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This morning I had to start sanding the bow section forward of the thruster tube and then the sides/bottom panels that’ll get fiberglass next. Working in the bow is a PITA as you’re fighting gravity the whole time. One hand to hang onto the boat and th…

First layer of the 12 oz biax on the starboard side & bottom of the box keel.Looking forwardLooking aftTook me almost 3 hours to get the entire length of the keel done. One and a half gallons of epoxy. This stuff drinks it up! The cut end of the fa…

Took a few days off to rest up the hands & shoulder. Think it did some good. Not hurting quite as much today.Did a couple hours of sanding this morning on the box keel to get it in shape for the next layer of fiberglass.Glass laid out in keelThis 1…

Now that the inside of the hull has one complete layer of fiberglass on it it’s time to sand it all nice and smooth for the next layer. Actually it doesn’t have to be perfectly smooth this time, not like the outside did. Most of what you see inside wil…

I know, I know, I said I was done working on the boat for the season but due to the insistence of my pal, Peter, we went back into the shed for some Sandinsanity fun. Now, Peter had a boat shed. He misses his boat shed. He loves my boat shed and I’m wi…

Been going pretty much stir crazy since I finished up work on the boat this year. My ATT finally arrived yesterday so I got to take the pistol out to the range for a lil’ plinkin’!It’s probably been 7 months since I had the pistol out to the range. I w…

Got my tape order in.L to R. 17 oz 8″ 125 yrds (Great Lakes Skipper), 6 oz 6″, 9 oz 6″ & 2X 9 oz 6″ fresh from Bateau.com!That is all.Standby…..

We are but insects in the path of Nature’s Fury!  I hope the storm passes Bermuda and leaves everyone unharmed.

I’ve come to the conclusion I can’t use this wood flour to make good fillets or epoxy glue so I’m going to call it quits for the season. The stuff just turns to much mush like porridge you used to hate as a kid.It leaves such a deep texture I’d be sand…

or so it appears at least in the wood flour world. Being the eternal cheap skate (remember the ‘squeeze the nickle & make the beaver shit thing?) that I am I picked up 12.5 lbs of wood flour off of eBay for cheap. I saved about 50% over retail. S…