Jahazi: Sugar scoop, engine beds and interior joinery (2014)

Introduction

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

With that in mind one may think that anybody with a passion for the sea can build an ocean going yacht. But be warned! It is not something that can be taken lightly. It takes time and dedication.This project was started in 2004 with the purchase of plans for the Didi 34. Although almost finished, it is still ongoing.

Sunday, 21 December 2014

Sugar scoop, engine beds and interior joinery (2014)

I have been working on the boat upside-down for the last ten years. That meant that after the hull was turned, I had to change my mind-set to accommodate a 180 degree change in the construction plane. However, the human mind is a wonderful piece of engineering and I could continue without any difficulty (I must admit that suddenly it was easy to get a general picture of the final product).
I started with the construction of the sugar scoop. The lazerette was also completed. As winter was approaching, I decided to keep on doing as much of the interior joinery as possible before I started on the deck and coach roof. The latter I will keep for the summer months, mainly because I could then remove the tarpaulin cover without the risk of flooding the boat with rainwater. By the end of December, I had finished the quarter berth locker, engine beds, the mast chainplate bulkheads, the chart table and locker and the heads locker.