Current Projects

March 10, 2012. It’s Saturday, and I have not worked on “Vanessa” for days. I’ve come down with something very nasty. Lord willing I’ll be over this in the next few days! Anyway I have 10 new photos. At this point I have logged 376.5 single man hours. The dodger guy came and installed the…

March 7, 2012; 10:30 am – 3:00 pm; day # 71. Today I built the tiller, then installed and rigged the rudder blade. I then installed the port and starboard bronze port lights. Tomorrow I hope to finish with the actual construction of “Eider”. What will be left is rigging her. I will name this…

March 2, 2012; 9:00 am – 1:30 pm; day #70. Today, I mounted the two chain plates for the port and starboard mast stays. Mounted the bow roller and the pintels on the retractable rudder. I then ripped the mast timber and glued and clamped it. I also glued and clamped up the bow sprit.

March 1, 2012; 7:30 am – 2:00 pm; day #69. Today I built the rudder blade and coated it with epoxy. I also worked in the cabin doing some touch up varnishing and installed two cabin 12v reading lights. I also mounted several more pieces of hardware.

February 29, 2012; 8:00 am – 3:00 pm; day #68. Today I did a little painting and varnishing. The big time taker was designing a retractable rudder to fit Eider’s transom. As you can see the two side panels or cheeks are built. I have applied a heavy coat of epoxy. Tomorrow I will build…

February 26, 2012; 7:00 am – noon; day #67. I finished up the 12v wiring! Yeah! Then I finished up my last can of varnish. As you can see I didn’t have enough to put another coat on the cockpit benches. 🙁 I should receive the hardware for the rudder soon. So next week I…

February 23, 2012; 6:30 am – 4:00 pm; day #66. Yesterday I was running for cushions and fabric for the cabin along with a lot of other odds and ends. Today I got a ton of stuff done. I first rigged the centerboard line. Cut fit and installed fir trim in the cabin. Cut and…

February 19, 2012; 8:00 am – 3:00 pm; day #65. Today I laid out, cut, fit and installed the cockpit bench seating.

February 18, 2012; 8:00 am – 1:30 pm; day #64. Today I roughed-in all the home runs for the wiring harness. I also built and installed the electrical panel.

February 17, 2012; 7:00 am – 1:30 pm; day #63. Today, I finished the companion way hatch, entry panels and hand rails. Tomorrow I will start on the wiring harness and cockpit benches.