Project progess

No, and not much glue. The joints are all painted before
assembly. There are four coats on the frame and four on
the skin and it is assembled while the last coat is still
wet.

Just like it was done in 1930. In the instruction they said
to put strips of muslin on all the seams and use Kuhls bedding
compound. I am just using a lot of paint! They also said
that Allen and Clarke would make a sail for it for $42!

 

Over here they use reinforced concrete to protect the foam floatation (from boat drivers who can't)

 

I don't think they can use the wire, it might harm the poor
little critters! They would not let us use wire cable for mooring
lines on the buoys because they tried to chew through it, we
had to use chain and it scratched the boat. I had an old piece
of fire hose around mine and they chewed on it as well.

 

Day 15

Went shopping,, got some more screws, and the caulk for
the dagger board case and some glass cloth for the inside
of the case.

Had light rain several times through the day.

Ate a nice lunch and came home and mowed grass!

No progress to report on the boat it self!

Weather forecast is not real good for the rest of the week.

 

Hey BHOFM,

I like your boat, it looks like it's going well. Nice job!

 

Thanks for the nice comment.

 

BHOFM i read about your paint story

must say if you put so much work into something - should have gone for epoxy

i really find it very easy

my 2 cents

 

I have been warned to stay away from poxy whores - - so is epoxy some sort of diseased computer thingie?

 

I have built several using epoxy. I just want to build this
one the old way.
It won't be left in the water more than a day and it will be
stored inside.

If it lasts 3 or four years, it will most likely be longer than
I am able to use it.

Also, around here wooden boats have no value. I know of
a dozen large sail boats that are just rotting away and I
am not aware of one that is on the lake.

At the yacht club, if you don't have a Hunter, Freedom
or Island Packet they won't even speak to you.

 

Day 16

No comment.

 

Oh so sad this "brand snobbery" - do they drive BMW's too?

 

masalai;

You and I are so old, we think fire is a new fangled thinger
that will never catch on.

 

BHOFM that is a mighty fine piece of carpentry for a clockmaker... (ever thought of making wooden clocks for the tourists?)

 

Their house keepers drive BMW's, most of them drive
Porsches, Vipers, MB roadsters or Jag's and an occasional
Rolls.

You have to understand we live in the center of Wal-Mart,
Tysons Chicken, and JB Hunt trucking.

Last week there was a Rolls in the drive thru at McD's!
You see as many as ten or more Vettes at every stop
light!

One of our church members drives an Aston Martin and
leaves the keys in it most of the time. He says, "It's just
a damned old car."

 

Thanks, I make only special order clocks. A dozen or so
a year. I do a lot of glass etching on them.
Tourists want a $15 clock. Not a $1500 one.