Further exploits in the saga of Chebacco boatbuilding (or how 5 yrs
and more money than I care to mention has almost concluded in a
sailboat)
Back in Chebacco news #21 (www.chebacco.com), I purchased a mostly
finished hull from the able Dr. Burton Blaise somewhere in the wilds
of Ontario Canada. At the time my lovely wife, precocious son,
Molly the Basset hound and I were living in northern Vermont. We set
it up on a cradle in the backyard and began filling the inside with
plywood and epoxy as closely as possible to Mr. Bolger's drawings.
In the interim I got a job offer in Virginia, relocated boat and
family to the Old Dominion, bought a house and placed the boat
project firmly on the back burner until house redecorating, deck
building, and pesky professional duties were taken care of. To make
a long story short. Tomorrow I'm putting the first finish coat of
paint on the topsides. Today I started work on the spars and
yesterday ordered a set of sails from the ever so helpful Sue Chance
up at Bohndell Sailmakers in Rockport ME. The light at the end of
the tunnel is growing ever larger to the significant pleasure of she
who must be obeyed. Just the vision of a garage half empty is enough
to keep her happy at this stage. Oh yes five years later, the lovely
wife and precocious boy are still around, (Molly the Basset is
sleeping on that big sofa in the sky).
Just uploaded some really poor pictures of a boat getting close to
the final stages. ( Launch Date Scheduled tentatively for July 28,
coincidentally the day the builder turns 50.
and more money than I care to mention has almost concluded in a
sailboat)
Back in Chebacco news #21 (www.chebacco.com), I purchased a mostly
finished hull from the able Dr. Burton Blaise somewhere in the wilds
of Ontario Canada. At the time my lovely wife, precocious son,
Molly the Basset hound and I were living in northern Vermont. We set
it up on a cradle in the backyard and began filling the inside with
plywood and epoxy as closely as possible to Mr. Bolger's drawings.
In the interim I got a job offer in Virginia, relocated boat and
family to the Old Dominion, bought a house and placed the boat
project firmly on the back burner until house redecorating, deck
building, and pesky professional duties were taken care of. To make
a long story short. Tomorrow I'm putting the first finish coat of
paint on the topsides. Today I started work on the spars and
yesterday ordered a set of sails from the ever so helpful Sue Chance
up at Bohndell Sailmakers in Rockport ME. The light at the end of
the tunnel is growing ever larger to the significant pleasure of she
who must be obeyed. Just the vision of a garage half empty is enough
to keep her happy at this stage. Oh yes five years later, the lovely
wife and precocious boy are still around, (Molly the Basset is
sleeping on that big sofa in the sky).
Just uploaded some really poor pictures of a boat getting close to
the final stages. ( Launch Date Scheduled tentatively for July 28,
coincidentally the day the builder turns 50.