M&M Ovenden splendid construction

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Originally Posted by M&M Ovenden

Good day guys,

Thanks for all the nice comments, I'm quite intimidated...Daniel, you are making me much honor.

Kach, Troy; yes the duck eggs are fine but the meat is even better (the one in the picture never made it to the freezer though) . For eggs I favor the free range chicken eggs...when the dog don't steal them all.

Hoytedow; The bill is huge! Saying otherwise would not be honest. When I say so though I'm not as much thinking money wise but as the impact it has on our day to day lives. This said, being who we are, if it wasn't this project an other one would be keeping Mark and I busy....

Rick; it was my pleasure meeting Lori and you, I'm glad you came by. As soon as crazy Marvin is all heeled up from his fight with the beaver, we'll start again going for our regular walks in Iroquois and certainly keep an interested eye on your project.

Brian; getting your hull professionally built is not cheating! It's wise. Each one has to decide what the project is to them. There is no merit to undertake a project if it's for the wrong reasons or by the wrong means. Setting clear goals and reaching them by the most sensible means is what has merit. Thanks for the toast!

Mike; we did joke around wondering what we would do with spare time as we were working on our first boat. After two years of building and finally on a long vacation, cruising and doing nothing we started dreaming a bit much, within a few hours the boat was for sale and I started drawing the next...here we are now. I doubt we do it again...I'd like to find time to windsurf with Mark, play more with my dogs, cruise around, go out with friends...don't worry, we'll find something to do with spare time

Richard, I know you are often quite critic of self design and construction projects and take your support with pride.

As for my website...wow...I'm glad others enjoy it, quite frankly I started it more as a motivation tool for myself. Now I feel I have to do a little extra effort on it.

Cheers to all,
Murielle

Murielle,

Thanks for poking your head in here. Really your boat looks wonderful and is an inspiration.

I even made a note to some of the others on here who have been in "other" threads to say.... "THIS, is how an amateur constructed steel boat should be done!"

Take a lot of pride in your work, I am sure you will have wind in her sails soon enough!

[hoytedow]

Somebody certainly did their transverse frame calculations!

[dskira]

I hope Murielle and Mark will not take offence but I stole one picture of their boat that I find so poetic, its something to remember.

Daniel

Originally Posted by dskira

I hope Murielle and Mark will not take offence but I stole one picture of their boat that I find so poetic, its something to remember.

Daniel

Agree,

what I find so impressive is their attempt to make it look like a old wooden boat. And more impressive, they have achieved it!

Chapeau Murielle and Mark, Chapeau!

Richard

[wardd]

I have goose supervision, my ducks hate me

Originally Posted by wardd

I have goose supervision, my ducks hate me

Wow,

thats a sharp looking boat! Sharp pointed bow, warp drive, self launching.

Looking forward to see the planking attached.

[wardd]

and it picks up stones for it's own ballast and propulsion

[M&M Ovenden]

Daniel, certainly no offense. That morning had indeed something special about it, I can remember it. To add to the poetic feel of the frost and fog my ducks started flying around looking like some giant white (clumsy) doves . I did feel good that day. Here's an other pic from that same morning, can sort of see the boat in the back.

Richard, That is the most pleasing comment that one could make about this boat. In the list of criteria set for this project some technical aspects took the head of the list but as for aesthetics, having it look and feel like a wooden boat was no1 and the key challenge to have it done as smart as possible. Hopefully the final product will look as good as what its suggests in its current state. I believe the paint scheme and finish touches will need a special attention to reinforce the "wood boat look". Anyway, I'm enjoying the challenge of making apples out of oranges .

As for the state of the project, it has not been a great summer. To confirm a statement from Apex that "horses were more dangerous than boats" (other thread), a horse accident has temporarily brought the project to a halt. No I'm not hurt, it's my mother who had an accident; she is worth all the help I can provide and I have been spending most of my time with her. She had both her legs badly broken with repairs including enough metal to consider the orthopedic surgeon as fellow metal worker . This is one thing I have had to come to accept over the past year, that a long term project does not put life's course aside.
It has been a long couple month but I'm now slowly getting back to the boat, hopefully I'll soon have some progress to share. It's always a great boost to get nice feedback. Thanks to all.

Murielle

[Wynand N]

How did I missed this thread when it was started

Murielle,

I envy you....what a grand project. I only wish you well with it and fair winds.

[peter radclyffe]

Yeah, well done

[welder/fitter]

Murielle/Mark,
There are some very cool ways to create a wood-like appearance with paints and it'll be interesting to see how you accomplish it and the results. I found much info. on the subject on various classic car forums, when I was restoring a 1950 Dodge Coronet w/"woodgrain" steel dashboard.

Sorry to read of your mother's accident, Murielle, it sounds as though she was very lucky, compared to what the result could have been. Now, if you can arrange a horizontal cradle on your A-frame, you can hang her above the deck and push her along as she paints it! (kidding, of course!)
Best of luck to your Mom!

Mike

Originally Posted by M&M Ovenden

I believe the paint scheme and finish touches will need a special attention to reinforce the "wood boat look".

Murielle

Agree,

but don´t make it look like wood. Just the paint scheme and the colours used are a major point.

We once painted a old tug with wooden wheelhouse in Green / hull, Beige / superstructure, and some red for contrasting lines.
used RAL 6002, grass green
RAL 3004, purple
RAL 1014, ivory

it happened on several occasions that people asked if the vessel was wooden.
We realized after a while that these harmonic colours have been in sharp contrast to the usual black and white scheme, misleading the human brain.

Regards
Richard