SEAYANIKA - Cal Vader 49

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS / PRE-CONSTRUCTION & SITE SET-UP

9/22/99 Move Seayanika Today Seayanika was transported from Costa Mesa to Vista, her new home. It took about three hours to load her up. While Don & Gil of San Diego Boat Movers got her on the truck, friends Danny and Mick helped load the mast and boom, the Lehman 80 hp diesel engine and 600 feet of chain. Once on the freeway south, Seayanika hit her all-time high speed of 55 mph. The unloading process was just a reverse of the loading, but took about half the time.

10/30/99 Fencing We used 180 feet of chainlink fencing around Seayanika. Then we moved in a 10 x 10 shed for tools and supplies.

6/4/00 Scaffolding We foresaw that we would need scaffolding around the boat, so when standing on it, the decks would be at about waist level.

6/9/00 Ship's Model We made a 1/16th model of Seayanika so we could design the deck plan and see where everything fit. This involved almost the same processes used to make the original hull. First we took 3/4" styrofoam and following the line drawings, stacked the foam to the same measurements shown. Then the edges were smoothed out to the same form as the hull. Next the foam model was put in a crate and poured plaster of paris around the outside. After the plaster hardened, the foam was dug out. At this point we had a mold for the boat. Fiberglass was laid inside the plaster mold and after it cured we pounded off the plaster. Now we had a duplicate of the hull (smaller, yes, but an exact duplicate). We then built in tiny bulkheads, little heads, settees, the dinette, galley and staterooms.

9/23/00 Boat Leveling Today we had a boat leveling party. In attendance were ourselves, Bob "Boat" Dow, Jenny Jennings, Brad Sherrill and Dan Fritchle. We used a combination of line drawings, plumb bobs and laser levels in conjunction with 4 hydraulic jacks. The bow of the boat had to be brought up over 18 inches to make Seayanika sit at her designed waterline. After the beer ran out, we concluded that the job was done.

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9/22/99	Move Seayanika	Today Seayanika was transported from Costa Mesa to Vista, her new home. It took about three hours to load her up. While Don & Gil of San Diego Boat Movers got her on the truck, friends Danny and Mick helped load the mast and boom, the Lehman 80 hp diesel engine and 600 feet of chain. Once on the freeway south, Seayanika hit her all-time high speed of 55 mph. The unloading process was just a reverse of the loading, but took about half the time.
10/30/99	Fencing	We used 180 feet of chainlink fencing around Seayanika. Then we moved in a 10 x 10 shed for tools and supplies.
6/4/00	Scaffolding	We foresaw that we would need scaffolding around the boat, so when standing on it, the decks would be at about waist level.
6/9/00	Ship's Model	We made a 1/16th model of Seayanika so we could design the deck plan and see where everything fit. This involved almost the same processes used to make the original hull. First we took 3/4" styrofoam and following the line drawings, stacked the foam to the same measurements shown. Then the edges were smoothed out to the same form as the hull. Next the foam model was put in a crate and poured plaster of paris around the outside. After the plaster hardened, the foam was dug out. At this point we had a mold for the boat. Fiberglass was laid inside the plaster mold and after it cured we pounded off the plaster. Now we had a duplicate of the hull (smaller, yes, but an exact duplicate). We then built in tiny bulkheads, little heads, settees, the dinette, galley and staterooms.
9/23/00	Boat Leveling	Today we had a boat leveling party. In attendance were ourselves, Bob "Boat" Dow, Jenny Jennings, Brad Sherrill and Dan Fritchle. We used a combination of line drawings, plumb bobs and laser levels in conjunction with 4 hydraulic jacks. The bow of the boat had to be brought up over 18 inches to make Seayanika sit at her designed waterline. After the beer ran out, we concluded that the job was done.