Ok, do you want the good news or the bad news? I have removed all the suspect bog from the hull using a chisel. And in all it only took 15 hours. That’s the good news. I am 5 hours ahead of forecast for the job. Now the bad news. I sanded a 1 meter […]
I have had a lazy weekend, with a bad case of the CBB’s (Couldn’t be bothered) the natural enemy of the project boatbuilder. It is sometimes hard to maintain enthusiasm and motivation when having to do either the unpleasant tasks involved in boatbuilding (sanding) or having to do a long, hard tedious job that is […]
As of today (Saturday) I have managed to get all the soft bog off the outboard side of the hull and about half of the inboard side. I will be able to finish the stripping back tomorrow and should have the hull sanded and ready for reapplication during the week. So in the end this […]
I have only managed to get about half the bad bog stripped off so far but I have only put in about 6 hours so at that rate it should only take about 12hours rather than my original estimate of 20. The more I do the faster I get but caution is still needed as […]
They say trouble comes in 3’s. The week before last the timing belt on my car broke on the freeway instantly seizing the motor doing around $4000 damage to the engine on my car in Melbourne, and I was in the process of getting it ready for sale as I no longer needed to have […]
