FAQ's!
These photos in the links below will (hopefully) record the construction and continuing life of our Bruce Roberts
'Centennial Spray 38'.
MANY thanks to for making the project happen!
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Laying out plans, making and standing frames |
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Building the transom and starting the fore-and-aft planking |
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Completing the fore-and-aft planking |
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Planking the double diagonal hull layers |
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Building the keel deadwood and the stem, fairing the hull |
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Fairing the hull, turning over and cleaning up inside |
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Coating the hull interior, fitting the frames and bulkheads |
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Fitting the bulkheads, side decks and tankage |
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MORE tankage, fore deck framing and anchor locker |
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STILL more tankage and bowsprit |
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Completing the tanks, constructing the rudder and beginning cabinetry |
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Finalising the rudder, cabinetry, finish coating forepeak and under deck beams |
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More cabinetry, completing the finishing of side and foredeck beams. Fitting the side deck and foredeck. |
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Still more cabinetry, fitting the cabin side combings and ballast keel, and installing the motors. |
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STILL more cabinetry, installing earth bonding strap, fitting the port side cabin combings, and finishing the motor installation. |
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STILL more cabinetry (aft cabin, saloon, galley and navigatorium), building the cockpit and starting plumbing and electrical work. |
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STILL more cabinetry (aft cabin, saloon, galley and navigatorium), continuing plumbing and electrical work and fitting the rudder. |
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Completing cabinet work, beginning cabin top. |
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Installing cabin beams and engine room sound insulation. |
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Finishing the cabin top beams and installing the cabin top. |
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Trimming out hatches, making main companionway, glassing decks and laying teak. |
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Fitting cutwater, caulking teak deck, constructing cockpit screen, fitting cap rail and fairleads. |
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Laminating trailboards, finishing teak deck, fairleads and cap rail, completing cockpit fit-out, making deck organisers, starting to locate deck and sailing hardware and fastening earth strap to keel. |
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Painting the cabin top, laminating the cabin sole overlay, and completing lots of other important LITTLE jobs. |
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Completion of the cabin top painting, completion of cabin sole overlay, saloon table and MORE important LITTLE jobs. |
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Installation of cabin top hardware, hatches and ports. Painting of topsides. Interior door trim, fiddles and bunk fronts. |
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Completing the installation of cabin top hardware, hatches and ports. Moving the boat from shed to hardstand. Building a teak bowsprit platform and painting interior doors and removeable panels |
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Stepping the rig and fitting the bowsprit platform. Having a REST! |
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Installing electrical, fuel, heating and freshwater, saltwater and bilge plumbing systems. |
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Still installing electrical, fuel, heating and freshwater, saltwater and bilge plumbing systems. Sanding and Everduring the cabin sole. |
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Sanding, resinning and filling all of the interior bulkheads in preparation for paint. Applying the first coat of undercoat and MORE sanding. |
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Sanding the interior high build undercoat, installing the aft rail, remasking for the final interior undercoat, and sanding the final interior undercoat. |
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Sanding the interior Perfection undercoat, installing the bow rail, remasking for the final interior topcoat, final interior painting, bootstriping, antifouling, final installation of interior systems, installation of propeller and running up of motor. |
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Unmasking the interior, preparing for launch, LAUNCHING and taking a break! |
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Back to the boat after a VERY long hiatus. Finishing the dodger, doing interior varnish work and installing deck gear. First SAIL!!!!!! |
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Cruising through Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand. |
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Constructing and fitting a new hard dodger. |