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The boys decorated their dust masks and put on their bandannas and safety sun glasses but it’s still hard to make sanding fun. And it’s all sanding all the time from now till the finishing phase starts… Oh, and the back ordered oars finally arrived from Canada. They’re really fun.
[…] When these boys were 3 and 5 years old they built the log cabin, and when they finished it, they signed it. We’re doing something different with the boat project. The floatation air chambers are ready to be sealed. They’re making time-capsule notes to enclose for eternity. Well, I mean the boat IS built to […] It’s a rainy day and we’re doing a punch list of jobs: trimming the outwales (rub strips), gluing doublers at the bow and stern (reinforcements), and installing the mid thwart (seat). They’re picking up on the nautical argot… […] After a week off for tomfoolery with cousins, it’s a back-to-work Monday for the Blues Brothers. The goal is to make a rowing pram this summer, but we’re making provisions for it to become a sailboat later. So today we’re installing a dagger board trunk! That raised some eyebrows. […] The secret to wood boat building revealed!! Many hands and many clamps… We’re working on the outwales today. Today we’re doing a lesson on proper lifting…use your leg muscles, not your back! They got it quickly of course. The boat weighs about 40 pounds now. Time to flip it and start on the interior framing. How many amateur boat builders does it take to lay out and attach two skids and a skeg? Well, two that are sized for it and one not so much… […] The boys were so pleased with how the fiberglass turned out in the hull that they immediately called for ice cream cones to celebrate. Oh, and then campfire stories… […] We’re masking off and laying in the fiberglass interior bottom today. One wag says, “It takes more patience than fishing.” […] What did you do this summer boys? Well for one thing, we laminated a skeg… It’s all about gluing and clamping.
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