Re: Love, Necessity and Pride
Alrighty, then...
Saturday...
Update...
Can you say, MMMMMMMMMMMMPH!
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Was one of those days where I could have stayed in bed and gotten almost as much done without the effort...
My goal was fuzzy at best, but I
needed to attach what was left of the cap/rim to the hull to get an accurate measurement for the layout and construction of the spars and bulkheads, along with knowing where I could/needed to make attachment points...
After getting everything loaded and headed for the shop, daylight was already burning up...by the time I actually got started doing anything, it was already past 9:30AM...
Then the first task, after getting set up to actually start working
on the boat, was to attach the rub rail and cap rim to the hull...
That mission took a huge chunk of the day...by the time I got that done, it was after 1PM...sheesh...working alone on long flimsy sections of rub rail is a huge pain...well I finally got it all attached, temporarily and only in a few places...still need to drill the other million or so mounting holes for the rest of the attaching screws...that will happen at a later date...But at least it is repositioned in its correct place...It made a pretty big difference in both the actual position of the rim and in the rigidity of it...before I attached it, the slightest pressure on the rim would flex it downward, now it almost feels solid...
The pics were taken after a little more progress was made...
I was able to get a few more steps towards getting the rod locker bulkheads closer to being installed by cutting out a section of fore deck and the eventual rod tip holder bulkhead...
And I got the fuel tank quasi mocked up with its bulkheads...
Unfortunately nothing can become permanent until the money tree flourishes and I can get and pour the expanding foam under the sole...
Anyhow, after a family breakfast get together tomorrow, I hope to get a few more hours of getting very little done, but thinking a great deal about how to do it...
My other fuzzy goal is to
try and make some cardboard templates of several of the bulkheads/spars that it will need to tie everything together...eventually...maybe even get a bit more of the layout/mock up of the fuel/mechanical locker...
Happy Sunday, everyone...
