Aqua Cat by Daniel Bucklin, Glenhaven, NSW, Australia
27 July 2009 Update Continued
Here is a look at the cockpit framing. I had some 200 year
old cedar laying around so I used that instead of plywood
with a capping strip. The cedar is really nice to work with
and if you can salvage some, by all means, do so.
Here we see a cabin side installed. A cabin beam is being
used to get the cabin sides to match up vertically. It gets
screwed to the doubler on the inside of the carling for now.
Here is the windshield going together. This is a tricky part
of the constuction and I wanted to get it right. I over-built
everything and I think it will be quite strong. The plan is
to have tempered safety glass made for the winshield and
toughened glass for the sides.
The winscreen is complete and the doublers are being fitted
here. You can also see the cabin sides, bulkhead and cabin
beams installed as well. Everything is coming together
nicely.
Here is a picture of the cockpit coaming installed. I see
that other builders of this design have ommited this item but
I can't understand why. This part raises the freeboard
and helps to keep water out of the cockpit. It also looks
kind of cool.