Adding frames to the strongback
The next major step was setting up the frames on the strongback. I decided to start with frame B: it’s light, simple, and sits …
Class Globe 5.80 Feed Aggregation
This an aggregated feed of Class Globe 5.80 build blogs which displays the 10 most recent blog posts from CG580 builders across the world.
Not all build blogs can be included - only blogs that have an Atom or RSS feed as these are the only ones that can be imported automatically. I have also de-listed some blogs where the content is not predominently CG580-related.
This list updates automagically every day at about 6am UTC. The last update was on Feb 03 2026 at 06:01:35 UTC.
Logbuch 1-26
Voilà, hier der erste Eintrag im Logbuch. Das Logbuch ergänzt die eher technischen Blog-Beiträge - die noch folgen werden - mit allgemeinen News aus dem Projekt. Für …
Strongback - initial work
While waiting for the weather to warm up enough to safely glue the final pieces of frame D’, I decided to move on to the …
Schedule for 2026
I’m happy that Flow is slowly getting ready to sail. In just a short year, I’ve managed to get it into really great …
Windows for Flow
Even though I do a lot myself in this project, I’m lucky to have so much help from my family. My dad, mom, and …
En route pour la Troisième Dimension !
Début de la peinture intérieure...
On commence à peindre l'intérieur des dessus des coffres du carré à l'atelier de même que l'on résine quelques panneaux que l'on va utiliser sous …
Closing the deck
After more than two weeks of preparation, I was finally able to glue the rest of the deck in place. The preparation mainly consisted of …
All frames finished!
All frames!To finish frame D’, there was still one important task left: cutting and gluing the plywood panel on the opposite side to form …
Laminating the front part of the deck
As with the underside of the hull, I first had to laminate fibreglass strips over all the edges. This went much better than on the …
