The Tardis Project

May 21, 2023 Tardis went to Maine yesterday, she looks great, the new engine installation seems to be working fine. I am exhausted. I left for a week for my sister’s 50th wedding anniversary on May 4. I had been glassing, fairing and painting every day when the temperature was up above 50, and drilling

April 25, 2023 Pat Harris, a follower and great supporter of the Tardis Project, passed away recently. I knew Pat for 43 years. He was by boss, my business partner, my sailing buddy and most of all, my friend. He helped me get Memsahib across Canada from Georgian Bay clear through to Killarney, we ran

April 25, 2023 When we last left the transom relocation project, the new transom was built and glued in, the new bottom was roughed in, the longitudinal stringers reinforcing the transom were all in, and the top of the splashwell was tabbed in. Not much to go, right? Wrong as always. Because of the Memorial

October 13, 2022 The new transom is roughed in, tabbed and watertight enough to get it through the next couple weeks until the winter cover goes on. The pictures look pretty rough, since the two-part undercoat and topside paint I used were just miserable to grind off, so I only took it down to glass

September 22, 2022 Tardis was due to come back to Connecticut early for the rebuild of the transom, but I did get in one last cruise up Damariscotta River and John’s Bay just to the west, with a stop across the Sheepscot at Indiantown Island to start getting the boat ready to travel. Coming out

August 20, 2022 A great summer of Tardis cruising regardless of continued control problems threatening to sink it! When Molly and I got back from land cruising up to the incredibly scenic Rangely Lakes, it seemed that the basic problem was that the throttle cable was completely frozen due to salt water occasionally getting in

June 14, 2022 At least the dock is in Maine. Tardis went in the water last week after a winter in storage at Derecktor Robinhood. Inside storage cost a small fortune, but it meant the boat came out in great shape. I was all provisioned and ready to take off for a short cruise, when

March 7, 2022 The email version of the last post isn’t loading the pictures correctly, so here is the most important one: the Master Builder Sytse Douna.

March 6, 2022 On our way to Florida for a month out of the cold, Molly and I stopped off to check the progress on Arnhem, Sytse Douna’s superb Olga 28. And we got a wonderful lunch from Rosemary, Syste’s wife, and great electrical tips from his building partner and electrical systems designer Ton Schoenmakers.

January 11, 2022 Work on Sytse’s Olga 28 “Arnhem” to convert to a transom mount for his 115 hp Mercury is proceeding well. He was able continued the “V” part of the hull all the way aft. Starting with a boat that’s already done, I think I may go with a flat piece between the