Tiger Shark F41 Building Progress
- F36, visitors, and F41 frames at bottom
- Ian Farrier visits Timaru
- Frames, stringers, and a bit of foam
- more foam
- port inner half hull
- hull half off frames, december 20 2000
- building second inner hull half, january 19 2001
- Peter Dobson from Fosters visits F41, january 2001
- inner hull halves and vacuum table, january 24 2001
- Ian Farrier visits F41 and F36 production, february 19 2001
- Ian admires vacuum table and Graeme's handiwork on inside hull
- lots of bulkhead and other flat parts installed in the hulls! April 9, 2001
- three views of daggerboard blank, May 24 2001
- daggerboards and case being installed in hulls, July 18 2001
- starboard hull out of the mold!! august 1 2001
- more pictures of starboard hull coming out of the mold, august 1 2001
- port section out of mold, September 10 2001
- port section getting exterior glass and resin, September 18 2001
- hulls joined, October 2001
- my visit to factory, October 18 2001
- Graeme standing on the steps. note headroom and width. 2002/01/18
- rudders 2002/01/25
- forward of bridgedeck, to port is fwd berth, then anchor locker, fuel locker, and stbd fwd hull (head and shower). 2002/02/07
- port bridgedeck, nav table and companionway and Ken and settee. 2002/02/07
- port bridgedeck, forward (settee). 2002/02/07
- starboard bridgedeck, forward (galley counter). 2002/02/07
- starboard bridgedeck, aft (stove, fridge, cabinet). 2002/02/07
- finishing galley joinery. 2002/03/17
- deck gear layout, from mast stbd aft. 2002/03/27
- bridgedeck cabin roof and windows. 2002/03/27
- Charles standing in the galley, note the headroom! 2002/04/04
- Chris H in bridgedeck admiring 700mm steering wheel. 2002/04/04
- port hull, looking forward of companionway steps, nice water tank, place for watermaker, back of settee. 2002/04/04
- starboard hull, looking forward, water tanks, shower, head area. 2002/04/04
- installed some hard places for deck gear. lotsa dust, no progress! 2002/06/10
- is that the bow pole or mast? unfaired hulls. 2002/06/10
- Graeme on deck. 2002/06/27
- aft berth with engine installation hatch. 2002/06/27
- High density inserts in cabin roof. 2002/06/27
- furniture; vanity in starboard head. 2002/06/27
- engine access hatch. can I really crawl in there and change the oil? 2002/06/27
- team glassing outside of hulls. 2002/06/30
- what a long piece of fiberglass. 2002/06/30
- outer glassing completed. 2002/07/03
- deck is glassed, what happened to the windows? 2002/07/15
- engine mount glassed in. 2002/07/15
- sail & fuel lockers; bow nose; interior. 2002/07/22
- traveller support, front deck, what a mess. 2002/07/29
- transom with traveller support; port fwd cabin cabinet. 2002/08/02
- carbon chainplates installed. 2002/08/09
- escape hatches, interior. 2002/08/19
- transom, traveller; chainplates tidied up. 2002/08/26
- interior looking good, nice transoms, what nice glass on there. 2002/08/30
- settee, escape hatch, fairing interior. 2002/09/09
- moving out of the shed, and to front of Aeromarine factory 2002/09/26. still needs fairing, painting, windows and deck hardware installed, etc. note entire boat carried on 12 casters in shed, very light weight.
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