Building Posts

Published in Building on Mar 28, 2025

To register a Class Globe 5.80 yacht with CG5.80A it must be built to One Design Class rules. One of those rules being - to maintain a plubic accessible blog, with building posts and descriptive pictures covering the following stages:

  1. Making frames.
  2. Setting up fames and stingers.
  3. Hull plating.
  4. Hull epoxy sheeting and fairing.
  5. Roll hull and deck plating/glass-fairing.
  6. Internal plywood fit and crash box.
  7. Keel floors.
  8. Weighing hull.
  9. Rudder construction. Gudgeon/pintle and all chain plate fittings.
  10. Keel construction and weighing.
  11. Companionway hatch, watertight doors and deck hatches, vents and windows.
  12. Mounting of handrails, pushpit/pulpit, bowsprit, safety harness attachments and towing bow bollard including backing plates.