The Gato build in Athens, Greece has moved another step forward. I just received the second batch of photos of the boat in construction and Wow!, these guys are moving right along.
There had been a very small delay as they waited for their epoxy delivery, but now that it has arrived, they are cooking along with real pace.
The hull panels have all been assembled and they have the first three panels on each side of the hull in place and wired together within the building supports.
The joints of the lower hull panels have been filleted nicely and a layer of glass has been applied, as well.
The builders are now ready to wire-in the upper side panels of the hull and apply a thickened epoxy line to the joint between the lower side panels and the spray chines. They will then fillet the joint between the upper hull panels and the chine panels. After that, they are ready to glass the rest of the interior of the hull.
Before the port hull is set aside in order to build the mirror version starboard hull, a shear clamp is screwed into place on both upper hull panels and a series of temporary thwarts are installed to keep everything steady and in place.
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Catamarans, Sailing Multihulls.
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