04 Dezember 2020

Making of our Hardtop - Slide Show

everything starts with an Espresso

croatian draft

mould starts / Form wird gebaut

tension pulls it down to create the slight curve

filler is added for round corners

beginning of slant at the front / die Schräge an der Vorderseite kommt

corners are added

window placeholder

wax is applied to later be able to remove the roof

gelcoat is applied

first layers of fiberglass on the frame

more fiberglass

fiberglass around the window place holders

fiberglass in the center

more fiberglass

and more epoxy

start of the supports running across

on the left you can see more supports

mould for the box-support to be able to walk on the roof

no bread box ;-)

support box out of the mould being polished

box is added to the main roof

and glassed in

removing the mould on the frame

removing the filler

now the actual roof comes off the mould

out of the mould

let it dry

and rest

and dry :-D

grinding and gelcoat for the underside of the roof

all white and shiney

mould for the lowered ceiling is made

and waxed

meanwhile we dismantle the old frame

and the windowscreen to polish it later

coming out of the cave

the crane is turning it over

so that it can be polished on the top

first fitting

still without supports

back into the cave

kedern rail is added for later enclosure

fitting of supports

solar panels and windows have arrived, first fitting

solar panels are glued on

hardtop is connected to the boat

supports made by Niko's father Pero

the cables now run inside the supports

solid work

foot of the support, 4 in total

counterfitting of the support on the top

the boom has to be raised

of course with the crane

temporary new resting place

a lot of thinking where the goodneck goes

new position of the boom, the old was the black stripe

raising the mainsail so see the angle of the boom above the hardtop

doesn't it look gorgeous ?

mounting the lower ceiling after electricity is finished

underside of the new roof

view forward (the windscreen is still missing)

no more head banging for Wolfgang

what a view :D

--- NOW --- --- Mai 2008 ---

und jetzt werden wir sukzessive die Fotos auf der Website ersetzen müssen ...

and now we will have to change all the photos on our website ...

Bauzeit / Building time: 7. October - 4. December 2020
gebaut / built by: Niko Kmetović, Na Rivi 30a, 20236 Nova Mokosica, Dubrovnik, Kroatien / Croatia