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Trimmed up the drip tray and screwed it into position. Slapped a coat of bilge paint on her and called her ‘Sally’! Done. What next?Started to lay out the frames that’ll go in the engine space. E2 and F for starts. I’ll have to build small ‘shelves’ fo…

Things have been pretty slow around the ole’ boat shed lately. I’m still waiting on the engine to be finished it’s service and the stainless for the rudder was just cut yesterday (supposedly).This morning I only had a few small things to do. I cut &amp…

Remain calm. Breathe! It wasn’t an explosion! You can sit down now!Two days of futzin’ around making a boom to attach to the Gin Pole. The purpose of which is to lift the engine into the boat.The engine dry weights 565 lbs. With fluids let’s say 600 lb…

Finished up drilling & chipping out the final two holes in the bottom of the keel. Once this was done I waxed up the bolts that’ll be used to secure the skeg and taped them ‘Up’ through the holes I drilled earlier. This will make it easier to line …

So looking at the stuff I gotta stuff in the keel, skeg bolts & backing plate and the prop shaft tube, I gotta do the skeg stuff first. If I put the prop shaft tube in I won’t be able to get to the bottom of the box keel at the stern.Out comes the …

Wanted to finish up some of the work on the stern bearing carrier before the rains came. Dragged my mockup shaft out of the boat and fitted the parts together to see if I damaged the bearing carrier or cutlass.First task was to drill dimples into the c…

For the for the first (and only) time boat builder good and proper tools are not usually a priority. If they last the life of the project that’s all I can hope for. Sometimes there are needs for specialty tools. Welders, presses, cutters etc. The expen…

I really have no methodology on building this boat. I usually have no or very little idea what I’m going to do that day until I get in the boat.  I suppose that comes from never having done anything like this before.This morning I decided to tackl…

What’s that old saying? “You can’t rush perfection!”  :-)Was just reflecting on where I was this time last year.Middle of Aug 2015 still prepping for glass on sides & bottom panelsIt was a marathon run for me this time last year. There were tw…

Finally some reprieve from the heat! A very nice, but lil’ muggy, 19 degs in the shed today!Dealt with fitment issues on Frame C.Frame C fitted & ready for glue & tapeStarboard side still needs a wee adjustment but I’ll deal with that once the …