Finally back to the boat build after 2 major moves, from Colorado to Virginia and then moving from Northern Virginia to Richmond, VA. Very excited to get back to building […]

Onto the next phase of the project, cutting out gussets, epoxying them between the side and bottom members of the frames, and drilling and driving nails to secure the joint. […]

What happens when you tell your gf that you’re gonna build a boat? “Okay..” then she looks away. When you start getting the lumber to build it, she then says […]

This project is starting to add up some hours of frustration and fatigue, especially after cutting the bottom members of the first two frames wrong. So, wasted a mahog board […]

Life is good when hard work is performed and commitment is given. It’s a sluggish build when the only time you have for the project is in the afternoon between […]

Reflecting on the length of this project, planning takes the most time. I started cutting the actual frames today and planning, measuring thrice and then cutting of the first frame […]

Experimenting with how best to cut the frames with test wood, it looks good and it makes this project feels like my vision is coming alive. Some notes, the book […]

Had one board planed in the shop and ran into this issue where it appeared there were no knots in the board but suddenly there are after the planing. Conundrum […]