Category: Boat Designers

January 5, 2012; 9:00 am – 2:30 pm; day 40. Today I finished building the redwood galley shelving and cubbies for plates, coffee mugs and such. I then put the 1st coat of varnish on the galley redwood, alder floor board and the centerboard trunk cap. I installed the centerboard itself compete with line and…

January 4, 2012; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 39. Today I cut and fit the 1″x10″ alder floor boards and roughed in the galley. Tomorrow I’ll sand and varnish them.

December 29, 2011; 1:00 pm-4:30 pm; day 38. Today, I sanded the 2nd coat with 220 grit, cleaned and applied the 3rd coat.

December 28, 2011; 6:00 am – noon; day 37. Today I sanded the first coat with 120 grit, prepped and painted the 2nd coat of interior paint. One more to go!

December 23, 2011; 7:30 am – noon; day 36. Today, I put on the first of three coats of paint on the interior of the Eider.

December 22, 2011; 9:00 am – 3:00 pm; day 35. Today, I sanded the interior for the 1st coat of paint.

December 18, 2011; 6:00 am – 9:30 am; day 34. This morning I sanded off the high spots of the fiberglass edges, made and installed the two deck spurs midship in the cabin. I then mixed epoxy with WESTS 410 fairing compound and applied it to the cockpit deck and also a few places in…

December 16, 2011; 7:30 am – noon; day 33. Today I filled and glassed the cockpit deck, installed the bow “D” ring, then glassed in the anchor locker.

December 15, 2011; 6:00 am – 1:00 pm; day 32. Today I put epoxy wood filler in all the intersections of the floors and longitudinals then fiberglassed them. I then epoxied all plywood that will be sealed under the cockpit deck. I cut the 2) 8″ deck plate holes and fastened down the cockpit deck…

December 9, 2011; 9:00 am – 2:30 pm; day 31. Today I cut, fit, and installed all the bunk soles. I had a visitor today. Kirk Graham drove down from Port Townsend to check out how “Eider” is coming along. Kirk owns the original 1980 Sam Devlin built “Eider”. He was pretty stoked! I also…