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JUN 27 2023
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B72: 16m Elite Mid Pilothouse – Flipping Out

27 JUNE 2023

The new 16m Elite we started building in the last newsletter has progressed rapidly. The hull build has been completed, she has been flipped over and the interior bulkhead installation started. The owners, very kindly, put on an afternoon tea for the whole factory the day the hull was flipped over…. which made the team very happy. 

Keel fitted and all faired up


Sven & the team spend a lot of time sanding to get her very fair


Brent and Josh starting the undercoat


Brent teaching Josh the fine art of painting


Three coats of undercoat & then back to sanding. The grey paint is a guide coat; it helps identify high and low areas while sanding


Top sides completed


The balsa core being glued on


Fibreglass lamination over the core begins


Filler applied, ready for fairing You may have noticed some oval shapes on the starboard side. These are sacrificial blanks that fill the window holes, they make fairing the topsides much easier; once all the fairing is completed they are removed



High build undercoated, guide coated and more sanding to get her as fair as she can be. The sharpness of her lines is a testament to the high-quality work by Sven and his team


Remember the sacrificial window blanks. Here is Sven removing them


The big day has arrived; hull flip


Turned over and back in the shed



Now the real work can begin; starting with the temporary frames being removed


And for those of you who stuck with it and got through all those photos, here is a little reward. Serim put this video together. Six months of build in 3 minutes 43 seconds.




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