Kaimusailing
s/v Kaimu Wharram Catamaran
| Vessel Name: | Kaimu |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Wharram Custom |
| Hailing Port: | Norwalk, CT |
| Crew: | Andy and the Kaimu Crew |
| About: | Sailors in the Baltimore, Annapolis, DC area. |
23 April 2024 | St Marys, GA
D4 Launchie
The laptop pooped the bed, so I have to scurry around with alternatives. Not as bad as typing on the phone.
17 April 2024 | St Marys, GA
Dinghy Skeg
I was suffering with what seemed like a cold and also had allergy symptoms. I awoke and felt fine. The green pollen that was coating everything was gone. Maybe it will return.
07 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Clammy Hands
Items came in from TEMU, the Chinese cut rate retailer. One was a nice little drone that cost about twelve and a half dollars. It looked like an easy thing to play with while I coughed and sneezed. I was fighting a summer cold, even though it is not summer elsewhere, it seems like it here. A nice [...]
02 April 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Sun Doggie
After laminating the cedar strips onto the gunwales of the dinghy I found the screws I used wouldn’t come out. The epoxy had seized them. The screw heads were stripped so I cut a straight slot in the heads with the cut off wheel. The cedar smoked when the screw heads got red hot. I could remove [...]
21 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA
Just Add Water
The rainy weekend started off with overcast and fog but no rain. It looked like I might be able to get something done on the D4 dinghy. I wanted to change the bow seat which is really the bow deck. The sailing option uses the deck to hold the freestanding mast. I didn’t like how the deck looked, [...]
01 March 2024 | St. Marys, GA
D4 Dinghy Alternative Seats
The rain event was more wind than rain, strong winds with gusts up to 44 mph. We drove into town to see what the harbor was like. There was a small sailboat that had dragged anchor and was sitting close to shore. The tide was out. We left and played with Bleu at Notter’s Pond.
Galley Slavery
The stairstep planks were varnished with two pot urethane acrylic. An electric heater was set in the galley to help cure the paint, also the cabinet door frames were removed, sanded lightly with 150 grit, and given another coat of helmsman varnish.
The sample of "Discovery" laminate that was so disappointing was given to the kitchen department at Home Depot with thanks for their help. Meanwhile the search for laminate continues. 5 more samples were ordered from Formica, 5 from Wilson Art, 6 from Pionite, and 6 from Nomar. I was looking for a blue slate stone look, not wild granite or marble.
The stairstep planks were crosscut with a circular saw. The old steps were sanded and ripped lengthwise to produce two pieces. The larger piece was about 4 1/2 inches wide and had a bullnose edge from the original step. The second piece was about 1 1/2 " X 3/4" and square section. The two pieces were glued together and then the pair were glued to the bottom of the new step. This produced a double riser with the smaller piece behind the bullnose piece. Small square bearing blocks will be glued to the sides of the stairway. Then the steps with their risers will be glued down to the original bearing blocks and the new bearing blocks. The new steps will be 3 1/4" set back from the hull side. The bottom step, which will have none of the stairway to attach to, will sit on hidden stilts. These will rest on the sole, so the bottom step can't be permanently installed until the sole is installed, and the other steps can't be installed until the galley gets its new arctic white paint.
The picture is the galley area with fiddles, cabinet door frames, tools, etc., a work in progress.
