I often get asked how much effort is involved in building your own boat. My usual answer is ‘twice as much as you think’. In reality it’s likely even more. Doing it on your own requires a lot more pre-planning and I don’t find myself doing a lot of tha…
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Week End Update
Just a few things to report. The shed roof got fixed yesterday. My buddy Andrew came over and worked his magic. It should be good for a couple of yeas now. Hopefully that’s all I’ll need it for. Sorry, no pics, forgot to put the memory card in the came…
Do not step in the wet epoxy
then walk in the house and across the kitchen floor. Don’t ask me how I know! :-(Today I started filling the kerfs in the bottom panel on the starboard side. These needed to be filled before any fiberglassing takes place.I know it looks a little …
The No Blog Entry Today Blog Entry
Yet another day when I wasn’t going to do a blog entry but I did anyways. 
Finished up around 13:00 after finishing the sanding & vacuuming inside the hull. Tomorrow morning I’ll build myself a work bench for ‘INSIDE’ the boat. That’ll sav…
Makin’ Dust
I wasn’t going to do a blog entry today, just a video but decided to call it quits a bit early and enjoy the remainder of a nice, but cool day.I know you’ve all been waiting anxiously for the next Sandinsanity Video so here it is!Had to tape my GoPro t…
Bad day to be Sandpaper
Still working in and around the bow area cleaning up seams & drips etc. In the first 5 minutes I went through one brand new sanding belt and three disks, all 40 grit. The 3 yr old epoxy glue is hard as diamonds and just rips them to shreds. O…
Let the Sandinsanity begin
and the dust fly (again). Moved inside the boat to start cleaning up the seams etc. They all have to be sanded smooth to get them ready for fillets & tape. I used pretty much every sander in my repertoire and my electric hand planer as well! :-)Did…
Another Serious WTF
Got the keel blocked up yesterday and the cross bracing/form out of the way today. I had to bodge together a set of steps to get into and out of the boat this morning. Decided to take a pause to reflect on my handiwork and had another one of those WTF …
Video from yesterdays flip
Here’s the edited video from yesterdays flip. The ‘crash boom’ happens just after the 6 minute mark. Only casualties were a 2×3 & my undershorts. Boat is fine and no one got hurt.Carry on….
Hull Flipping Easy as Pie
Well not easy as pie but pretty close. She’s upright. I’ll add more details later. Standby.
