Please stop asking me “when”. I don’t know when I will be done building this boat. I don’t know when we will be launching. I don’t know when I will live on a boat again. I know I am proud of every step forward in the realization of this project….
The tin can is shaping up, starting to see an engine room shape up. I need to get her done…. just ignore the heat… When the temprature approaches 40 C is when I have to stop. By then, the steel is so hot that it burns through my canvas pants….
These are my favorite moments of the boat building life, when we sit down and day dream together. Day dreaming in the “comfort” of the boat also means tossing thoughts, discussing the next building steps and its usually when we make most of our decisions and come up with our…
The latest big deal was the purchase of our engine: a Perkins Sabre M92B. We had been looking at Beta Marine also but this engine came up as the right engine, for a great price, at the right time. We could have delayed this purchase but having the engine will make…
Shipped from the East coast, our engine arrived to Montreal where I had to go pick it up. I did not look forward to this trip through the city… but we made it. Marley offered to come with me for moral support. Engine unpacked! That made it for an engine…
….not that we ever stopped… The last post does date back quite a bit and there has been a year without work on the boat but I also have a lot of catching up to do on the website. So the question I keep getting: “Where is the project at?”The…
Morning coffee CAD, break to run dogs and rest of the day in the shop. I’m getting increasingly exited about getting this thing done ⚓️ I have the CAD software, I know how to use it, so I must as well model and detail everything. It may be time consuming…
This summer, I have been focusing on building the interior accommodations. I’m really enjoying this part of the construction…. more than welding, grinding, sandblasting, painting… Simply said, what I’m doing right now, is building a plywood inside shell over the insulation. It will then be easy to build my accommodations…
Mark and Murielle are back!! The question that has the most annoyed me over the past few years: Are you guys giving up on the boat? NO So what happened over the past few years? A lot! To make it short: we got fit, we had some fun and ongoing…
I don’t like planning. The reason being that, what ever plans I make, I can guaranty it is the one thing that will not happen. Life is full of surprises, good and bad. Tuesday night I got a phone call from my sister: my mom had an accident. A horse…