July 24, 2017 Hours spent building to date: 3,854 I woke up this morning to pouring rain. Perfect! A great chance to evaluate my progress in eliminating deckhouse leaks. All boats have leaks. Water will get into the tiniest cracks. I found one over the stove, where water was getting under the outside trim and
Month: July 2017
Maiden Voyage
July 13, 2017 Sorry for the delay in posting, but I had done nothing but work on the boat for months, and other obligations had built up — namely prepping and making kit parts for the annual Connecticut River Museum Boatbuilding Workshop, and getting our steamboat Osprey ready to launch now that all mechanical work
The WoodenBoat Show
July 5, 2017 Hours spent building to date: 3,743 The WoodenBoat Show was as good as I had hoped it would be — fun, exhilarating and a great showcase for a boat that’s really pretty unique. The best part was having Mark Smaalders, her designer, and his partner Christine come all the way from the