Project: EVA

Building a 17 meter aluminum cutter

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Still Insulation

04 June 2011
Well, we are still working on the insulation, and have been for about a month and a bit. Despite how long that seems compared to the simple spray on foam, we feel we're going faster than we anticipated. Its actually very satisfying to feel the boat becoming more temperature and sound stable. It looks good to... not that we'll be able to see it once the interior is build over it.
She feels so much smaller inside now, the depth of the shiny aluminum now being covered with the black foam.... but with the winter wind and rain blowing outside its already cozy in there!

What you see on this entry's picture is the first layer, tucked between the frames and stringers. On top of this goes an equally thick second layer that fills right up under the T of the frame. It labor intensive and easy to make mistakes, but we won't regret it.
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Vessel Name: Eva
Vessel Make/Model: Ed Joy design 56' lifting keel & rudder, Jacobs Brothers Built
Crew: Claude, Julie, Noah, Lilo, & Finn
About:
Claude: 32 yrs old, circumnavigator, surfer, husband, daddy-O, buddha-like. Julie: 33 yrs old, loves to be on the water, bookworm, wife, momma, Eeyore-like. Noah: 7 yrs old, really into reptiles and surfing. Lilo: 4 yrs old, comedian, thinks helicopters (and anything very very loud... [...]
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Well... we started a family and now the normal thing would be to buy a house. But the problem with a house is that you can't travel with it and you rarely have adventures with it. So the plan is : build dream boat: EVA (dream boat definition: Aluminium, tough, low maintenance meaning minimum [...]

Who: Claude, Julie, Noah, Lilo, & Finn