maker Now I lay me down to sleep Despite the sheet rolled out over it, it's not dead yet. This week, I put fiberglass on. Unlike the inside, this time the fiberglass went on fairly easily. I rolled
sailboat Parts is parts... ... as Wendy's would say. Lots of parts put together from smaller parts today. First, rudder cheeks to stiffen the rudder. Next time I'll attach the tiller at the top. Second
maker Like a rolling stone Not much to show this week. Recently I've had a little less time to work than usual so change has gone slow. This past Thursday I flipped the boat back
Time to install the cannon! The rails are done! Rails are also called gunwales (and many other things) since that's where you mount the guns. Also, I epoxied together the blade of the rudder from the sailing kit. Haven't added the rudder cheeks (doublers) yet. I'll add a picture
maker Back on the rails Port side inner half of the rail is complete! First task was moving the boat. Last Sunday I attached the legs of the sawhorses to the sawhorses so that moving
maker Watch out for the boom! After I first took a sailing class, I told Caleb about having to pay attention to the boom. In certain sailing conditions, you have to watch out for the boom swinging through the cockpit of the boat. If you are standing up or otherwise
One rail down... ...one to go. For some reason we decided to do the second half of the starboard rail instead of starting on the inner half of the port rail. The reason
maker Bubbles! This is a blog post about bubbles. Wait... Ok, these bubbles turned out not to be much fun. In fact, these bubbles were a real problem... I'm talking about air
maker Rails This past Sunday we started putting the rails on, and by rails I mean half of the first one. Gotta start somewhere I guess. The rails are glued down the
maker So that took a while... Haven't posted much here since I haven't done much work on the boat, and because I've been sick (which is why I haven't done much work on the boat). Caleb
maker Lapstrakes and Rails This week (all week) has been filled with cleanup and finishing some tasks. Most of the week I've been filling in the laps with glue. Other touch up work includes
maker Building... sawhorses! I finally went to the store to pick up a bunch of stuff I needed. I'd been putting off going just because I didn't want to spend boat time shopping.
maker Cleaning Up After Sunday's (mis)adventure with fillets and fiberglass, I was ready for a straightforward task or two. Thursday I got them. The two tasks were to clean up the edges
sailboat One Big Step This was (will be) possibly the largest single step of the whole boat. Some things went well, some things went... less well. Over the course of Superbowl Sunday I spent about eight hours on this so let's get to it. Beginnings First task was
sailboat Boat post! We spent Thursday finishing gluing up the side panels so that on Super Bowl sunday we can flip the boat back over and go on to the next step. A
sailboat Sailboat Interlude I started building the sailboat before I started writing the blog about building the sailboat, so my first sailboat post was a couple of weeks into construction. Here's a brief
sailboat Can't tell up from down We've capsized! The parents were in yesterday and helped me flip the boat over. It was super helpful to have some extra hands, especially with all the little barbs from
sailboat Sailboat - part 1 of ? This is the first part of an ongoing series and one of the primary motivations for this blog. Dory I recently (late last year) bought a Chesapeake Light Craft (CLC) Northeaster Dory sailboat kit. The kit arrived early November and this month I finally
maker Making things This blog is about making things. After the shitshow that was last year, I decided that my mental health would be improved if I could spend this year creating things.
