusband & wife team building CG580 boat #71. Greg is a qualified professional boat builder, hobby musician & human potential advocate. Leanne is a retail business entrepreneur, kick ass soap maker & sourdough slave. We love adventure! 
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