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Mahalini build

Malahini

Jeff Stevenson · 2026

A build log

Mahalini build

Malahini

kept by Jeff Stevenson

2026

The boat

Malahini

Designer
Glen-L Marine
Started
9 April 2026
Built by
Jeff Stevenson

We own a band made wood boat, but this is the first one we’ve built ourselves.

What it took

By the numbers

5 months
From first day to last
1
Days written up
11
Photographs
19
Words written

The work

Contents

Chapter 01

Strongback & Molds

Building the strongback or ladder frame and setting up station molds.

1 day from September 2026
8 Sep 2026 Strongback & Molds

Getting the frames and string back laid out.

So far it’s been a fun experience, kind of monkey read step, monkey do step, monkey get banana.

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Mahalini build
1 entry, 11 photographs, written down as the work was done.

The words and photographs in this log belong to Jeff Stevenson.

The log itself lives at
https://boatbuildlog.com/builds/mahalini-build

Printed 9 September 2026