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I should say at the outset that: a) others have written very helpful guides on boat electrics in the Glen-L forum; b) there are also some excellent books on the subject; and (c) that the notes below fall into neither category! The first decision to be made was the inventory of things to be powered: […]
With the hull now the right way up, it soon became apparent that the largely pre-ordained sequence of events that characterised the hull building process had now given way to a far less structured world in which the only guide appeared to be the need to get as much in as possible before the deck […]
When pen was last taken to paper (or the electronic forms thereof), the Riviera was clad in mahogany and stained, ready for glassing. I was not unfamiliar with fibreglass and so approached the task with a level of confidence and happily procured much 4oz cloth and resin. A few test pieces were done to ensure […]
It is arguable whether work is the curse of the drinking classes, as Oscar Wilde would have us believe, but it is certainly the curse of the amateur boat builder. The requirement to earn a living (in order to pay for the thing in the first place), and the associated need to travel frequently, turned the process […]
While the essence of a boat like the Riviera lies in a gloriously varnished mahogany hull and lots of shiny chrome bits, a critical element of the overall aesthetic is that big rumbling V8 sound. And so the key parameter for the engine that I would eventually need was determined very early in the process – it had […]
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