to get back to work!Seeing as we didn’t actually lay the keel on Saturday, today was the day the first bottom panel went up.It’s actually two pieces because I knew it’d be too big for one person to handle. As it was it was a bit of a struggle to get it…
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It was very nice to share….
special moments with special friends! Words can’t express how grateful we are to everyone that came to celebrate with us.A good friend, Ray Martin, stopped in to celebrate with us yesterday. Ray is one of the most talented chef’s I’ve ever had the plea…
Keel Laying Day
Throwing a party with some friends. Pics to follow. Standby…..
Just a half day in the shed…..
My buddy Andrew will be here tomorrow to help me hang the rest of the forms. This morning I got the transom form up. It was too heavy for just one person to wrestle into position so I used my winch. It put a lot of stress on the vertical’s so I have to…
A lil’ slow getting started
but I ended up spending 7 hrs in the shed today. After checking my levels and diagonals on the strongback numerous times I got to setting up the verticals that’ll support the forms.Not being very patient I just had to throw Frame E up to see how it loo…
I really wish I knew
what I was doing. I told ya I make most of this up as I go along. This strongback thing isn’t any different. It’s supposed to be simple ladder frame to hold the uprights that will hold the forms in position. Ok, well there’s a picture in the instructi…
Today was a good day
even though it was “clean up the shed” day. ;-)The first task was to trim and stow the panels that you say yesterday. After that it was time to disassemble the long table! Wohoo!!After a quick trip to the lumber store I’ve got everything (I think) to a…
The last two
panels that I have to glass will be ready tomorrow morning and then the long table can come apart.These are the fwd cabin top and foredeck. Doing these now upside down on the long table will avoid having to do them later and working overhead. Glass lai…
With a lil’ help from some friends….
we got that big honkin’ roof panel out of the shed and stowed on the outside of the shed under a tarp! Wow am I glad to get it out of there. Two more smaller panels to glass the underside and the long table can come apart! *big silly grin* ’cause that …
