Friday 14 October I’ve had a long day in the shed and I took a few photos so I’m going to keep todays post short and mainly photographic. I also belt sanded one of the gunwales on boat 2 this morning while I was on my own. A good days work. Have a great weekend….
Thursday 13th October John I and Lesley found me doing a bit of sanding this morning which I was doing to keep warm as it was cold again today. John I turned his attention to the frame top pieces to get them to fit snugly under the inner gunwale and flush with the main part…
Wednesday 12 October Today started at 8am with a trip around to JP’s as he wanted some reassurance before committing to drilling all the screw holes in the bronze keel band. The countersink for the screws we had bought nearly went right though the band before the screw head was flush and this was causing…
Tuesday 11 October After so many scarf joints have been planed and glued we are finally on the last ones today and Ted was here to plane the joints (his first shot at it). I nearly had the order of which batten would go where on the outer gunwale of boat 2 before others started…
Monday 10th October Ted has come down from Perth to help again which is great. He is staying with me and shot out to Greens Pool for an early swim before joining me in the shed. It had been sunny really early this morning but by the time we got to the shed it was…
We are planning to have our official Launch Day on Saturday November 5th. A date had to be chosen to fit in with inviting local dignitaries and other clubs to participate and be out of school holidays when accommodation is scarce in Denmark. It now appears we will only have one of the boats completed…
Friday 7th October JP and I were joined by Chris W and we started by giving boat 1 a rub down with wet and dry to key in the second coat. JP got the subtle hint that I might prefer to do the final coat by myself. I only hope he wasn’t too upset deep…
Thursday 6th October I checked on Dan at Denmark Mobile Welding this morning to see if things were moving on the trailer and trolley construction front. He was in the process of ordering parts and said he would be working over the weekend to build them. At the shed I started by cutting the ends…
Wednesday 5 October One month to launch day! I started out on my own today which in contrast to yesterday was a return to winter with rain and a max of 12 degC. Sanding the gunwale in boat 2 in readiness for glueing on the blocks soon had me working up a sweat. JP joined…
Tuesday 4th October A warm day in Denmark, bright and sunny. I arrived in good spirits after a walk on the beach with our dog. JP, Veronica and Adrian came in and we had a discussion about cutting down the clever oar blades but decided to wait to talk our current rower, Clem who duly…
Monday 3 October Starting with visitors, Jeff and Laura dropped in to see how the boats are coming along. Jeff is an old work colleague of mine. JP was the first to get started pulling out his orbital sander and an amazing range of sandpaper discs to go with it. He made short, if noisy…
Saturday 1st October We had a good turnout today to help turn boat 1 over and swap their positions. in the shed. There was also an abundance of cakes to go with tea and coffee afterwards. Thanks to everyone who came along, it made the boats seem very light and thanks for those wonderful cakes….
Friday 30 September A quick update today. It was only Veronica and myself working in the shed today. Veronica sanded the newly scarfed inner gunwale battens cleaning up the glue and removing the saw blade burns. I used the quiet time to work out where to place the inner gunwale blocks so that there was…
Thursday 29 September Another warm day in the shed brought with it a great turnout of boatbuilders. John I had returned from Broome and was keen to get started despite an injured wrist from lifting a suitcase. He, Geoff and Paul all went to town with the sandpaper on the inside of boat 2. Veronica…
Wednesday 28th September It felt like summer and Adrian reported the temperature gauge at the High School was already showing 24 deg C when he came in. In the shed it got positively hot under the Alsynite. Four of us were in the shed today, which really made a difference. Veronica did the last coat…