Thanks for all the kudos, gang...really means a lot!
Been slammed all through the holidays with wrecked cars!
Thank God! as it well definitely help the bottom line...
However, between all the house issues...{believe it or not, I can't wait to get my central A/C working again...its warm down here!}
and a non-stop dose of work...
I have been lurking in and out for a few minutes at a time to check around and read about all of the amazing stuff going on around these here parts...
I certainly hope everyone has had a safe and healthy holiday season...thoughts and prayers to all.
But I haven't had much time to hang around...
I have however, been able to finalize a few things with the helm...[you know what they say about the devil is in the details...]
I had always intended to have it designed to be easily accessible for any kind of service or troubleshooting, which is why I attached it in place with a continuous hinge, SS, of course..., along the stern edge...
And two, SS, 3/8" x 3" hex head bolts w/washers and T-nuts to secure the forward part...
If/when necessary, they can be removed and the "eventual" helm cover can be slid off for full access to the back side of the helm...
Lots of stuff still side tracking me from the important stuff like boat restoration, but eventually life will let up a bit and let me get some real, serious, important-type work done, like finishing this tub...
To answer the question of how I am going to finish this off...?...welllll, I have so many options open to me, that to give an answer now would require several written pages of thoughts and ideas and beers...
Anyhow, till next we meet again...its off to work I go...Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho...
Thanks for all the support and may all of our happy boating dreams come true...
