burned out from all this boat building stuff so we decided to take a lil’ break from it. Been getting anxious for a boat ride too so we pulled out the ole’ boat (the one we can’t seem to give away) and get her rigged for a dunking. This will be her first time in the water in over two years.
This could be fun or a disaster. Don’t change that channel! 
is probably one of the most enjoyable parts of building your own boat. There’s a million decisions to be made and each one can affect a half dozen others. I’m lucky in that I’ve been able to follow a few ongoing boat builds like this as well as a few f…
and forge ahead. This mornings session in the Big Blue Boat Shed went a little better. I made sure the epoxy & hardener reservoirs were filled and used a mixing nozzle to help speed things along. I’ve read some reviews of these rollers and they sounded…
and others you loose.The last two panels we fiberglassed turned out pretty good!This was the same heavy fiberglass that caused us problems before. We socked the epoxy to it, which it drank up like a sponge, and all seems find.Sometimes having the best …
supplies in (epoxy mostly) so it was back to boat building this morning.Frames A and B glassed.Frame A (shield shape) will face into the anchor locker. The reverse side will get a lighter fabric because it’ll face into the v-berth.This is the heavy 33 …
with this last project. What we have here is a failure.
Cause is likely not ’nuff epoxy and/or the plywood sucked up more than I thought it would and left the glass dry. Not exactly sure what we’ll do with it, scrape it off or what. We had to move on…
One of the things about building your own boat is you learn things, fast. For instance, epoxy and fiberglassing. So far the largest piece I’ve done is probably a seam that’s 6″ wide by 4′ long. No big deal, you’re mixing up maybe 3 oz of epoxy to do th…
being pretty lazy I guess. Haven’t had much of a chance to get around to updating this blog so here goes.It was a pretty productive weekend in the ole’ boat shed. I managed to get laid up and glued three of the four large bulkheads.Here you can see Fre…
The Beaver sh!t yesterday (Gov’t PayDay) so there was no boat buildin’ goin’ on. Instead I had to drag the Admiral, through a horrendous storm, to get to a coffee sale at Giant Tiger store. Got my windshield smashed in the process! Well it wasn’t that …
I’ve reached ‘nuther milestone. All the long panels are glued and taped. That was a lot of grunt work lemme tell ya! Working in a tight space like that isn’t all that pleasurable. It’s going to get a lot tighter too!Keel bottom taped & glued.Once the l…
