Bullet by Matt Heaney
24 January 2008
My name is Matt Heaney (23). I am currently building a
Bullet, and I thought I would send you some pics of the
construction so far...
I am a timber joiner and I work for my father, so I was able
to use our joinery factory to construct my boat. I recieved
the plans early December, and orgainzed the materials so that
I had everything ready before we go on holiday here in New
Zealand. We have a good 3 weeks for summer holidays so I
planned to get the hull off the building form by the end of
the holidays, which I managed to do.
I started on 26 December and as of now (25 January) I have
done most of the hull appart from minor fillings prior to
fibre glassing and am currently installing the coamings. The
boat is looking good so far; can't wait to get in in the
water.
Building Form almost finished
The transom being glued up
gluing the keel with the frames being installed to the building form
gluing the 3rd layer of the sheer clamps
Prior to fairing
The plywood planking all glued and screwed on prior to fairing
The hull turned over - cleaned up the inside and had the carlins installed
That's roughly all for now but still working on it hard as eveyday I'm at work I keep looking at it and looking outside at the beaming summer sun and wishing it was done so I could take it out for a spin - good motivation I think : )