Tuesday 12 April This morning began with a committee meeting in the shed. JP, Geoff B and myself were expecting Stefan but unfortunately he texted that his wife has Covid and so he was isolating. It was a useful meeting focusing on the next steps and meeting our requirements for an AGM in July. We…
Monday 11 April. The boat building fairies had been in over the weekend and glued up the scarfs on plank 4. I’m afraid that wasn’t in the plans on Thursday but the idea of having the next planks ready for Monday was too good for JP and I. In the end it was lucky we…
Thursday 7 April I’m enjoying my e-bike ride in these days especially on days like today when the morning is sunny but still a little fresh. Nick who had also cycled in (no battery power there), and JP were already there as I was a tad late. Then Paul W arrived in his silent battery…
Tuesday 5th April I left home in too much of a hurry and forgot my phone which was to prove a time wasting error. We were expecting the High School students later in the morning and so Adrian and I went about setting up things that might be of interest to them. It turned out…
Mon 4th April The wet weekend was a topic of conversation as we gathered this morning. Nick had had 35mm in his rain gauge. We had quickly forgotten how beautiful the weather was on Friday when JP and I sailed down to the blue water coming into the inlet from the ocean. In fact it…
Thursday 31 March When I arrived this morning I was able to have a quiet moment to have a good look at our first planks and on the whole they are symmetrical and fair. But on closer inspection I realised we had forgotten to clamp the plank down to the foremost mould. Something we will…
Tuesday 29th March I had a few hours of virtual boat building last night as I contemplated today’s big task of deciding when enough is enough hog fairing and at what point to go ahead with glueing the first planks. At Harry’s shed we had a rolling cast of players. The early birds included Adrian…
Monday 28th March A small but effective team today consisting of Nick, JP, Mark and myself. The first job that Nick and I tackled was sanding the scarf joints on our first garboard plank, which had come out really well and didn’t take long to make the joint disappear to the touch. JP arrived and…
Saturday 26 March On the premise that we needed a finished garboard plank for Monday’s session so that we can finish the fairing of the hog and move forward with a few other jobs to go around, JP and I had a sneaky session this morning glueing the first plank scarf joints. We marked the…
Thursday 24 March Adrian again sent his apologies and hopes to be back next Tuesday. We’re missing your input here. Colin turned up first and tackled the ends of the hog/keelson with his Japanese pull saw, lopping off the ends and getting stuck in with the electric plane from what looked like a precarious perch…
Tuesday 22 March Adrian had sent his apologies as his son was awaiting a Covid test result and thought it best if he stay away. Thanks Adrian, very good of you to put the team’s health before your enthusiasm for being here. We had a nice number of people rolling through today. Nick S and…
Monday 21 March Monday is definitely not our most popular day. It does however give me some breathing space to work out the finer details and plan for the week’s activity. Over the weekend I’d been around to Pete’s shed and scrounged up some Meranti battens to infill that annoying gap between the narrower second…
Thursday 17 March Another day and more cakes to eat. Paul W got in on the act trying to compete with Lesley, the Queen of Muffins. Lesley’s muffins again proved more popular with the delicious passionfruit icing on top. I really hope we are all working hard enough to deserve them. The main job for…
Today I E-cycled to work to try and reduce my carbon footprint (not to mention the cost of fuel) and to make up for the fact that I had to drive in the 7 kms twice yesterday because I forgot my esky and laptop. It was good exercise and at least I didn’t have to…
The weekend had given me a lot of time to think up a list of jobs which could be delegated this morning but alas I was on my own for the first half hour thinking I would have to prioritise the bow stems. JP had sent his apologies and as he was expecting the shipment…