The Tardis Project

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

September 23, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,884 Energized (pun intended) by my trip West, I came back and tackled the wiring.  I had only planned to do the AC circuits, but the way things worked out I was able to get all the circuits on the port side run to the panel and

September 18, 2016 I am very lucky that as a wooden boat aficionado I live in the Northeast, so I have been able to see many famous boats built by famous builders — Herreshoff, Brooklin Boat Yard, Rockport Marine, Artisan Boatworks, Doug Hylan.  But I had to travel 3,000 miles to Port Townsend, WA, to admire the best

September 8, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,857 It is ironic that I first heard the term “boat jewelry” from Richard and Jane Beck (builders of the gorgeous Mark Smaalders design Beckon),  since I will be seeing them Saturday at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival out in Washington state.  I am heading west tonight to

August 29, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,828 Progress on the Tardis has been limited by recent trips to Boston, New York and Ohio.  The Ohio trip was ostensibly to take John back to Miami University and help him move into his new house, but was actually to transport Sparta the Cat with him in the

August 18, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,810 I can only do about three to four hours in the shop these days before the humidity just wears me out.  Better humid and showers than what’s happening to those poor folks in Louisiana. So I’ve been confined to light work such as cabin trim and

August 13, 2016  Hours spent building to date:  2,793 Until now, we’ve had a beautiful summer — not too hot, very dry.  But we’re currently stuck in a high pressure area that will last for many days more.  Every afternoon Long Island heats up, the Sound remains cool, and the resultant southwest wind drags moisture in from

August 2, 2016  Hours spent building to date: 2,762 As with almost all Tardis Project projects, cladding the transom involved a bit more work than anticipated: — Resaw the mahogany boards (at Tom’s big shop next door) to make thick pieces into thin pieces. — Plane all boards to equal thickness in the surface planer.