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Thanx you all..

well..... :-) i see it more like an adventure and a hobby. for the most part i can get my parts and materials for cheap and sometimes free. occacionaly i have to buy some machines like welders and such, wich i earn back by doing small work for others. Yes it cost allot of money but this way i...

To keep the mast upright, i use 2 stainless pipes 22mm pointing to the front instead of 4 rigging wires. Nice, sturdy, clean look

The need for a quick foldable mast in the netherlands is a must ;-) I think we can call this a 2 inch gap..? (5 cm)

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Found some photos from last year. I made a new stainless mastfoot and mast. Cant find photos of the complete project. I will post them later. For the old mast to fold down, fist i had to fold down the bimini to the front, fold the mast foreward and then the bimini to the aft. This setup both...

Hatch in the aft cabin is installed

Some more scrap materials where found, hahaha And made somthing usefull out of it

Some scrap material where found, some aditional projects where born. And 2 flagpoles where made

By lack of a correct size bending tool i did some improvising again. Turned out quit well in the first try

Its not allowed to weld metal in the hangar. so a temporary welding tent is set up. The stainless is marked and then tackwelded outside in the tent. Then its taken back inside for fitting. After all was good and aligned the railing is taken to my wordshop just around the corner for a complete...

A discision is made to replace the old teak hand railings. I have used the old one as a bending mold. This way i could coldbent the new stainless in the correct radius

A new front cabin hatch is installed. Like the new hatch in the aft cabin, this one is also customized with a solar fan

Also a new stainless samson post is made. Is slides over the old one en is fixed with glue en screws

The peaces are welded and sand down. After that, a woodgrain is made, to make it look like teak

Unfortunate the caprail was rotten in a few places so it was removed and will be replaced with pvc woodlook

After I renovated the deck hatch in the aft cabin in 2017, I continue to find it annoying to maintain the woodwork. Because I am making the entire boat low-maintenance, the roof hatch is also due. This summer I bought another deck hatch with an aluminum frame and plexiglass. I covered this with...

update. After enjoying the ship for a while, I completely forgot to give updates on the progress of the work. The swordfish is back on dry land this winter and I am working hard again to make it beautiful. first i will show the past projects in finished condition, and subsequently this year's...

and some more fueltanks in the making at the workshop

And of course I'm busy with painting and varnishing

in the end I got even more faux teak. i replaced various decorative edges on the front cabin and aft cabin and flybridge

I also made a new ladder and railing to get to the aft deck. here at the wharf they they are joking and say I'm making my boat wheelchair friendly. bending the stainless steel for the first time did not go well, I needed a little more practice. but in the end i got it right. I have welded the...

to all. again my apologies. it seems I've gotten pretty good at building a boat but I can't seem to get it right to post a picture well oriented.

also made a new faux teak deck for the aft cabin

in the meantime I started a repair on the flybridge deck. I noticed a soft spot had formed and the easiest way to fix it was through the bottom, i.e. through the salon roof. first I had removed a piece from the starboard aft ceiling to get to the soft spot. cut away a piece of polyester to get...