I got an early start today with the intention of knocking off early. Also the shed is cooler in the mornings as the sun has not had a chance yet to cook the air inside, and it felt cool until I started sanding the panel and I soon felt hot, then later as I glassed […]
Another stinking hot weekend, yesterday was not as hot but today was low 30’s and extremely humid, until the late afternoon summer storms hit. I rode the scooter in a t-shirt and shorts to the shed so I headed off to beat the rain at 5.00pm but it poured down as I got half way […]
I have removed the peel ply from the forebeam and I am very happy with the finish. I know it still needs fairing but it already looks great. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me today so I had to use my mobile phone camera which does not take high quality pictures, but […]
On Friday Jo and I had a shipment of stock we have been expecting for our business and it was finally delivered after being delayed by a few months. We have been plagued for years by quality control problems so we employed a specialist quality control company to inspect a new manufacturer (that they found […]
I promised Jo I would spend the day with her today, not build the boat. Every now and then I like to take a day off the boat and go out with Jo and do something fun together. I was repeatedly told before I started building the boat that once I started I would have […]
After almost continuous daily activity on the boat I have not been able to work on the boat so far this week. There are various reasons for this mostly because of work commitments and also a minor cash flow issue preventing me from buying some materials I needed until today. So tomorrow I will definitely […]
Gremlins creep in at the most unexpected moments. I lay awake last night carefully planning the almost military set up of getting the u bolts into the beam and the 2 halves glued together in one fluid operation. I started by setting out everything I would need for the entire job in the order I […]
It is funny how fate works. Yesterday I wrote here that today I would start working on the inside of the planking. But I needed help to get the panel off the boat because it is too long for 1 person to get off on their own without risking damaging it, and I did not […]
I had a good afternoon on the build today. I got the dingy top painted in the morning, then had work to do most of the day, then in the afternoon I was able to wet the glass out and after an hour or so (more work to do which was actually fortunate as it […]
I did not do any work on the big boat today, I only had a couple of hours so I spray painted the bottom of the dingy with primer and did a little more work on the hatch lids. I need to get the dingy painted by Friday because Paul a friend of James (and […]
