Now what’s left inside is all the fiberglass and then it will be ready to flip over and move, because the landlord sold the place and I don’t know how long the new owner, a developer, will give me to get out.

It’s been a long time since I posted a video. Crazy heat dome has me working outside again.

Got home around midnight last night after driving the truck the entire distance from Seattle to Boise, something I can’t do in a car because the seating is too uncomfortable. It’s such a great truck! Trying to fit three cars into two spot parking but not incurring the landlord’s wrath.

Thank God it’s still January, because I’ve been mostly idle as far as work on boat parts goes. It’s really hard to change my routine, but I haven’t wasted the entire winter yet. I’ve made 3/4 of 5 eight foot long stringers. I need to make 16 more and then fiberglass all 7 of the starboard bulkheads

I bought a truck! The owner of the property I’m building my boat on put it (the property, not my boat) up for sale as he foretold. I need to be ready to move the boat when the land sells, so I got this. Later I’ll rent a trailer. The F-150 is in Tacoma, I’ll go pick it up in February.

I just found out I won’t need to hire any pilot cars to move my boat into Oregon! I’ll just have to make it about 30cm narrower to keep it under 14ft. Wonderful! What a load off my mind.

I have 16 of these! I’m so happy I don’t have to buy any! These are for the casters for the dolly I will make for the hull. I’ll have to move it eventually because the owner is selling the property where I’m building the boat.

Many solo sailors are not often properly attached to the boat. Some leave a trailing line in the water thinking they will grab it if they fall in, but I think that’s just fishing for something very large using yourself as bait as the boat sails on. www.boatnews.com/story/34457/...

Twiggy

Going to Bluesky is like going to your aunt’s house, and she’s right about everything politically, but her friends/housemates are Hollywood Zionists, and they’ve all agreed never to talk about Palestine.

Lows in the 40s means outside epoxy work is done for the year. Kinda depressing.

It’s remarkable that Bluesky never has any news about the genocide in Gaza.

I swear I’m never going to make that mistake again.

It’s a mistake any halfwit could make. I knew I had made a mistake when it remained rubbery after six hours. The clumps show up when you sand it. Here I had started to grind it off.

This house built on the beach in Indonesia is brilliant, because there will be another tidal wave.

My boatyard has Western Screech Owls birdscanner.app/share/4327/0

I’ve got about 8 gallons of epoxy left which means I’ve used 22 gallons, which means I’ll need to get more epoxy, but not until spring. I also need for time to slow down, because I’ve only got about two more guaranteed weeks left of this year of warm enough weather for epoxy work. A fortnight.

Tremors, a duo, opening act for Gary Numan

I sanded this today and it even looks smooth to me on the security camera. Not the bow, just the hull side.

Wetting out .8 sq meter - Director’s cut youtu.be/esdAiyYqk20

New sander. Very boring. youtube.com/watch?v=YZyT...

I knew fairing would be a lot of work but I didn’t know it would also be no fun. This thing better float.

It’s much more satisfying than it looks. youtube.com/watch?v=uxBy...

Why did I skip to the end of the deck support with the fourth batch? I’ll explain later when I do the YouTube channel.

Big fillets started. With the peel ply on top I’m hoping to make it smooth but also ready for fiberglass when the deck is connected to the hull.

The plan for this evening

It’s been in the hundreds for the last few days so too hot for epoxy, but back to it now in the high 80s.

Deck support in place.

It’s a lot of work and if you don’t do it 100% you just create more work later.

Timelapse of the next two square meters. This one should have Benny Hill music playing.

Two square meters done. Timelapse makes an hour and a half fly by.

So janky, so lazy, I didn’t even do one meter. Tomorrow. I don’t know what things are called.

I’m very happy with how the bow turned out.

Preparing to fiberglass the bow

Lovely day

The plan for fixing the air bubbles.

Jane, Jane, Jayane.

Pool noodles?

Righting the port canoe after a 50.8 mph gust blew it over. youtu.be/C2tnj_GcMsU?...

That was at least a 50 mph gust. Knocked it over again.

My posture 🤦🏼‍♂️

Lovely result youtube.com/watch?v=dhlT...

Is peel ply the answer to all my problems? No, but maybe to my chine seam fairing problems.

Stringer adjustment required.

Update 21 June 25 youtube.com/watch?v=5DBm...

Another nice thing about using plastic honeycomb sheets.

Looking for a clamp for my laser level. Man, I was so fat back then a couple of days ago.

First coat on and I’m exhausted.

Putting fairing compound on the keel.

Bulkhead 6 extended. I did this two days ago.