history
Oone of the first sailing trips with the new mithrandir (HAVCAT 31 build nr2)
Mithrandir at the swedish south coast near karlskamm
Simon Rhebergen, builder of multihulls with his first project building mould for serial production
The process : build a exact copy of the boat in wood (plug), seal it with a smooth coat
over the plug ( hull and deck here) one builds a stiff and strong female mould
the female mould is pulled from the plug and ready to produce GRP parts from
the surface of the mould is treated with a wax so the GRP part will not stick to the mould
the outer layer of the GRP deckt (with the smooth outerskin still in the mould) before a foam layer is applied
preparing glass fabric and foam to glue on the GRP part still in the mould.
after the foam is gue inside the GRP deckpart, the surface is smoothed and extra layers of glass are applied
removing a GRP part from its mould
Eddy Dunlop on its own way involved in the building process
applying foam on the first layer of the middle deck
the first hull and deck are glued together (dec 1988)
inside the deck and hull connection is reenforced with glass
the bow up to the waterline is strengthend with kevlar to give extra protection against hitting floating objects
this will become our next boat, how much work still?
a hole is cut to install the daggerboard case inside in the hull
a hole will be cut here to glue the daggerboard case inside the hull
the case is mounted, the daggerboard enters from outside above and stick below the hull in the water
waxing and polishing a mould
our first hull is ready to install the interior (to our own design)
many more coffee needed before finishing all
the plug of the middle beam, a very strong and complicated part. the mast will exert a enourmous compresion on the construction
the plug of the middle beam is painted and ready to make the female mould from
the upper and lower mould from the middle beam
again, the first layers of glass in the mould of the middle beam
the middle beam has a complicated construction inside
the upper and lower part of the middle beam are glued together (still in the lower mould)
the comleted middlebeam is lifted out of the lower mold
parts of the interior arrive. we made them in our living room
the beginning
finishing off the interiour
the frame of the escape hatch. what did I know that I had to use ir some years later
mithrandir starts looking like a boat. But still a lot of work to do.its begin of april, launch in begin of may !!
discussing how to cut a hole for a window
relaxing
beautiful all this mahogany
many friends lend a hand
the aft trampoline is ready. willem made it
the trampoline is checked for size
the last plug, for the outboard mount, is made
and the female mould of the outboard mount is ready
removing the plug from the mould is not easy
thatsv it, the ultimate mould for the Havcat 31 is finished
sleeping during thev work shift, it is allowed
family is admiring our work
the boat is outside. within a week she will be launched. the mastmaker is there to install the mast
this one looks to tall
installing the windex wind direction pointer
view from above
the boat does not look finished, however the guest are already invited for the launch.
the day before the launch
willem at work
gerrit and many more friends help at the last day before launch
what were we young and relaxed
the day of the launch, our regular crane driver is available in time
I am lifted and feel lucky
I baptize you "mithrandir", the elves name of gandalf from tolkien's Lord of the Rings
build nr 3, definitely
first trip with mithrandir
checking if all the bolds are fixed okay
lifting a hull
fast she is, definitely !!!
complicated, those lines
a swedish friend, ib moller, wrote an article for a watersports magazine after we met in sweden