This is when Lori always says: “Uh oh!” :-)Well I’m always thinking. I’m the idea guy! Straddling the line between genius and insanity I say!I’m half thinking about revisiting the infusion process for some of this boat hull project. Gotta put some more…
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Yet one more SNAFU
After yesterday’s SNAFU with the epoxy I was hoping things would get better. I was wrong.This is part of one of the seams I taped and epoxied. It’s not normal to have these small voids.Normally the weave is totally filled with epoxy. Voids can cause a …
When it’s too hot in the kitchen
get the hell out! How hot was it in the boat shed today? This hot!That’s about $10 worth of epoxy that kicked off within 6 minutes at about 95 degs F! Grrrrrr!This stuff gets hot lemme tell ya! I had to rip the glove off and toss the tray outside. It w…
It’s a good thing
Walker Bay dingy’s have a one way valve in their garboard drain! We forgot to put the plug in! Well, sheeesh, it was the first voyage of “Lil’ Peace” and we were a little anxious to get going. Haven’t been on the water at all this year!Here’s the monst…
More Custom Bling!
I actually prefer simple unless complicated is really COOL! :-)My lil’ mimic panel came in today and I just couldn’t wait to stick the LED’s in it!It turned out pretty good. I almost goofed on the switch. It comes really close to the edge. It won’t sho…
A half day in the boat shed
is better than no day in the boat shed.I spent this morning sanding and prepping the fwd section for more carbon fiber. Using the peelply sure saves on sanding. It seems a bit wasteful to just peel this stuff off and toss it away though. The work it sa…
I love to feel the rain in the summer time
is the title of a song by the Welch band “The Alarm”. It used to be one of my favorites. So far this year we’ve seen a lot of weird weather. Today we got plenty of rain almost constantly and it was welcomed. It’s been pretty dry around here for awhile …
It’s probably cooler in hell right about now
Holy Crap is it hot outside! 34C and hotter in the shed 37C even with all the fans going!I had planned to get the first carbon fiber reinforcement on the bow & keel today along with a couple layers of tape. By the time I got the carbon fiber on the…
No putt putt putt …..
for Lil’ Peace! We’re going all electric for the dingy. Minn Kota Traxxis 55-lb Thrust Freshwater Transom Mount Trolling Motor, 36″ ShaftWe’ll use a Series 27 Deep Cycle battery and that should give us plenty of range. Picked up the trailer today …
Up up and away we go
I climbed back up on the hull for the first time since I had my lil’ accident. Managed the ladders pretty good. Knee felt tight but ok.I had almost forgotten what it looked like up there! I did some sanding for an hour or so on the taped seams getting …
