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I see some guy’s boat workshops and they’re clean as a surgical suite at the hospital.  I definitely am not one of them!Messy boat workin’s!  :-(My ole Grandpappy always used to say: “Never trust a tradesman with a clean workshop. He’s no…

Today was ‘Hmmmmm?’ day in the boat shed. I was looking the bulkheads up and down and trying to figure out how I’m going to approach installing them. I know, a bit ahead of myself, but that’s how I roll in the shed!  :-)First up, huge gap in blkd …

That was the name of my neighbors boat when I was growing up! Always got a chuckle out of that.   Anywho, it describes how this project is progressing. At least we’re headed ‘in a direction’.Placed the bow eye and made up a backing plate for it…

Oh boy! What a difference the ceiling fans make! Much much better!  :-)So it’s warm here again. 30 C in the shade. I’m still able to putter around the boat this morning and did some sanding on the stringers in prep for more goop & glass.One of…

Thanks to Kijiji and the help of a few friends I managed to get a ladder tall enough (12 footer) to install the ceiling fans!Fans installed$50 for the fans. $20 for the extension cords. $50 for the ladder!    These two fans move a lot of a…

On a bright note I’ve picked up a couple of industrial ceiling fans for the shed! Now I need a 12′ step ladder to hook them to the ridge!Pair of these for $50!   I took my first shot at gluing in the engine bed on the starboard side.Stbd e…

A few years ago I took a tumble down the stairs and tore up my right knee and pulled something in my back. Lost about a year of boat building due to that lil’ screw up. The knee still isn’t right and neither is the back. Brought it to the attention of …

I can see how it’s supposed to go in my minds eye. You spend years looking at technical drawings, photo’s of how others have done it etc. But until it’s your turn to actually do it everything you think you knew all seems to fade away into the ether! *s…

Pretty warm in the boat shed today, thermometer was approaching 40 C which is waaaay to warm for this fat ole’ bastard! I was drenched inside of 5 mins!Managed to fabricate a new bulkhead or whatever you want to call it to support the prop shaft tube. …

Sometimes life just has it’s moments that seem to get in the way of a boat building session. Yesterday I was off and running for the UPS store to pick up my new motor mounts. Almost about to cross the border when the oil pressure in the ole’ IROC goes …