The journey of Mahna Mahna started the moment we decided we wanted to build our own Catamaran and then sail the world on her, but the actual building started in September 2005. The initial materials for our Schionning 1230 Wilderness Catamaran arrived from ATL composites and some other suppliers, over August 2005 and work on the strongback, the frame upon which the hulls are built, started in September. The journal starts with the building of the strongback. We will endeavour to pass on what we learn in the building process as we go and we welcome any questions or advise from anyone either following us or ahead of us in the journey. There are many different methods used by builders and the methods we use and describe on our site are suggestions only. You should always consult your designer and materials supplier for the best method of construction.
Early September 2005 Buying second hand
timber
After weeks of “other” engagements we finally got the time to order the timber
for the strongback, after a false start on the weekend. A local timber recycler thought he
had what we needed but it turned out he didn’t but fortunately we found another used
timber recycler about an hour away in Cessnock. So we took a drive out to see what he had.
We decided to stop for a counter lunch and after passing a pub with “$7” lunches
which I considered to be a mistake (to pass!) we decided on the Irish pub where we had a
$10 lunch each, but as they were delicious I cant now claim that passing the cheap lunches
was a mistake as they may have been crap…..I guess we will never know! After I start
making the strongback, it will become the “Official” start date of the project
for those that are reading with an interest to building themselves. The timber is being
delivered tomorrow so I am hoping to have the strongback made by the weekend. I have of
course walked around the pallets of panels, oh its got to be at least 20 times now, and
stared at the plans, and measured the space I will be building in, etc so it hasn’t
all been lying around on the couch! I have been hard at it!!
I am not including the drive out to Cessnock for the strongback timber as time spent building the boat, nor will I include time at hardware stores or boating stores (or boatshows, no-one could say that they are work!!) buying things for the boat. I am only going to inlcude work that everyone has to do on the actual building of the boat. So no addition to the time log yet. I can't even claim the laps I have done of the pallets in the warehouse as "labour"!
Time Spent 0.30 Hours Total build time so far: 0.30 Hours Total Elapsed Time: 3 weeks
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