The Tardis Project

October 24, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,605 The big news this week is shiny new bronze (sorry, Mark) opening ports from Newfound Metals.  They were from Molly and John for my 65th birthday.  I couldn’t resist putting them in temporarily for a quick picture.  It will be a real challenge finishing a boat

October 18, 2015  Hours spent building to date: 1,565 With a string of Indian Summer days forecast that would flood the shop with low sunlight, I kept a promise I made six months ago and opened up the overhead door for three days of fairing and sanding — not my favorite job.  Rollover day was one

October 11, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,526 I’ve never had a boat shippy enough to have bulwarks (railings that run around the deck) or hawse holes (openings lined with metal to allow lines to go through the bulwarks).  Not even 50+ year old Memsahib was that traditional. But little Tardis has small bulwarks at

October 4, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,500 Just hit the 1500 hours mark.  I was sort of thinking 2000 when I started the Tardis, but it looks more like 2500.  But then again, I work slowly and take a lot of breaks. Anyway, it was a good week, even with interruptions to prepare for