Remember that great idea I had of using the cabinets we removed from our bathroom as the galley cabinets in the boat?

And then I figured out that maybe that wasn't such a good idea, because they wouldn't fit through the door? read more »

Well, mentioned the other day that I should now be set with cabinets for the galley area.

Found a sticking point... they are too big to go through either cabin door. I guess I'll have to take them apart and reassemble them.

Note for boatbuilders... if you intend to use pre-fab units of any sort, not only do you need to make sure the boat will go out the garage door, but also that the cabinets, etc. will go IN the boat door :-)

On a positive note, the tile in the bathroom (in the house) came out nice. I've never laid tile before, so I'm impressed :-)

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Well, we're remodeling our master bath in the house (I really needed another project, but...).

Anyway, this will have the benefit of freeing up some old cabinets, and even a countertop, that I am planning to use for the kitchen/galley area in the boat... I'll try to grab some pictures, but I think using a pre-built cabinet with drawers, hardware, etc. sounds like just the thing :-)

Well, I don't think the front cabin roof will be sagging nearly as much after today.

Dane and I got out in the VERY hot afternoon sun and built two "trusses" of curved plywood with a sidepiece. The plans have a design for the correct roof curve, so we used that, jacked things up put them in place.

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Sorry I haven't been around much recently... yet again life intrudes in the best laid plans. Regretfully, our family has been dealing with the illness and apparent imminent death of a close relative, so I may yet be on and off a bit.

Did manage to go clean up a bit and look over the boat this afternoon. Noticed one worrisome thing... the roof is sagging.

The area near the front and the rear of the cabin where the front and rear walls, the head and the "kitchen bulkhead" are available to provide some support, its fine, but in the center of the longer span of the cabin, its sagging. read more »

Got some paint on the sole... it still amazes me how a simple coat of paint improves the looks.

Had some good porch and floor paint that we had used around the house that has proven to be very durable. I will probably add a layer of "carpet" or covering of some kind for the barefoot crowd, but wanted some protection on the wood (and it is pretty servicable with just paint). I rarely go barefoot on or off a boat, so being "soft" doesn't really matter to me.  read more »

You know, I managed a good double entendre with that last post title, and didn't even realize it.

After the painting that Dane did, we spent a bit getting paint out of his hair, so "painted head" was literal.

Yeah, progress!

After a bit of entertainment evicting some critters from the boat (that wasp building a next required a bit of care), we got to work some this afternoon.

Dane put in yeoman's work painting the interior and exterior of the head. I did the paint trim/edges and also drilled some finger holes in the floor panel sections so that you can raise them up without a pry bar.

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Yeah, finally some nice progress!

To get the boat finished and to the water, we have to get it on the trailer. If you recall, I bought a used trailer last year, but it was going to take some modifications. Beyond removing the "upper rack" that it had, we decided to beef up the side rails a bit to hold that larger boat.

Yesterday my Dad and I spent several good ours getting the doubler/truss pieces welded in place. Came out pretty well (my status as a newbie welder not withstanding).

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No, not pulling the plug on the project, pulling the plug in the boat.

Most "plug" stories I've ever heard about boats revolve around the drain plug most trailerable boats have. It seems that everybody at one point or another tries to sink their boat by launching it without putting the plug in.

Well, in my case, I needed to remove the plug. Long ago I drilled drains around the aft cockpit area so that any water or whatever that got in there would have a place to go. When you are getting rain by the inch (regularly), this water adds up. read more »