Monat: Juni 2025

My hatch has arrived! Originally I wanted to make the companionway as shown on the original plans. But that wouldn’t have been so clever because a watertight hatch is required for the Transat and the Globe Race.
Because I couldn’t find a hatch anywhere that met my requirements, I ordered a customised hatch from Cule-Marine in New Zealand (they even give a discount for Globe580 boats!). I really like the hatch!

Because the hatch is smaller than the originally planned entrance, I first had to install a frame so that the hatch could be bolted down properly.

This is what the companionway looks like when it’s finished.

The hatch fits perfectly for me. It will be more difficult for tall and big people, but my girlfriend and I are both quite small, so no problem!

It took a while, but now I’ve finally finished the skeg.
The skeg is glued on and secured with six steel bolts.
First I painted all the gluing surfaces with clear epoxy. I made sure that the holes in the bottom of the fuselage were also well saturated.
Before the clear epoxy hardened, I glued the skeg with thickened epoxy. I applied the epoxy to the centre of the glued surface.

When tightening the screws, the epoxy was pressed outwards over the entire surface. Excess epoxy leaks out along the entire length, which means that there are no areas without epoxy.

Epoxy was also pressed upwards through the holes in the base. The screws are firmly glued into the floor up to the top.

You can now see why the skeg was made so massive: the rudder will be attached to it.

I then painted the compartment under the cockpit floor. The only thing missing now is the cockpit floor.