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I feel for you Jim and Bryan. My todo list is equally as long. And my build stalled over the winter especially after December. Sure glad the warmer weather has arrived. Anxious to get started again.

Thanks for the advice and offers of help. The cold has left and temps have returned to normal. The build has stalled mostly because I've been pre-occupied with other non-related issues. I will be taking a week off from work later this month and plan on getting things going again. I still have some c...

Thanks for concerns guys. It has been very cold here, far colder than I've seen since I move here in 2004. Definitely too cold to work on the boat. The last thing I managed before it got cold was adding the final fill coats on the splashwell fiberglass. We had power out most of yesterday and last ni...

Thanks Steve, Gary, and Tim The cold slammed into us yesterday and today we are getting icy rain. So boat work is on hold for a few days. Gary, I can't answer your question entirely. The bulkhead for the aft cabin did not originally line up with a frame (I believe, but not positive on that. Would ha...

A quick update. The motorwell splash well is now mainly completed except for hatch covers. It's been fiberglassed as well. I will eventually paint the motorwell and splashwell area but for now it will remain epoxy covered only. The center panel above the splashwell will eventually get some sort of h...

Gary here, a new forum member in the design plan selection phase of my next build and leaning toward something like a stretched Sea Knight, maybe Vera Cruise, but with Sea Knight-like, minimal, cabin and more space in the cockpit. I would ideally have a U shaped seat aft behind 2 seats side-by-side...

Hi everyone, Thanks for the concern. I'm fine. Just going through one of those slumps in productivity. I started fiberglassing the splashwell and then it got cold and I lost interest for awhile. I'm starting to get back into it now. I'm preparing to apply the fill coats on the splashwell glass. And ...

I feel for you Bryan about the cold. Although our winters here a milder than those back east, it still does put a damper on epoxy work.

Thanks Ken and Bryan. I am still not sure that the boat will even be ready for launch by September at this point. I am going to have to play it by ear for now as regards the Gathering. Today, I am waiting for some epoxy to cure so I wanted to start experimenting with ideas for trimming out the cabin...

Here's some shot of the upper compartments. I haven't finished cleaning these up yet and the hatches have not been made yet. But I like the look this is going to add to the boat. Trim work on all of this has still not been accomplished yet . PXL_20210103_182539906.jpg PXL_20210103_182522160.jpg

Well, another year has gone by, and I was able to get in some decent progress this last two weeks while off for the holidays. My main goal was to try and get the motorwell mostly completed. It's not quite there yet, but most of the parts are now installed. It took awhile because I needed to build up...

One of the nice advantages of visiting boat shows in the past is that I got a chance to see other's work and I could see the same fit and finish challenges that I've run into. It' helps to make me feel less like an amateur woodworker (even though I am).

Very nice Tony. I see a beautiful summer ride coming soon.

I'm torn on the the stain and no stain approach to wood finishing. I understand and appreciate the advantages of not staining but I stained most of my cabin interior parts long ago and so I'm trying to decide what to do about it.

Very very nice Matt. The shine looks exceptional! I'm starting to come around to this type of finish for my cabin sides. Your varnish work makes it look very attractive.

Nice clean installation Robert! I appreciate what you're going through here. I think its the planning and trying to cover all the bases that takes far more time than the actual building. Access has to allow for form and function as well as strength. Not always an easy mix of requirements.