Definitively a Jouët Caprice
By Ryan on Sunday 29 August 2010, 20:36 - Roof - Permalink
This weekend I had hoped to be able to
gelcoat the roof, however that was a bit optimistic. I will need one more
weekend for that. Besides, the weather was not good enough.The hatch frame took nearly all of sunday to work on, and is what shook up the schedule.
This morning I took the big leap and cut out the front window, as well as the
hatch area so I could fit the hatch and fine-tune the frame.
Before all this, however, I got all the bases of the hardware put in place.
I wanted to have a couple of layers of glass, so as to raise the blockers, the winches, and the vents up by a couple of millimeters. The advantage of doing this is that it allow:
And here is Christophe again, putting in place the base for the port winch:
When done, and cleaned up, you can see how this gives nice raised bases for the hardware:
In that photo, you can also see that I have sanded the surface even, ready for the first layer of Gelcoat.
I have placed the hardware on the raise bits for this photo, to demonstrate how it all goes together (note that the handrail is missing):
I finally got around to cutting out the hatch. To do so, I used a tungsten carbide Dremel cutter, which cut through it like butter, allowing me to make those nice round curves you see:
I encountered no problems in this, and the hatch went in flawlessly (and YES I see that I have more work to to to get it flush...):
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I built up the sides to as to create a totally flat surface for the hatch, keeping the sides larger to be inline with the Caprice design:
Here is a profile shot of the hatch:
My first concern, that of getting the right measurements was helped again by Joury over there in the Netherlands, who gave me the measurements of his Caprice last year.
Here you can see Christopher helping me mark the outline of the window, and the area to be cut, according to Joury's instructions:
And here you can see what she looks like, with the window cut out and the hatch in place:
Here is an angle shot of the Reesie Jouet:
And on the Lil' Mule II:
Next time I go there, I will round off the edges of the raised bases and hatch frame and taper them onto the deck with masic, as well as try and finally make it to the Gelcoat before the season turns too cold.
Before all this, however, I got all the bases of the hardware put in place.
I wanted to have a couple of layers of glass, so as to raise the blockers, the winches, and the vents up by a couple of millimeters. The advantage of doing this is that it allow:
- strengthening the area for the hardware,
- helping water flow around the hardware, and thus help avoid leaks,
- giving me a totally flat surface on which to place the hardware. The roof is curved, and so placing the blocker etc. directly on the roof would make for an imperfect seal, as well as be weak.
And here is Christophe again, putting in place the base for the port winch:
When done, and cleaned up, you can see how this gives nice raised bases for the hardware:
In that photo, you can also see that I have sanded the surface even, ready for the first layer of Gelcoat.
I have placed the hardware on the raise bits for this photo, to demonstrate how it all goes together (note that the handrail is missing):
The hatch
I finally got around to cutting out the hatch. To do so, I used a tungsten carbide Dremel cutter, which cut through it like butter, allowing me to make those nice round curves you see:
I encountered no problems in this, and the hatch went in flawlessly (and YES I see that I have more work to to to get it flush...):
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I built up the sides to as to create a totally flat surface for the hatch, keeping the sides larger to be inline with the Caprice design:
Here is a profile shot of the hatch:
Cutting out the window
My first concern, that of getting the right measurements was helped again by Joury over there in the Netherlands, who gave me the measurements of his Caprice last year.
Here you can see Christopher helping me mark the outline of the window, and the area to be cut, according to Joury's instructions:
And here you can see what she looks like, with the window cut out and the hatch in place:
Here is an angle shot of the Reesie Jouet:
And on the Lil' Mule II:
Next time I go there, I will round off the edges of the raised bases and hatch frame and taper them onto the deck with masic, as well as try and finally make it to the Gelcoat before the season turns too cold.
