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09Oct
Behind the port daggerboard case is a grey water holding tank, about 75 litres. We have a gray holding tank in the starboard hull, a 50 litre but it is located between the toilet booth side and the inside hull side. So behind the daggerboard case in the starboard hull we have always planned to [...]
30Sep
A couple of years back Jo and I went to a Schionning Muster and got to go on a brand new 40ft Alaskan (Power Cat). It changed some of our layout plans as we very much wanted to set our galley and bathroom out the same way. One feature was the kitchen cabinets and stair [...]
30Aug
As I mentioned in my last post some of the work I have outlined in the previous post actually took place in August. Here is the rest of what was done in August. One such piece of work done in the first week of August was the gluing in and glassing of the last pieces [...]
31Jul
I also left off in June with the bathroom main cabinet finished and a start made on the toilet cabinet. Since then I have also almost finished the toilet cabinet, made the shaving cabinet, finished the plumbing final fit in and also created the laundry cabinet. I cant quite finish the toilet cabinet yet, I [...]
15Jul
Continued on from www.mahnamahna.com.au Welcome to the new blog. I have been holding this site back for a while because Yikes is the name that our boat will launch as but we were not going to spring that new name until launch. It was going to be mahnamahna for a long time and stayed so [...]
25Nov
I was given an idea by a friend that makes campervans on an alternative method of making a curved corner panel for the galley cabinets, especially the floor to ceiling pantry unit. The longer a curved panel is the harder it is to curve it and maintain a fair curve. So instead of kerfing a [...]
15Nov
The galley is an area I have thought about for a long time. It was always understood by me that the galley and main bathroom would be one of the last sections of furniture construction and we (Jo and I) went through a number of options about how and where we would have the galley [...]
06Nov
I had made a start on the final section of the unfinished navigation cabinet located in front of the helm inside the saloon, it will also house the entertainment and all electronics on board. One decision we have not made yet is if we will use the plotter screen as our tv/dvd screen. At 15″ [...]
01Nov
The starboard hull furniture construction is almost complete. I say almost because although nearly all of it is made, there are many parts made but not glassed in yet and many part finished jobs that have small jobs needed to finish it all off. All waiting for one task or another, in most cases wiring [...]
01Oct
After a month of not getting much done, which followed a month that I got a lot done I am hoping last month was an aberration and that I can make some serious progress this month, because next month it will start to get very warm again and stay that way for 4 months or [...]
We want to spend a long time travelling the world, and whilst we aren't passionate (or experienced) sailors we decided that the best way to do this is on a boat. We have started the trip by building our own floating home, a 40ft catamaran. Yikes! 
We believe that it will take us about 5 years to build her (part time) and at least 10 years to sail her to the places we have set our sights on. So for the next 15 years or so we plan to journal our adventures on this website. Enjoy!
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