The Tardis Project

October 31, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  3,026 Blew through 3,000 hours Tuesday on a boat that I thought would take 2,500 hours to build.  In commemoration I decided to dilly dally even further with some interior decorating.  With no cushions and the trim unvarnished, I thought the freshly-painted forecabin was looking a bit chalky

October 23, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,992 I spent many boring hours last week sanding, taping and painting in the berth area.  Also finished up the basic wiring with big fuses to handle the loads coming into the batteries from the charger. The berth painting got a big assist from Matt and Jessica

October 11, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,950 I spent almost a week avoiding pulling the big sander, paint and rollers onto the boat, very successfully.  Here are all the interesting jobs that took the place of sanding, taping and painting: — Ran every wire I could think of that didn’t need to pass over a

October 4, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,919 Pictures of wiring are usually about as interesting as pictures of white paint going on to white primer.  But the backlighting system Blue Seas Systems now puts into its panels is actually pretty cool. I made a lot of progress on the wiring this week, installing