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The weather today would not have been better had I been able to order it myself. The best thing about it. . . .no wind. Donna stayed...

It's hard to believe. After such a dry summer, the forecast calls for rain the whole time we'll be in the water. There's even a...

The first day of autumn already. Here are two more shots from our first outing with the boat yesterday. Just leaving the dock. . . ....

We did it! We got her launched in summer! So what if it's the last day of summer. We did it! It's late in the boating season so we...

Hot and humid again. We cut our workday short because of the heat, but we did get an early start and we got a lot done. Donna...

Saturday, August 14th. We did it! We installed the toe rails and we finished all the nonskid on the deck. First we attached the toe...

Friday Morning, July 30th. Boat Work: It was a cool morning and the day's temperature never got above 19*C. That's okay, we wore...

I'm not much of a videographer, but I took a couple of short videos from yesterday's event. This one, titled 'Float Test 1' shows our...

July 23rd, 2021 - A Banner Day! At the last minute, when we were certain the weather would cooperate, we invited Wayne and Lynda to our...

Boat Work - July 8th Mike and I worked on the bow rail. We had cut it down on Wednesday but it didn't look quite right relative to the...

Despite the heat and humidity, we managed to get a few things done at the boat today. Donna continued cleaning the paint drips from the...

Unhappy News (Possibly) This morning, shortly after we arrived, Robert advised us that it was very likely he would be obliged to shut the...

We're officially out of winter now and, if we can give it a good three-month push, we might have the little trawler in the water by the...

The plan for today was to finish up the putty work, finish up the sanding work and cut out the forward windows (port lights). Simple...

It was a cool morning but the day warmed up real fast. Although it didn't get crazy hot like in recent weeks, by noon we were sweating....

With help from Mike and Noreen over the last week, we have made great strides toward our goal of 'closing up' the boat before we have to...

Mike and Noreen are here to help on the boat and it was a great day. The weather was nice and cool in the morning but it got really hot...

Well, it wasn't stinkin' hot today. But it wasn't a nice day. We had rain all day. No breaks. It rained all &*%$@ day. But we are...

Weather-wise, yesterday was a beautiful day. Boat-building-wise, it was an excellent day! On Monday evening, we cut one of the 12-inch...

You Guessed it! Another stifling hot and humid day. We had to wrap up the work at noon or risk being roasted alive. Even though it was...