SPICE TO LIFE
PepperJack began life around about five years ago in a shed on the couple’s Kerikeri orchard. It spent the first year in the shed upside down, before the kiwifruit orchard was sold and the partially-built vessel was moved to their new property.
Des undertook most of the initial work on the hull, which comprises two skins of 9mm marine plywood laid diagonally over treated pine laminated frames. Two skins of 6mm marine plywood are used for the topsides, stringers are kahikatea and all the interior varnished timber is totara. Some 130 sheets of plywood went into PepperJack’s construction and the hull and topsides are sheathed in fibreglass.
The couple chose the Pelin Liberty design because it’s relatively simple and full-size plans make it a good option for a home builder. isn’t the first boat Des has
