Class Globe 5.80 Build Hull # 111 : "Question 2"

Out of the shed to fit them mast  Stood the mast & all fits well  Two legend yacht riggers from Sydney , Westy & Gardo  So much stuff going on  Hydrovane again , sitting on its teak pads  Fabricated tiller fitting for Hydrovane centreline installation  Dodger frame taking shape Sign writer has been , looking good Packing day  In she goes  Next time I see her she will be in Antigua Almost 3 years of hard work to get to this point. Mostly part time but some full time near the end.  Thats when the fun begins ....  

Looking to Nav Station through port hole  Electrical box Westy hard at it again  We won the Americas Cup in 1983 .... Can one of the Aussies win the MGR ? This coin is under my mast step for good luck Mock up of Hydrovane tiller fitting for centreline installation Instruments & compass being fitted    So many things to do ... so little time  Marking out for Hydrovane centreline set up  Doubler pads internally & externally, 15 mm teak  5.80 rudder  & Hydrovane rudder comparison The extra crew member   

Into the spray booth. Kiwi Dave getting ready to top coat  The old mast from my sabot that my grandfather built when i was 8 years old, soon to become the tiller & flagpole for my boat  Shiny boat The old & the new. In front is a replica of the famous 18 foot skiff named Yendys (Sydney spelt backwards) with Question 2 in the background. Final fitting of the stainless steel pulpit & pushpits  Westy , marine electrician & yacht rigger extraordinaire hard at it  Iridium Go & Echomax antenna Deck layout is evolving  Shore crew Stork & Westy