What have you done this weekend...?

Hopefully it will be Mas. If I take my time and get it done right the first time. I'm generally terrible at finishing things but this time I have to take it to a new level where "just good 'nuff" ain't good 'nuff! If ya know what I mean?

 

Hi - your website is way cool man
anyway I have always had a soft spot for bateau and you may recall that on many occasions on this forum I have refered folks to their plans and blog pages.
The TW28 is a wonderful boat and I share your feelings that it is the right boat for you and the admiral to retire on!
The only difference that I would make is to go for a 50hp Honda fourstroke outboard - it becomes a very very cost effective excersise

One warning that I must offer - time just runs away
do a good job but dont go fancy - else the boat will never see the water
my little micro is now at 300 hours build time - which is scary - only now have i got interesting pics to post over the next couple of weeks

The build times that designers quote are generally VERY optimistic and if you work alone like i do, build times can double. My build method is basically the same as bateau, and this is my 5th build. The method really works exceptionally well and is definately easy and quick. But oh deary me, just dont ask me where the time went.
I keep a regular daily record of my build time which is 99% accurate with a description of the days work - and still when I go back and read it is seems unreal that I have spent sooooooooooo much time on this little sailboat already. I work accurate because it saves unnessesary extra work and time
anyway good for you - go man go

start your own thread on this forum as well, its nice for chatting
I find wordpress great for my "formal" postings as a website
but BD.net for inbetween quickies

 

My reason for the Honda outboard is C-dory

http://www.c-brats.com/portal.php?sid=95dc4cfcdbed496892f1095cce1a1cc5

and I abolutely loved Biil and El (read EVERY word)

http://cruisingamerica-halcyondays.com/

 

You said a lot of true things Manie. The hours, the good job but not fancy, to keep a daily record when you work. I keep also a expenditure book on each suppliers.
Your observation are very good and very accurates.
Daniel

 

Thnx for the insights fella's. I really do appreciate them all. We've got the prime mover already, Yanmar 4JH-TE out of a racing yacht, very low hours (300). Purrs like a kitten. I do keep track of everything I've spent so far and have a master budget but that's pretty much out of date. Here's the tally so far....

http://www.editgrid.com/user/knottybuoyz/Spent_To_Date

I also keep an online catalogue of what I've bought (most of it anyways) so I don't forget and buy stuff again! Doh!

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff166/KnottyBuoyz/KBIII/Inventory/?start=all

I don't know if I'll keep track of every hour I spend on it, maybe, dunno. It'll take as long as it takes I guess. I've got 5 full years to retirement and that'll be fine. I've seen these boats go together in a year with the right motiviation. I personally will take my time so 3-4K hours is ok with me.

I've read and re-read Halycion Days adventures. Great inspiration for those who want to cruise on a small boat.

She:Kon, pronounced "Shay Cone" is a traditional Iroquois greeting that means "Do you still have the Great Peace?". The Great Peace is the cornerstone of the Iroquois belief system. We decided to call our boat She:Kon in part to honor these great First Nations people and the place we live, Iroquois Ontario Canada.

 

Well done and an excellent name... Peace be with you...

 

What i found as the time flew by that i was less interested in the costs - and out of curiousity more interested in the time spent actually working - i spend at least the same amount of time starring at the boat planning my next move or job (usually with a beer in hand)

As far as costs go i always shop around for good prices and i dont waste money on over the top ****, but you get to a point where you fall in love with your boat and you WILL see it thru come rain or shine. That is when magic happens, you will do anything to get it where you want it. The big secret is not to fall in love with building, which happens to too many guys. That is why if you are building you should have another small boat or very good buddies so that you still get to the water regularly. I regularly see "boat builders" that cant put the brakes on, they start with a completely good feet on the ground plan, but as time goes by they keep on adding an endless stream off **** that takes the cost thru the roof and the boat never gets finished. Often when the gold plated overweight condo is finished the wife is no longer interested. If your wife absolutely hates camping she will tire of boating pretty soon as well
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Our yacht clubs are filled weekends with 90% men and 10% women. 80% of the boats are luxury yachts in the 36 foot to 48 foot range with most of modern conveniences as they all have shore power anyway - its a joke

keep it simple - keep it as small as possible - Halcyon Days saw more water than 80% of the worlds yachts put together - how wierd is that folks

anyyyyyyywaaaaay - have a good day boys and girls

 

You will also notice that most "condo boats" have that sexy traditional look (eyecandy without **** - like a RED ferrari) but as monohulls, have HUGE V8 engines (plural) with 6" or larger exhaust pipes that wake up the entire marina, and the wimen HATE because of the vibration and cooking whilst rock-&-rolling does not appease the ladies... for the galley is usually buried in some pokey hole with no view or space for womanly touches, like that tall glass vase which "hubby" gave her with a cascading boquet of roses on "mothers-day"...

Those big boats with engines so big that they have a range of 200miles remind me of Moses, He was the only human I can recall, who could efficiently part the waters (he used a stick not a frickin big-over engined boat!) - - - I call those big "stink-boats" water-ploughs-for-idiots or devices to make sloping water and then put engines that perpetually climb on a perfectly flat surface... - - sorta like paddling up a creek in a barbed wire canoe without a paddle?

 

Recovering from root canal.

 

My sympathies, Hoyt. I had one out a week ago last Wednesday, and Its still hurting. Took 45 minutes and came out in bits - Dentist said he averaged between 15 and 20 seconds for an extraction.
Guess I pulled his average down!

 

Owwww......

 

Yeouch! Been there! One of the reasons I haven't been back to the dentist in 25 yrs and take very good care of my chompers!

Staked out the perimeter (32' X 20') for my yet to be built bow shed!

Couch potato yesterday. Car show today. Swam in the pool. Now it's time for a nappy!

 

I feel your pain.
William J. Clinton

 

I'm ready to shrink wrap the crap outta somethin'!

 

Today I met some very amable Colombianos y Colombianas.