Sorry it’s been a few days with no words. Things just sorta got in the way I guess. Jeep needs a new clutch and when I was at the garage to arrange that the old Camaro wouldn’t start! I guess if you’re going to break down the garage is the best place. …
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I screwed up
Screwed up twice, at the same time.Bought new engine mounts years ago off of eBay. Price was right. My understanding of what they were and how much weight they’d support wasn’t.So the first screw up was on the physical size (footprint) of the Vetus Typ…
Rearranging Inventory
Today I moved the engine out of the back of the shed into daylight! I can’t remember exactly when I put it in there but it’s been at least 5 years since it saw daylight.Moving the engine out of the shedIt actually went better than I thought it would. F…
ACME Holes
Well not quite. ACME holes would have been much easier methinks!Poached from PinterestSo what’s this got to do with boatbuilding? Well there’s an old saying that ‘you know you’re making progress when you start drilling holes in your hull’. Or som…
Easing myself into this
I gotta ease myself into this boatbuilding stuff. Wouldn’t want to pull a beer muscle this early in the game! :-)Laminated up some ply to fill in the stringers.Epoxy glue to laminate stringersDecided to make full size engine beds from some 8/4 wh…
I admit, I’ve been slackin’!
Yes it’s true. I’ve been slackin’ of late. Finished my contract with the Gubment on June 1st and here it is 11 days later before I get into the boat shed in earnest. It’s been a wacky last week and a half. Yesterday we had to put down or cat, Shadow. S…
No, not yet
Not really working on the boat full time yet. I’ve sold my soul to the Gubment till the end of the month. 
I have been acquiring materials that’ll be needed to get some of the underwater hardware ready.Some of the stainless for skeg & rudd…
Drive line Dimensions
I’ve now completed the reassembly of the Python Drive with the longer shaft. The thrust bearing endThe above pic is of the thrust bearing section of the Python Drive. It is bolted to one of the two CV joints. I did this now just to squeeze the dust cap…
Early season post
Howdy folks.Rough winter huh? I spent some of it down in ole’ Mexico. We got lucky and missed the cold spell & huge dump of white crap that hit our lil’ part of the world. It was back to reality & the freezer this week though. While I…
White Stuff from the Sky
Well the first white stuff (in this case hail) has fallen from the sky. The high temp for yesterday was about 4 C. I’ve pretty much given up on doing any more work on the boat this year. Pulled the epoxy in from the shed about a week ago.I got done pre…
