Mimi Jane is her name!
Finding a name This summer, Mark and I started the itch to get our boat officially named and registered. Naming a boat, more so a boat we built over many years…
Unveiling the ship’s name
Every year, we get together with Mark’s family for our annual Ovenden gathering. It is then that we celebrate everything needing to be celebrated; we make it the Ovenden’s Christmas…
The work didn’t stop while I was away
The work on the boat stopped during a long 3 month for me as I spent the entire summer caring for my grand-mother back in France. It is something we…
The story of a windlass handle
A few month back we received our dream windlass from http://www.deepblueengineering.co.uk/ ( Is there such thing as “dream windlass” ? – sure is for us! ) Playing around with our new…
The block production started
With a not so enjoyable winter, building blocks in the shop turns out to be a great off season job. We prepare the rough ash to make the rest of…
We will build our own blocks
After much humming and hawing about building our own blocks we decided to go ahead and do it.We have the wood and it will make a good winter project. Whether…
Closer to being a sailboat
One more milestone! Today we picked up the two first sails for our boat… Holyshit… It’s becoming more and more real! I have a completed hull, it has an engine,…
The transmissions turn to board the ship
The cold temperature impeded this weekend’s productivity but we did get the transmission on the engine, one step forward. First chore, clear some snow. We are definitely into winter mode,…
