Paint Day

Today the paint job is finally finished.  Well, there is still the roof to do with sand to make a grippy surface and some other sandy grippy bits,...

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Floors

The floors are going in! Southern Yellow Pine 4x6s bedded well in chapopote (roof tar).&nb...

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Down To The Finishing Off Jobs

Forgive me readers for I have sinned. Its been nearly a month since my last blog.  I am now just doing the last few little jobs that have been hanging...

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Need to find something special for the Holidays

If you are looking for serious Holiday gifts, for others (or even for yourself), I hope you’ll hang around long enough to read this...As authors of a...

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A Bit Council House

I have been up to quite a few things on the boat but nothing really blog worthy. I do have a lot to say about generators, batteries, alternators and charging...

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Battens Cut and Fit

My battens have now been ripped and fit to the frames. I had to deepen the pre-cut notches to get the battens to lay flush with the frame contours. Per...

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A Few Days On The Move

Its half term in the UK and what with a wedding last weekend and the Jubilee and a boat show on Monday, we finally kicked off on Tuesday with the...

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Rear Deck Boards

A while back I made some templates for the back decks from the temporary working decks Ive had since 6th July 2010I took these to a local firm that make...

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Its Been A Buffing Sort of Day

I have been buffing the paint this afternoon.  Its very hard work and not very interesting.But the result is satisfying even if the reflection shows...

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Gunwale Gritting

I started the day buy sweeping off the excess grit.  This needed to go into the oven to dry out ready for the starboard side to be gritted.This is...

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Would you like a pleasant alternative to Black Friday

  You may not know about Chincoteague...but, its a place near and dear to our hearts. If you are trying to avoid the mass hysteria of "Black Friday",...

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Something Wheely Nice

My fellow boat builder, Ted, found a nice mahogany steering wheel at Speed and Custom Marine for his boat. It looks so good, I had had to get one too....

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Just what do we mean by Fundamentals

When you write a book and begin the title with the word "Fundamentals", there is a certain implication. Let me put it simply: Our book teaches you what...

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Cutting Corners!

I need to build 2 new things.1 a gas storage box under the aft windows,2 a aft seat on the aft deck. this will be additional storage and also provide...

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