Building: The Looping 50'

in blog •  8 years ago 

The Looping 50 is a French designed 50′ performance oriented cruising catamaran.
The build is planned to take 1 year, As I am new here I'd like to show everyone what I do for work and where we are on construction atm

The images show the construction of the hull frames on a strong back. Hulls are built using strip-planked CoreCell™ cut, routed, glued then screwed onto frames.

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Using pvc tubes with butyl tape to keep everything in a nice line and all frames parallel

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Then we can start adding the cut and routed Corecell

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And cut and shape

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Missing the photos for the first hull, but glue, glass, bag, vacuum and primer

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Then fairing compound and a ton of sanding

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Moar sanding!

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Eventually we can put on an anti-osmosis barrier coat and flip the first hull!

Well now that we have the hang of things, let's bang out hull #2

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Bagging glass!

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And sanding again

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Then just some photos of the 2nd Hull flip

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Finally we get an idea of what it will look like

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In the mean time we had been cleaning out, filling and glassing the inside of Hull #1

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Next to install some beams connecting the hulls

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Starting to install some keels and bulkheads.

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Installing salon and cabin decks

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Really taking shape now

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If people want I will do another post about finishing The Looping 50'
It should be getting finished in the next few months! Aiming for the end of August

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