The Tardis Project

December 30, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,916 I wanted to do something special for the Tardis over the holidays, and decided to tackle the forecabin hatch. I have always admired “butterfly” hatches on classic boats.  They open up from the sides as pictured below, and since they were invented in the days before

December 21, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1, 879 I have been doing a lot of work this week on a project for the Tardis Christmas Special, but regular work continued also: — Glued the forward piece to the cabin sides — looks much more complete, and stretches out the lines so the boat

December 13, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,834 I  looked forward to the installation of the deckhouse sides, anticipating that they would make the boat look more like a trawler and less like a combination tuna clipper/bass boat.   But after we wrestled them on, I asked  Ray, standing on the loft steps to take a picture, “How does

December 7, 2015  Hours spent building to date:  1,804 It is amazing how a job that should be an “afternoon’s work” can turn into a three day, calling-all-tools, forced march with numerous expeditions to West Marine for supplies.  And it is equally amazing how the cost of “marine grade” hoses and hardware mounts up.  The hoses for